The college football season is barely underway, but the Army Black Knights football team has already suffered one of its most stunning defeats in recent memory, falling 30-27 in double overtime to the Tarleton State Texans football team, an FCS program that entered Michie Stadium as a 14.5-point underdog. The Black Knights watched a 14-point second-half lead vanish, with late-game missteps and special teams failures spelling doom—and sparking an eruption from the Army football fanbase.
This wasn’t just a lucky break for an underdog—it was a complete unraveling by Army. The collapse was set in motion late in the fourth quarter when starting quarterback Dewayne Coleman went down after a scramble with less than a minute remaining. Backup Cale Hellums was thrust into a high-pressure situa