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3 Best Plays We Saw In The G5 In Week 2

The second full weekend of the college football season has come to an end and it produced plenty of fireworks. We saw coaches go with game plans outside their

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The second full weekend of the college football season has come to an end and it produced plenty of fireworks. We saw coaches go with game plans outside their comfort zone and players put forth maximum effort to put their teams in position to win.

In some cases, it produced fantastic results. It some cases, they still came up a bit short.

Here are three of our favorite examples of the former from Saturday. 

Luke McCaffrey's One-Handed TD Catch

This makes the second week in a row that the G5 has given us an early nominee for catch of the year. Luke McCaffrey's one-handed touchdown grab with contention (eventually) helped the Rice Owls reclaim the Bayou Bucket trophy from crosstown rival Houston.

McCaffrey finished the game with 99 yards and 2 TDs on 7 catches.

Army's 70-Yard Touchdown Pass

Army needed a reason to have some confidence in their newly reconfigured passing attack after last week. They got it from Delaware State, whom they beat 57-0.

QB Bryson Daily finished 8/11 for 193 yards through the air with three touchdown passes. Receiver Isaiah Alston finished with two touchdown catches and the most receiving yards in a game by an Army receiver since 2007: 135 yards. One of Alston's catches went for 70 yards. 

Marshall's 75-Yard Trick Play Touchdown

The Thundering Herd have had some issues starting games on the right foot in this young season. However, they haven't had a problem finishing them. Marshall rattled off 21 points in the third quarter to secure a 31-13 victory at East Carolina. It was all kickstarted by a trick play where receiver Charles Montgomery takes a backward pass from QB Cam Fancher and tossed it to Caleb McMillan for a 75-yard score.

The aforementioned play is the second in this highlight reel.

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JOE LONDERGAN

Joe covers college sports from the Group of Five ranks and beyond. He has worked in the sports industry since 2008, earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisville, and a Master's degree from Seattle University.

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