Hail Mary pass

But that didn’t stop members of the Texas Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, several of whom had signed the letter to the pardon board, from throwing a Hail Mary pass.

Now he's faced with the greatest challenge of his life, and he has to make one great hail mary pass in order to keep himself from going broke and out of prison.

“Your blatant planned-for-media event is not a proper proceeding but an obvious attempt to throw a Hail Mary pass after the game has ended,” Mr. Lowell wrote, adding: “Mr. Biden declines your invitation to this carnival side show.”

Smith-Wade got his second pick on a Hail Mary pass into the end zone by Tulane’s Michael Pratt.

Davis even intercepted one final Hail Mary pass.