However, it was later revealed that, by rule, the play should not have been allowed and the Cowboys should have won the game. No. 2 Florida State, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 MI all moved up one spot.
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On fourth down with four seconds left from the Central Michigan 41, Oklahoma State quarterback Mason Rudolph let time run, then fired deep incomplete as time expired.
The officials misinterpreted a rule that says a game can’t end on a penalty-a defensive penalty that is. With 9:11 left to play in the game, his career-long 75-yard run equaled the single-game scoring record set by Howard Griffith of IL in 1990.
“When I first heard what had taken place I thought it would be an easy change in that we see a lot of college football where a mistake would happen in officiating, and there was still time on the clock or there is still another play”, Gundy said.
But the final result stood.
“I knew I couldn’t get tackled before the end zone because the game would be over, so I saw him there and he did a good job of getting into a good location for me to see him, and from there he made an unbelievable play, just to be able to get in the end zone and get around that edge”.
The announcement of the suspensions came several hours after Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy released a statement asking people to not dwell on the past, and instead start preparing for OSU’s next opponent – Pittsburgh, which held on to beat Penn State 42-39 after having jumped out to a 28-14 halftime lead. “We were told the result is final and there is nothing we can do about it”, Holder said in a statement. The CMU-Oklahoma State outcome was based on an incorrect application of the rules after the clock read 0:00. Otherwise, I would not go into a game without Big 12 refs. Rush hit Jesse Kroll, who lateraled to Corey Willis who ran in for the score.
Ricumstrict said the ’91 win over MSU – the first of back-to-back victories over the Spartans – rates higher in his book than Saturday’s victory at Oklahoma State because of proximity and familiarity. Oklahoma State was flagged for intentional grounding, but as that penalty comes with a loss of down, the contest should have ended at that point.
“That’s a tough one”. Those games don’t ever get away from you. “Unfortunately, that’s a difficult way to learn a hard lesson”. As Kroll was being taken down, he pitched it back to Willis at about the 12, who cut across the field and barely managed to score while being dragged down.
“The best (officials) will be at (the Power Five) level”, Gundy said.
In all his career – 12 years as a head coach, 15 years as an assistant – Gundy said he can’t remember anything like it happening to his teams. “That’s why it rips your heart apart when we had a chance to win it on our side, and we didn’t”. “Additionally, this replay crew will not be eligible for assignment to an end-of-season bowl game”. In that fabulous finish, Central Michigan went for 2 and the win and did not convert. In 2011, Toledo lost a game at Syracuse when the Orange appeared to miss an extra point, but the Big East officials and replay ruled the kick went through the uprights.
In one of the most one-sided games in the history of the Cy-Hawk rivalry, 16th-ranked Iowa dismantled their intrastate foe at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday night in Iowa City.
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Central Michigan: Never quit on the Chippewas.
