The effectiveness of playing dead to dupe a predator is specious. And after this botched trick play over the weekend by Arkansas State's football team, we must also question the effectiveness of playing dead to dupe the University of Miami's defense.
This play comes from Saturday, but it went largely unnoticed until this week. Keep your eye on the near side of the field, where some ham-fisted acting or an invisible bullet strikes down ASU's Booker Mays:
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