Gaulledet U 8-0 After Blocked Field Goal For TD

Washington- Gallaudet invented the huddle, uses a drum to signal the snap count and loses a lot of games.

For years, those were the only things anyone seemed to know about the football team at the university for the deaf and hard of hearing.

This year's Bison are dispelling more than a few perceptions with a shot at the first NCAA berth for a men's team in school history.

And they rarely huddle anymore. And they only beat the drum when the other team shanks a punt.

A team once high on novelty and low on competitiveness suddenly can't be beat, with an 8-0 record after an amazing finish Saturday.

Gallaudet blocked a potential game-winning field goal with 2 seconds left and Ryan Bonheyo returned it 79 yards for a TD to beat Becker, 40-34.

First things first, hats off to this team. Being deaf is never an advantage and certainly not in football, what this team is doing is special. They are flat out winning, their average time of possession is tops in the entire nation for all levels. Now that that has been said, this whole concept is hilarious.

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Goldstein also had to learn different ways to throw tantrums. His failed in his first attempt, after the Bison fumbled three times in the first half in his first game as coach.

''I wanted the kids to know I was upset. I walked in the room of the offense team meeting (at halftime) and I take a chair and I throw it across the room,'' Goldstein said. ''It slams against the wall. Three kids turn around. Out of a group of about 35 kids, only three turn around because none of them heard me.''

Picture that, the coach tosses a chair in a violent rage and no one reacts to it. That's gotta be demoralizing from a coach's perspective. What do you do next, yell for their attention? Nope, sorry, thats not happening either, have to walk in front of them and have someone angrily sign what you're saying while you try your best to be pissed off at a bunch of blank faces staring up at you. That's a tough hand to deal with as a coach, but hey he's 8-0 and his deaf D is making big plays.