One last thing I have a very special place for those officials who worked the Central Michigan-Oklahoma State game.
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On Saturday, the Cowboys lost to Central Michigan 30-27 on a Hail Mary after the Chippewas were incorrectly allowed to run a play with no time left on the clock.
The misapplication and incorrect interpretation of the rulebook allowed Central Michigan to run a play that shouldn’t have happened. “We handily won the game back in back in ’91”.
Two teams known for scoring points in bunches put on an offensive show in the desert, trading big plays and touchdowns on seemingly every snap.
The legendary Faulk saw his record go down late Saturday night when Aztecs senior Donnel Pumphrey surpassed him with a career-best 281-yard performance in San Diego State’s 45-40 victory over California.
“I’ve mentioned that for that last few years, in a contract with a Power 5 schools you’re going to exchange officials on 1-for-1 games”, Gundy said.
As the NCAA rulebook now states, once the officiating crew leaves the field, the result on the scoreboard is frozen.
Back in 2015, Miami used a series of lateral plays on a kickoff return on the final play to score a touchdown to beat Duke.
There was a point when we simply accepted the fact that officials’ miscues can have a major effect, arguably creating the difference between a win and a loss.
OKLAHOMA STATE: The Cowboys play their third straight home game, hosting Pittsburgh.
The SEC’s command center, for example, not only automatically reviews all instant replay calls, but it has the authority to step in and request a review even if all officials at the venue believe they have made the correct call.
Once an officiating crew leaves the field, the results are permanent. The play that followed was even more astonishing.
The officials admitted their mistake soon after the game.
The officiating mistake was a doozy – and it can not be fixed.
The biggest controversy and most exciting game over the weekend happened when Central Michigan took on Oklahoma State in Stillwater.
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy was ready to move on from it all.
“I don’t know that I’ve ever been this disappointed after winning a game, maybe ever”, he said via AL.com.
“In “91 it was our first time playing (MSU), they were ranked going in, there had been a lot of talk coming out of there about what they were going to do to us”, said Ricumstrict, who was a standout linebacker at CMU from 1985-88 and was named the Chippewas” most valuable player in his senior season. “We can’t control the decisions that were made Saturday”. Florida State plays at Louisville on Saturday.
OR moved up two spots to No. 22 in the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll.
After a dismal 7-7 mark in the opening week of the season, you might expect SEC commissioner Greg Sankey to be a little concerned about his league’s rough start, but that wasn’t the case. Running back Elijah Hood’s 62-yard touchdown run with 6:49 remaining – his second score of the fourth quarter – gave North Carolina a 45-23 lead. “We have a stumble here and there – that becomes a focus”. You know, already preparing for the next opponent.
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Turns out he was right.
