Coaches who like to show off in national games pull stunts like that. That was a simple pass play that a number of their actual receivers could have made without any trickery. I'm glad we don't pull stuff like that
When is the last time there was a World Series game up against the NFL? It wasn't that long ago that the NFL would take a Sunday night off in order not to compete with MLB. Not that the World Series presented any sort of true competition to the NFL. It was more of a friendly gesture by the NFL.