Middle school team pulls off trick play called 'The Ugly Kardashian'
A middle school team in Missouri pulled off this weekend's best trick play, as center Josh Copeland and quarterback Atiq Muhammed left the other team completely stumped.
Lewis and Clark Middle School's Copeland handed the ball off to Muhammed, who held it over his head and pretended they'd grabbed the wrong ball for the game as he strolled through the defensive line, then took off for the endzone.
The announcer seemed to be the only one who knew what was going on – even the refs looked stumped. It was only the first play from scrimmage.
Coach Shawn Griggs told MaxPreps that the play was inspired by "The Annexation of Puerto Rico," the trick play masterminded by Nubie in the 1994 classic "Little Giants."
"Little Giants" is older than every player on that field, but LCMS gave their version a much more modern name: "The Ugly Kardashian." Griggs didn't explain the name, other than saying that it made the players laugh. "Football is supposed to be fun," he said. "So the name stayed."
LCMS isn't the first team to steal a move from Nubie's playbook. Perhaps the most famous attempt came In December 2011, when the Carolina Panthers successfully ran the play to score on the Texans – but there's no doubt the LCMS kids looked cuter doing it.
Update: LCMS is also not the first team to use this play. It is more often called "Wrong Play" and according to these YouTube videos, it was more popular about seven or eight years ago.
H/T Stephen Spiewak, Barry Shuck
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