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Purdue Wide Receiver Commits All-Time Humiliating Blunder As A Result Of Horrible End Zone Paint

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Purdue touchdown Out Of Bounds End Zone De'Nylon Morrissette
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Purdue might be is the worst “power conference” program in college football this season. If that was not already established prior to Saturday’s game against Penn State, the Boilermakers made sure to remind the nation of their incompetence with an all-time blunder during the first half of a blowout.

They failed to convert a wide-open touchdown because their end zone is painted in a way that is indistinguishable from the sideline. Seriously.

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Purdue was already down 14-0 with approximately nine minutes left in the second quarter when the bizarre occurrence took place. The Boilermakers had 3rd-and-goal from the five-yard-line. They needed an act of sheer incompetence not to push into the end zone, which is exactly what happened.

Wide receiver De’Nylon Morrissette slipped past the Nittany Lions defense for what looked like an easy six points. There was no one within eight yards. Hudson Card hit him in the chest.

Morrissette did not drop the pass. That would’ve been a lot less demoralizing. Rather, the 6-foot-1 sophomore made the catch in the back of the end zone for a touchdown. Except it wasn’t.

As soon as Morrissette looked down, he realized the unfortunate reality. Both of his feet were more than three inches out of bounds. Neither foot was inside the pylon. His right foot was not even close.

What looked like Purdue’s first touchdown of the game was in fact an incomplete pass. Brutal.

To be fair to Morrissette, the paint job deserves partial blame for the worst gaffe of the college football season thus far. The out of bounds area around the end zone should not be the same color as the end zone. When a player is looking up at the ball, all of the black paint at his feet runs together.

That does not excuse the humiliating mistake. Morrissette is not off of the hook, but the grounds crew (or whomever it is in charge of the field design) deserves equal blame!