Technically, Christian McCaffrey made the wrong decision early in Stanford’s 26-13 win over Kansas State: He fielded a punt perilously close to his own end zone, surrounded by defenders -- typically a no-no on both fronts.
"There's a reason why there are no 97-yard punt returns," Stanford coach David Shaw said after the game, smiling. "And that's because you should not catch the ball on the 3-yard line."
But even when McCaffrey does something technically wrong, it ends up spectacularly right.
The highlight of McCaffrey's night came as he spun and slipped out of certain doom, breaking eight tackles on a 97-yard score.