The Philadelphia Eagles pulled off one of the all-time great trick plays in Super Bowl history just before halftime of their 41-33 win over the New England Patriots at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sunday. 

With 38 second left in the first half, the Eagles reached the end zone on fourth-and-goal from the 2-yard line on a reverse pass to quarterback Nick Foles, stretching their lead to 22-12 following the extra point.

It was beautiful. But it wasn't a play born on a white board in Philadelphia last week. It was actually a creation of then-Clemson offensive coordinator Chad Morris. Check it:

Now, before you yell at me about how your high school ran the same play a decade ago, let me just preemptively address that, here:

1.) No one cares.

2.) I didn't catch many Townsville City High School games.

3.) Football is a copycat game, so I'm quite sure that Morris didn't dream this one up out of thin air.

That's the point, though. How cool is it that a long since forgotten play from a Clemson-Georgia Tech game several years ago was the single most pivotal moment of Super Bowl 52? 

Too bad it probably shouldn't have counted...

Alshon Jeffery isn't on the ball. You can argue that he's "close enough," but that would require the very liberal assertion that being on the line of scrimmage and being 4 feet away from the line of scrimmage is more or less the same thing.

And, to that, Tony D'Amato would sternly disagree.

Anyway, enough fun killing. The play was awesome. Jeffery being off the line of scrimmage had no impact on the outcome, and the cajones on my man Doug Pederson to make a call like that in that spot against that team was beyond impressive.

UPDATE: I don't know about Townsville City, but Austin (Texas) Westlake ran the same play a year ago with now-Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger — which, you know, is noteworthy because it's Foles' alma mater, of all places: