No. 23 Liberty led from start to finish - but coughed up their chances to upset undefeated No. 12 Coastal Carolina in regulation. With under a minute left in the final quarter, Flames’ running back Joshua Mack was attempting to stay in the field of play and force Coastal Carolina to use their last remaining timeout when he fumbled on the Coastal one-yard line.
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“We were trying to get the ball around the two or one-yard line and run out as much clock as possible because they didn’t have any timeouts and I had my two timeouts,” said Liberty head coach Hugh Freeze.