Complex sentence: In an effort to avoid a tie, they attempted a two point conversion the following play; they ran a sweep play towards the sideline, and just short of the goal line their running back was stopped when he tried to cut back to the middle.
Split into simpler sentences: In an effort to avoid a tie, they attempted a two point conversion the following play when they ran sweep play towards the sideline. Just short of the goal line their running back was stopped when he tried to cut back to the middle.