The first one actually happened two weekends ago in Westland, Michigan, where John Glenn High (trailing by one after an earlier missed extra point) lined up for a final play, game-winning field goal against Canton Plymouth. Plymouth heroically blocked the kick and all its players ran to the sideline in celebration ... but the ball never passed the line of scrimmage, nobody covered it, and the refs never blew the whistle. So holder Tony Wilton picked up the ball and jogged uncontested into the endzone. Touchdown. John Glenn wins. Dang.

Then last weekend, Greenville High (the No. 6 team in Pennsylvania AA) had a fourth-and-goal at the 1, with four seconds left in tie game against Oil City. Instead of trying a chip shot field goal, they opted to run it ... and then fumbled the QB-RB pitch. Oil City picked it up and ran 96-yards for the game winner. That hurts.

I'm not sure if either of these tops the craziness from Vermont last month, but at least everyone in the whole world has the opportunity to watch these mistakes and decide for themselves who should feel the worst. (P.S. Thank you, Mom and Dad for never splurging for that video camera.)

Glenn beats Plymouth on 'miracle' finish [Observer]
HS Team Blocks FG in last Seconds...Loses Game [Bob's Blitz]
Team wins on 96-yard fumble return on final play [Rivals]

A high school football game ended tragically this weekend, when a potential game-winning field by Jericho Mount Mansfield in Vermont—that's the school, not the kicker's name—fell very short and into the arms of a waiting Otter Valley player. Otter Valley had just finished a remarkable comeback to take a 2-point lead with 16 seconds left and the missed desperation field goal as time expired seemed to seal the deal.

Except the Otter Valley player took the ball on the fly, ran out of the end zone with his arms raised in celebration, then spiked the ball on the ground. As the former Dallas Cowboy could tell you, the play was not yet dead. An alert Mount Mansfield player scooped up the ball and ran into the end zone. Touchdown. Game over.

Why the coach put two players back to receive the kick may never be known, but we won't name him or the player out or respect for their loved ones.

Alert play leads to bizarre ending in Vermont football game [Max Preps]
Move over Bartman [The Pigskin Doctors]
[Video via WCAX]

What's wrong with this picture? Besides the fact that someone would just be hanging around Soldier Field watching paint dry. Reader Matthew R. says his "friend" snapped this picture last week before the Bears final exhibition game. Great googily moogily! Why can't Jimmy The Groundskeeper read?

Fortunately, the Bears open at Green Bay so they still have an extra week to figure out what went wrong and hire a new painter. Or maybe, since it's Chicago, they can find a corrupt building contractor to pick up the entire stadium and move it five yards.

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It's Friday. We're so close.

Is his new nickname Mr. Glass? (Sorry, Brian. That does indeed stink.)

A Racine pastor had four tickets to the NFC Championship game, until a friend of his got a hold of them. Then he had three.

When Duncan got to four Packers tickets, bundled together with a rubber band, he took off the band, put one in the shredder and then stopped short. "Something rang a bell and he said 'Are you sure you want to shred these?' " Hermanns said.

Too late. One ticket was in shreds. Realizing what happened, they emptied the shredder, collected pieces of the ticket and put them in a plastic bag.

Because the Packers are the Packers, a call to the office remedied the situation. Good thing, too: Currently on StubHub, tickets are going as high as $1,765. That's like the average yearly salary in Green Bay, isn't it?

Fans Mistakenly Shred Ticket To Sunday's Packers Game [Examiner.com]

Warne had split from his wife because of alleged philandering, but they gave it another shot late last year. And then he accidentally sent her the wrong text message from London.

As Callahan got the couple's three children ready for school in Melbourne, a text dropped into the inbox of her mobile phone, she told New Idea magazine. "Hey beautiful, I'm just talking to my kids, the back door's open," the message from Warne said.

We've never accidentally sent a text message to the wrong person, but we don't know anything about cricket either. It's possible it's just part of the sport; perhaps his wife should try to be a little more understanding of his career.

Text Messaging Can Be Confused [With Leather]

You can do some of those things. Any of them, really. Or, you can, you know, get busted trying to pick up a prostitute. Oh, my, Ohio!

Freshman Antonio Henton, a reserve quarterback on the Ohio State football team, is in Franklin County Municipal Court this morning on a charge of soliciting a prostitute. Court records show that he was arrested at N. High Street and 6th Avenue by an undercover police officer at 8:30 p.m. yesterday.

We're no expert in the practice, but we gotta ask: 8:30? Really? Who tries to pick up a prostitute at 8:30? That seems like a middle-of-the-night activity if there ever were one. But Henton's a young kid, and he's got a lot to learn in this life. He's a project, and he'll get it right and step up his game eventually.

Ohio State Freshman Quarterback Arrested [Columbus Dispatch]

With time running out, Buffalo's desperation shot sailed wide and out of bounds. The buzzer sounded, with the scoreboard reading Bowling Green 77, Buffalo 75. The Falcons retreat to the locker room. But wait, folks! The referees examine the clock via instant replay. Apparently there should be 0.6 second still on the clock. BG is still in the locker room. The Bulls are still on the court, as are the refs. One of the refs enters the tunnel that leads to the visiting locker room. Then returns. BG is still in the locker room. The scoreboard officially says 0:00.6. BG eventually comes out of the locker room. And a technical foul is called. Buffalo's Yassin Idbihi takes the free throws and sinks both. 77-77. The ball is casually inbounded by BG and the two go to overtime.

Needless to say, Buffalo ended up winning in overtime. This is a rare and beautiful way to lose a basketball game, one so special and unique that we expect the Celtics to try it themselves tonight.

Falcons Win Road Game (In Their Minds) [The Futon Report]