[Andrew E. Graham] Asked Lance Taylor about the second being put on the clock. Said he hasn’t seen the TV copy but saw live that it was “past zeroes” before one of WMU’s players touched it. Also said MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher may already be in touch with the B1G

[u/THEREWILLBECAK3]

https://x.com/andrewedgraham/status/2096443068559839658?s=46

[u/mmhawk607]

if this was the other way around, WMU wouldn't have gotten a second back lol

[u/Another_Name_Today → u/mmhawk607]

Other way around and a second left, they would have let it run. 

[u/John_T_Conover → u/Another_Name_Today]

Other way around and all the ridiculous no calls that even led to this being a possibility wouldn't have happened. That final call was the nail in the coffin of a pattern that clearly shows total corruption.

[u/CommissionIcy9909 → u/John_T_Conover]

Ya this completely overshadows the missed running into the kicker on wmu’s last punt.

[u/Seeking-Something- → u/John_T_Conover]

Ridiculous amount of flagrant face mask calls went uncalled.

[u/ItAintLongButItsThin → u/John_T_Conover]

I feel like you're all coming to see the monster for what it is. For years I have bitched in silence, now irrefutable proof is infront of the masses! Condem these foul beasts for what they are! UofM alums run intertwined in all aspects of college football and they will and have always tilted the scaled towards their favor.

Fuck them and reverse this W!

[u/Apart_Number_2792 → u/Another_Name_Today]

💯

[u/d1sportsball → u/mmhawk607]

Well... there was a directional Michigan school almost exactly 10 years ago...

I guess they didn't get a second, so by technicality you are correct

[u/JB92103 → u/d1sportsball]

As traumatized as I am from that game, at least it happened for an understandable reason. The rulebook wasn't entirely clear on the specific situation that played out.

But this? No justifiable reason whatsoever.

[u/Statalyzer → u/JB92103]

The way they ruled it in your game was far better of a rule than what the actual rule turned out to be.

[u/Maladroit44 → u/Statalyzer]

I mean, it wouldn't really change anything practically. If it was actually a rule, in that situation QBs would just run around a little longer and go down on the field rather than risk an intentional grounding. The only reason it mattered in that game is because it wasn't in the rulebook, because if it was, OKST would've just run the clock out some other way.

[u/mr-rile-u-up → u/d1sportsball]

See, that one was different, because it wasn’t willful. They were just dumb refs.

This has genuine malice behind the decision.

[u/hayrack605 → u/mmhawk607]

They would get the same thing they're probably going to get here: an apology letter of some kind that means jack squat

[u/overitallofittoo → u/hayrack605]

"Upon further review of our reviewing systems, we acknowledge that an error might have occurred. However, since this secondary review happened after the game, Western Michigan can get fucked."

[u/CherryCity5 → u/mmhawk607]

There literally wouldn't have been a review. Both teams would've walked into the field for handshakes and there would not be one post on the entire Internet saying 1 second should be added

[u/VQQN → u/mmhawk607]

If the game ended on the first time the clock hit 00:00 there would be no controversy

[u/Camino3224]

B10 about to issue the sincerest of apologies on Monday

[u/COLU_BUS → u/Camino3224]

Screenshot of the Notes app apology

[u/whatifevery1wascalm → u/COLU_BUS]

🙏Respect our decision win 🙏

[u/thejawa → u/whatifevery1wascalm]

First off I'd like to say God is great

[u/Wyden_long → u/thejawa]

Through him all things are possible, so jot that down.

[u/VersaTron → u/thejawa]

These actions do not reflect who I am

[u/sbballc11 → u/VersaTron]

But we have to stand by what the lord chose in those final moments.

[u/walterdog12 → u/Camino3224]

The Big Ten Conference acknowledges that an officiating error occurred at the conclusion of Saturday's game between the University of Michigan and Western Michigan University. Upon review, the game clock had expired and displayed 0:00 before officials restored one second to the clock, allowing an additional play to occur. Under the applicable timing rules, the game should have been declared over when the clock reached 0:00, and the additional second should not have been added. We recognize the significant impact this error had on the conclusion of the game and understand the frustration felt by Western Michigan’s student-athletes, coaches, staff, and supporters. The Conference sincerely apologizes to Western Michigan University and will review the circumstances surrounding the error with the officiating crew to ensure proper procedures are followed moving forward.

[u/D1N2Y → u/walterdog12]

This made my blood boil. Fantastic work.

[u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin → u/D1N2Y]

The worst part is how accurate it is. 

[u/Competitive_Goat4250 → u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin]

Gotta be within 98% accuracy of the actual announcement, I’m betting.

[u/-Nocx- → u/Competitive_Goat4250]

what a coincidence, the ref is something of a gambler himself

[u/ThisIsOurGoodTimes → u/walterdog12]

You sure they won’t try and gas light everyone and say the clock in the stadium and on tv weren’t correct and apologize for the confusion their discrepancy from the “real” clock caused

[u/QuitWhinging → u/ThisIsOurGoodTimes]

That's what I'm fully expecting, honestly. "Actually, the ref's secret, hidden clock (that none of you are allowed to ever see so DON'T EVEN ASK!!) actually showed one second left. You all just don't know ball."

[u/Gay_Giraffe_1773 → u/walterdog12]

Do you have a time machine?

[u/Tywooti → u/Gay_Giraffe_1773]

Yeah the time machine adds one second to things that have expired

[u/mr-rile-u-up → u/Tywooti]

Hey, wait, I’m supposed to be angry at you!

[u/stringfellow-hawke → u/walterdog12]

…but the important thing is that Michigan won and this shouldn’t be held against them by the playoff committee.

[u/Exotic_Pension_9993 → u/walterdog12]

i don't think they admit that because then WMU can just appeal the decision and they'll have it in writing that the Big Ten says the last play shouldn't have counted lol

[u/Yourfavoriteindian → u/Exotic_Pension_9993]

They have video of Whitt admitting it so

[u/Rapscallious1 → u/Exotic_Pension_9993]

It doesn’t matter at this point, that statement has been enough in the past. It’s dumb but once it’s official there is essentially no method to overturn

[u/GreatestWhiteShark → u/Camino3224]

"Sorry guys, we messed up. But we can't do anything about it, sucks tho"

• Tony Petitti

[u/Aumissunum → u/GreatestWhiteShark]

“I have no recommendation of the call”

[u/Electromotivation → u/GreatestWhiteShark]

Unlike our refs, we see no need to overturn the call…

[u/WirlingDirvish → u/Camino3224]

It's Tony petetti. The message will be "Copilot draft a response to the MAC that defends our officials and offers to work together to improve the sport by moving to 24 team playoff"

[u/FrostTroll69 → u/Camino3224]

South park style maybe

[u/bubblecuffer13 → u/FrostTroll69]

"We are deeply sorry"

[u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin → u/bubblecuffer13]

rubs nipples

[u/bacan_ → u/Camino3224]

Reverse the result to fuck over the gambling companies 

[u/Patrick2701 → u/Camino3224]

YouTube style apology video

[u/FoundTheShithead → u/Patrick2701]

Tony Petitti starts playing the ukulele

[u/Tackoman46 → u/Patrick2701]

"I have made a severe and continuous lapse in judgement" -Tonight's officiating crew, recorded from their new mansion

[u/DellFlightSim → u/Camino3224]

“Hey guys we apologize for that but due to the risk of adding a loss to one of our darlings, we are just gonna keep the score how it is.”

-Big 10 Commissioner prolly

[u/dylannnnnnnn → u/Camino3224]

Ukulele song type apology

[u/BOOFNODGILE → u/Camino3224]

The Pac12 did alter the score for a USC vs Utah game after the game concluded, so if it did happen is wouldnt be unprecedented. However USC won by multiple scores so it only mattered for gamblers

[u/Ometrist → u/BOOFNODGILE]

Following PAC 12 ref precedence is a scary thought

[u/believelander19 → u/BOOFNODGILE]

So there is a precedent though. That's interesting.

[u/poopdaddy2 → u/Camino3224]

And all of a sudden have PhD level knowledge of latency and broadcast lag time.

[u/jayjude]

Lance Taylor just had his signature win ripped from him

Got to feel so bad for him

[u/tvcneverdie → u/jayjude]

It should be given back to him.

There's no real rules in CFB.

Someone in power needs to declare the touchdown doesn't count because it wasn't official.

WMU won 12-7.

[u/RustledHard → u/tvcneverdie]

That's my thoughts as well. This should definitely be able to be overruled and the win given to WMU. It's a terrible look for all CFB if that doesn't happen

[u/poopzains → u/RustledHard]

They will not overturn it. They will wait a week and no one will be talking about this. Brought to you by DraftKings.

[u/touch_my_vallecula → u/tvcneverdie]

I think r/cfb should at least make an executive decision and put it as a WMU win for their statistics/season things/ ranking

[u/0KED0KE → u/touch_my_vallecula]

Fucking this.

[u/GrowYourOwnOmaha → u/tvcneverdie]

If UCF can claim they’re national champions, WMU can claim they beat Michigan in the big house.

[u/Mender0fRoads → u/GrowYourOwnOmaha]

Claiming whatever the fuck you want is a time-honored college football tradition that’s been ripped away from us in the rush to corporatize and professionalize the sport.

Back in the good old days when conferences had 8-10 teams, a “good” bowl was the goal for almost everyone, and two or three teams might have legitimate claims to a national championship, this sport was perfect.

[u/Mcswigginsbar → u/Mender0fRoads]

I’ll forever die on the hill that the BCS was the best championship era. The bowl games still fucking meant something.

This “new era” is a complete bastardization of the sport.

[u/ProbablyRickSantorum → u/tvcneverdie]

If they don't give WMU that win I'm gonna claim another title out of spite.

[u/rake2204 → u/jayjude]

I can't imagine what his players are feeling as well. I saw at least one in tears and it was the most understandable response possible. It's one thing to lose a game on a miraculous final play. It's quite another to win after the final play, only to have to come back out for another final play, which then culminates in a heartbreaking loss.

[u/Patrick2701 → u/jayjude]

Great job, Larry Ellison you overpaid like your son overpaid for paramount

[u/AxeEm_JD → u/Patrick2701]

Overpaid for Underwood, paid the right amount for the refs.

[u/Patrick2701 → u/AxeEm_JD]

How long until Michigan bench him because dear god

[u/Daquan67 → u/jayjude]

Hurts even more since he was a great RB coach for us. I’ve been rooting for him since he left.

[u/Electromotivation → u/jayjude]

Imagine the team left out of the playoffs if Michigan gets in

[u/Apart_Number_2792 → u/Electromotivation]

This Michigan team ain't sniffing the playoffs, lol

[u/ProposalSilent4582 → u/Electromotivation]

Western Michigan runs the table and goes 11-1 but they miss out on the playoffs because another G6 team went 12-0.

[u/wilbo21020 → u/Electromotivation]

The good news is that Michigan isn’t going to make the playoffs.

We just scored 7 points on a MAC defense in regulation at home…

Oklahoma’s defense is probably going to do unspeakable things to us next week.

[u/Wasker71 → u/wilbo21020]

You have no idea how much it pains a pOKes fan to say it, but I hope you’re exactly right!

[u/Due-Dirt-8428]

Give em hell Jon

[u/OleRockTheGoodAg → u/Due-Dirt-8428]

Prank em, Jon

[u/thekamakaji → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Just a little bit of clock pranks between friends

[u/tony971 → u/Due-Dirt-8428]

I want to thank Michigan for being so fucking corrupt the moment they escape containment that we stop being the most hated team in the conference despite our fans being our fans.

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT → u/tony971]

Honestly them winning this game was one of the worst thing that could’ve happened to them.

[u/Appropriate-Joke-806 → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

Exactly. It would have been better for them to lose with the time expiring than what just happened. Now this game will be remembered forever and people will talk about it as illegitimate at the end of the season instead of just saying “oh that was a bad loss.” Plus they look stupid rushing the field against a directional school they were favored to beat by 20+.

[u/persieri13 → u/tony971]

I’ve always felt fairly neutral about the Ohio St-Michigan rivalry and tonight is the first time that I can feel the hate rolling through me.

[u/dwors025 → u/persieri13]

Oh yeah, welcome aboard - it’s never been close for me.

Fuck Michigan for fucking ever.

[u/rollindeep3 → u/persieri13]

We feel that on a regular Tuesday in July. Let it flow through you.

[u/Lemurians → u/persieri13]

People always look confused when I tell them I root for OSU to beat Michigan every year and now I think they’ll be catching on to the why more

[u/ProbablyAPotato1939 → u/persieri13]

I feel like the old B1G West had grown pretty apathetic about the the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry since it was pretty inconsequential to us.

That has slowly changed over the last few years, and after tonight the change has been finalized.

[u/persieri13 → u/ProbablyAPotato1939]

Definitely solidifying the “Michigan vs the world” arc.

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT → u/Due-Dirt-8428]

When they said “Michigan versus the world” maybe they were right.

[u/Inconceivable76 → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

The world is correct

[u/Bondorian → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

And they deserve it

[u/FlimFlamThaGimGar]

Let’s get the lawyers involved already, what are we waiting for

[u/Due-Dirt-8428 → u/FlimFlamThaGimGar]

I signed up for law school tonight so I can help fight this injustice

[u/Electromotivation → u/Due-Dirt-8428]

At the rate lawsuits are involved in college football… by the time you are done with law school, I think most of the games will be played entirely in the courtroom

[u/SkubalIsPitching → u/Electromotivation]

In 5 years we won't even need the sport itself. College football fans will all just flood into courtrooms to see lawyers for two schools argue over which school should be declared the winner of a theoretical "game" that was never actually played.

[u/Reasonable_Cause7065 → u/Due-Dirt-8428]

I didn’t realize you could just signup for law school…

[u/Due-Dirt-8428 → u/Reasonable_Cause7065]

You can do anything if you believe in yourself

[u/MotorSevere4899 → u/Due-Dirt-8428]

Well, first of all, through God, all things are possible, so jot that down

[u/Teaboo22222 → u/Due-Dirt-8428]

That’s the attitude, lad.

[u/Schmenza → u/Reasonable_Cause7065]

Don't even have to sign up. Just show up on the first day of class

[u/EvaporatingOlaf → u/Reasonable_Cause7065]

I didn’t realize you could just add a second to a game after the clock hit 0 but here we are

[u/eye_can_see_you → u/FlimFlamThaGimGar]

There's gotta be a district judge in Louisiana we can get on this

[u/Sorge74 → u/eye_can_see_you]

Western Michigan just needs to judge shop it down to Ohio.

[u/Pleasant_Offer6286 → u/eye_can_see_you]

You want Tarrant County in TX for this level of bullshit. That guy said Sorsby could play.

[u/Aidanj927 → u/FlimFlamThaGimGar]

Say what you want about Cody but if this was us the lawsuit would be filed by morning

[u/2-59project → u/FlimFlamThaGimGar]

Season has started and billable hours are somehow still undefeated

[u/ShallowKalkite → u/FlimFlamThaGimGar]

BILLABLE HOURS ARE UNDEFEATED

[u/SwaglordHyperion → u/ShallowKalkite]

I need a billable hours flair

[u/leverich1991]

These refs would have called App State offsides on the field goal block.

[u/Designer-Solid-5973 → u/leverich1991]

If DraftKings existed then

[u/16semesters → u/Designer-Solid-5973]

0 percent chance any book in America had a significant money on their books for WMU money line. If anything this probably screwed them by bailing out some Michigan ML parlays.

[u/Local_Preference_746 → u/Designer-Solid-5973]

Draftkings loves an upset. This is pure pig10 corruption 

[u/thejawa → u/leverich1991]

Or Illegal Leverage

Denver Broncos PTSD sets in

[u/FrostTroll69]

I hope the MAC sues the B1G

[u/Real_Guarantee_4530 → u/FrostTroll69]

We will all be rooting for the MAC

[u/kyrev21 → u/Real_Guarantee_4530]

Imagine Michigan rushing the field against a directional state school and then having to record the game as a loss

[u/Bondorian → u/kyrev21]

That would be the karma I keep hearing so much about but have yet to see

[u/wysiwygperson → u/Bondorian]

Ain’t that the fuckin truth

[u/Clean_Kangaroo_5547 → u/Real_Guarantee_4530]

We need an Ohio Judge to get onboard.

[u/AllTimeTy → u/FrostTroll69]

Honestly I hate the CFB legal shit but for this I NEED IT. This is legit fucked and I don’t want an apology, I want WMU to be actually recognized as 1-0. No asterisks, nothing.

We need a super rich Michigan hater to bank roll this shit for the MAC if need be.

[u/multiple4 → u/AllTimeTy]

In most ref mistakes this can't happen

But in this case there's a legitimate argument for changing the result. The game objectively was over. It's not like there's anything after that could've happened differently

[u/Byzantine_Merchant → u/AllTimeTy]

Legit want an NCAA, MAC, and CFP joint statement declaring Western Michigan the victors.

[u/CrimeanWind21 → u/AllTimeTy]

Cody Campbell time to begin your redemption arc

[u/Crotean → u/FrostTroll69]

Sue the big 10 and let's see what court discovery shows about the internal workings of officiating.

[u/Rillaboom2701]

i'm not even kidding they probably would have called PI if he dropped the second hail mary 

[u/so2017 → u/Rillaboom2701]

Exactly my thought and no doubt.

Anyone who thinks Michigan wouldn’t have gotten a third chance is kidding themselves.

[u/FoundTheShithead → u/Rillaboom2701]

I thought for sure they were gonna call roughing the passer when I saw Underwood get hit. I only caught the initial contact before the camera swung but it look like he got smoked.

[u/Opening_Cycle3639 → u/Rillaboom2701]

This is more likely of a rig lmao, the refs didn't seem like they were itching for a flag tho

[u/burningwater202]

"We've investigated ourselves and found that we've done nothing wrong"

[u/Bondorian → u/burningwater202]

The B1G probably, the refs assuredly

[u/SwaglordHyperion]

MAC better boycott scheduling with the B1G if this is how they get treated

[u/Avagontamos → u/SwaglordHyperion]

MAC teams need the buy games to fund their programs, unfortunately. Just boycott Michigan.

Some B1G teams treat our MAC brethren fairly

[u/DryMission5506 → u/Avagontamos]

Rutgers lost like a group of gentlemen

[u/acewing → u/DryMission5506]

Even treated them to fireworks.

[u/astrothemorkie → u/acewing]

CLASS ACT RUTGERS! Invents football then lets MACtion take over from there

[u/milesm01 → u/DryMission5506]

For a moment, I was like "wait a minute, Rutgers isn't in the B1G" but then I remembered.

[u/Rockerblocker → u/Avagontamos]

MSU loves our MAC brethren, as long as we're not talking about CMU

[u/Byzantine_Merchant → u/Avagontamos]

Western Michigan is my favorite MAC team to play anyways.

[u/dabombisnot90s → u/SwaglordHyperion]

Gotta win by 16 points ig. Like UMass. Speaking of which, the Big 10 prob made a call to the ref because they could not take two MAC losses in one week. Mfers would start being thrown into conversations about who the best conference in the Midwest really is.

[u/dwors025 → u/dabombisnot90s]

If the face masks and holdings and roughing the kickers calls had been made, they would have been up much more.

It’s not just the end - it’s the whole fucking time.

[u/jfarbzz → u/SwaglordHyperion]

Yeah the MAC has no business playing B1G teams.

Pay no attention to my flair.

[u/miversen33 → u/SwaglordHyperion]

They need that money :(

[u/benjaminck]

They will be forced to take legal MACtion.

[u/no-kangarooreborn]

It won't happen but this "win" being vacated would probably be the best CFB moment of the 2020s

[u/jdprager → u/no-kangarooreborn]

There's been a ton of games that felt "rigged" at some level, but this is genuinely only one of two that actually should be overturned (the other being CMU-OK State).

It's a completely objectively wrong call that changed a game from "over" to "not over". If the refs did the obviously, painfully clearly correct thing, this is unambiguously a WMU win

[u/jayjude → u/jdprager]

I said it elsewhere but I think the big difference between this and the CMU vs Ok State game is that in that game, the refs made an error in applying the rules

In this game, the game ended and an objective reality got ignored

That feels different by like a lot

One is human error, it fucking sucked but human error happens

There is no rational explanation for this one

[u/jdprager → u/jayjude]

I've been saying the same thing all over the place. CMU - OK State was a genuine fuckup because the untimed down rules are kinda inequitable (it's really weird that the offense can benefit from intentional penalties)

There's no mistake that could cause this. The officials were looking at the exact same evidence as us that the game was over, and just decided to ignore it. There's no level of incompetence that could lead to this, it can only be malice. Which is NUTS

[u/originalbiggusdickus → u/jayjude]

The US basketball team never accepted the 1972 Olympic silver medals, because they won gold. W Michigan should list this as a win, because they fucking won the game.

[u/Hammerhead34 → u/jayjude]

There are multiple rational explanations, but no ETHICAL ones

[u/Top-Attitude-4987 → u/jdprager]

The CMU game was at least very obviously an honest mistake. I'm not sure even how you could say this was a mistake.

[u/jdprager → u/Top-Attitude-4987]

Yep I've been saying the same thing. That was a genuine misunderstanding of the untimed down rules (and quite honestly, that SHOULD be the actual rule. It's wack that the offense can benefit from intentional penalties)

There's no rules mistake here, it's just the refs telling us to ignore the clear and obvious evidence our eyes are seeing

[u/mr-rile-u-up → u/Top-Attitude-4987]

Exactly. Even the Duke-UM one can explained away as an incredibly chaotic play with a million different things (although that one was def an ACC jobbing, just that it was somehow LESS blatant than this.)

[u/CloudApprehensive322 → u/no-kangarooreborn]

This is one of the extremely rare cases where you could potentially argue for the result to change. I hope it happens.

[u/PreviousImpression28 → u/CloudApprehensive322]

Yep

1. Game ends either way
   
2. Refs reviewed it, so it wasn’t “missed”
   
3. Whittingham admitted there wasn’t a second left

[u/ctinker6171]

Absolutely wishing them sucess but "MAC commissioner getting in contact with the B1G" is unfortunately giving coughing baby vs hydrogen bomb.

[u/ShallowKalkite → u/ctinker6171]

I've never heard of him but I guarantee he is a better commissioner than Petiti.

[u/Gbchris12 → u/ShallowKalkite]

Not exactly a high bar

[u/DyZ814]

The B1G is going to come out and say "sorry, we made a mistake" and that'll be that.

[u/Apart_Number_2792 → u/DyZ814]

It's truly pathetic.

[u/EdselFordEdsel]

Can I have a Jon Steinbrecher flair? He needs our public support

[u/Collinsnow1]

The worst part of all of this is that the original call was that the game was over. That means on review, they needed conclusive video evidence to overturn that. This means by overturning the call, there was zero doubt that there was 1 second left. 

Anyone with a pair of eyes can see that, at the very least, it’s inconclusive. It’s rigged. 

[u/mjs_pj_party → u/Collinsnow1]

That's actually a great point.

I feel like this is often NOT the way the rule is applied during reviews but it 100% should be.

[u/JaleDunior]

This is much, much worse than a blatant missed in-game call. The game was literally over. 0:00 and absolutely no evidence was put forth to have a second added back. If anything, it 100% confirmed the game was over. This is one of the more egregious things I've seen across all levels of football. Embarrassment. This should honestly be taken to court. Western Michigan lost a lot out of this deal and deserves to be compensated.

[u/prismatic_lights]

DraftKings in the replies asking if they can use the video on their socials has to be one of the most tone-deaf things imaginable.

Buddy, people are thinking this happened because of your industry.

[u/Appropriate-Joke-806 → u/prismatic_lights]

They don’t have to worry about being tone-deaf. They can be openly corrupt because they have that much money and power. It’s good advertising for them to be corrupt.

[u/snekky-snek]

Western Michigan got robbed.

[u/emperorsolo]

The MAC commissioner has to be absolutely livid. Especially when one of his teams gets denied being possibly ranked on Monday.

[u/OldRedLobsterBiscuit → u/emperorsolo]

The polls are subjective, nothing stops the voters from ranking Western Michigan anyways.  (They should absolutely consider this a win when voting)

[u/Paper_Clip100 → u/OldRedLobsterBiscuit]

lol. They won’t

[u/Will071]

I’m treating this game as a loss for Michigan if I was on the CFP committee.

[u/digbug0 → u/Will071]

should be regardless… poor performance against a MAC SCHOOL should not be rewarded. I will riot if Washington isn’t ranked higher than Michigan next week if all goes smoothly…

[u/Insectshelf3]

hope steinbrecher is on the warpath. at a minimum, entire crew needs to be fired.

[u/skinnyfat24]

He discovered America. He was a brave Italian explorer. And in this house Broc Lowry is a hero. End of story.

[u/usernameisusername57]

This is the Big 10's chance to show that there's even a shred of legitimacy left in the sport. Which is to say that they're going to back Michigan 100% and tell us all to ignore the evidence of our eyes.

[u/Crotean]

Seriously I hope the result of this game is over turned. WMU won the clock was at zeroes.

[u/bdougy]

“May” lol

[u/shield_x]

• Jim Wharrie — Referee
• Keith Vaverchak — Umpire
• Ric Hinkamper — Linesman
• Jeff Szink — Line Judge
• Jeff Latkiewicz — Back Judge
• Kyle DuBuse — Field Judge
• Grady Smith — Side Judge

[u/Pleasant_Offer6286 → u/shield_x]

Need to include the replay official. That’s the clown that set all of this in motion.

[u/BlueCity8]

Honestly, I think any reasonable person agrees with Lance.

[u/PunchNessie]

B10: $orry, that’s a shame. Welp nothing we can do.

[u/rollindeep3]

End sports gambling. Full stop.

[u/Jolly_Job_9852]

I'm making my second flair WMU, for this season. Let's go MACtion

[u/Round-Guarantee4948]

Oklahoma is about to unveil the long-awaited 77-0 Coach Fran dog stomping next weekend to Michigan

[u/InfamousCattle3223]

I don’t understand why it wouldn’t be possible to just overturn it. The last play never happened, the game was over.

[u/VQQN → u/InfamousCattle3223]

I know overturning game results is a taboo topic, but if any game will ever need to be overturned, its this one.

[u/InfamousCattle3223 → u/VQQN]

It’s so cut and dry if you use your brain. The play just never should have happened. If you can’t get that overturned than nothing will ever get overturned.

[u/Francis_X_Hummel]

At first I was furious, but now, I prefer this outcome because UM will eat more shit for this than if they had lost, and they deserve to eat every morsel of shit they can possibly eat.

[u/EvenMeaning8077 → u/Francis_X_Hummel]

Fine but Western Michigan team deserves this win period

[u/Francis_X_Hummel → u/EvenMeaning8077]

yeah they do, I want that for their players man, they fought

[u/00trysomethingnu]

“We wish we could go back and change things but we can’t…ruling stands”

[u/Freedjet27]

Fuck it. MAC vs everybody

[u/Interesting-Ebb6378]

I was so geeked for the start of College Football Saturdays, and this has completely ruined it for me.

[u/bigdknight157]

There has been a lot of talk about integrity of the sport. Rightfully so in the wake of Sorsby and Texas Tech. But I’d argue this situation was just as, if not more egregious than gambling. It is one of the most clear 4k examples of cheating ever seen. And the B1G puffed their chests over the concept of integrity of the sport just a few short weeks ago.

[u/bipbophil]

Not to mention all the holding on the last drive, they did all they could to give the game back

[u/iDrum17]

MAC needs to sue the Big Ten and NCAA. this couple absolutely be overturned.

[u/Disastrous_Wind_7005]

The MAC should sue the B1G, the officials and the NCAA for the travesty that was allowed to happen. The officials were TERRIBLE the whole game!

[u/_jt33_]

There's no way you let that result stand. You do whatever you have to do in order to get it overturned including lawyering up.

[u/Due-Competition2932]

Two years ago, referees added a second to the end of the clock in the BYU Arizona State game. The review took about 10 minutes and was at least questionable.

This review was done in less than two minutes, and anyone who watches the clip can clearly see that the wrong decision was made.

One of the only times I’ve ever genuinely thought that something was rigged.

[u/Lefthook16]

Theoretically a judge in Western Michigan could step in.... If the game was wrongly officiated we saw the end happen.

[u/Just-Forever6684]

B1G when he calls: Hey, we rigged it, what the fuck are you going to do about it? Get over it. Enjoy your $1.5 million you poverty stricken asshole

[u/buckeyefan1930]

it was straight up rigged. as long as gambling happens...this will always continue to happen

[u/FalconPunch2415 → u/buckeyefan1930]

To be fair; wouldn’t UM winning cost books more money there?