North Texas running back Jahiem White committed one of the wildest fumbles you will ever see Thursday night, killing a critical scoring chance just before halftime with the game tied 24-24 against Florida Atlantic. This wasn’t just any fumble, this was a mid-air disaster.
The Play That Stunned Everyone
Talk about a gut punch. After a sweet 28-yard dart from Tayven Jackson to Dalton Carnes, the Mean Green had 27 seconds left in the second quarter, sitting pretty to either grab a field goal or maybe even a touchdown to break that 24-24 deadlock. Then, on the very next play, Jackson tossed a short one to White out of the backfield. White took off for the first-down marker, and then tried to go full superhero, attempting a hurdle over the line to gain. Big mistake. FAU defensive back Travis Jackson met him in the air, knocking the ball loose. White didn’t get out of bounds, and the ball bounced back into the field of play, recovered by FAU defensive lineman Tycoolhill Luman. Just like that, FAU took over at their own 34-yard line with 11 seconds remaining. They couldn’t do much with it, just three short passes and an incomplete deep throw before the half, but the damage was done.
Mean Green’s Perfect Conference Season Now on the Brink
Before that stunning fumble, White was absolutely tearing it up, rushing for 104 yards on 9 carries in the first half alone, including a massive 59-yard explosion. The dude was a senior transfer from West Virginia and playing out of his mind. Both North Texas and FAU rolled into this game with solid 5-2 overall records. But here is where it really hurts: North Texas was sitting pretty at 3-0 in conference play. FAU, on the other hand, was 2-1. That fumble is going to sting, big time, especially if the Mean Green end up taking their first conference loss of the season because of it.
This is huge for North Texas’s conference standing. Will that wild, highlight-worthy fumble be the reason they drop their first conference game? Mean Green fans are definitely going to be replaying that moment, wondering what could have been. The stakes couldn’t be higher for their perfect conference season.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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