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It doesn’t take much indepth searching to find the Central Michigan University’s core values on its website. The first one listed: integrity. It’s the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. CMU has the opportunity to embody that. The Chippewas beat Oklahoma State 30-27 Devin L. Wilber/O’COLLY on Saturday in Stillwater. Quarterback Cooper Rush OSU cornerback Ashton Lampkin kneels after his attempt slung the ball in the air. to stop Corey Willis failed at the end of the Cowboys’ loss. Jesse Kroll caught it as sprinted across the field The OSU football team he fell. Before he hit the and its fans stood quiet in turf, Kroll pitched the ball and into the end zone. to Corey Willis. Willis Game over. disbelief. Moments before
they were cheering until an intentional grounding call gave CMU an untimed down. That cheering should have never stopped. By this time, OSU fans should have been singing the alma mater with a 2-0 football team. The play that quieted Boone Pickens Stadium should have never happened. The NCAA football rulebook states that the game should have ended, despite the intentional grounding penalty. After the game, the officials admitted their hiccup. Now, all that’s left, is for CMU
to accept the truth. For the game’s result to be overturned, OSU must appeal to CMU, and the Chippewas must approve it. That’s easier said than done. The Chippewas would give up a win against a team from a Power Five conference. They would give up an easy road to tallying a 12-0 record. CMU doesn’t play another opponent ranked in the top 25 this season. It’s not easy, but practice what you preach, Chippewas. CMU can be remembered for a game-winning Hail Mary that shouldn’t
have happened. They can use the play as a recruiting tool. It’ll be free exposure on ESPN all season. It’s an opportunity small schools dream of. But how can CMU try to improve its university on a play that never should have happened? Especially when its motto begins with integrity? CMU, you claim to teach integrity. Now’s your chance. They say the best way to teach is by example. Here is that example. F o l l o w t h e O ’ C o l ly : @ o c o l ly
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Officials admit errors in loss, but result likely won’t change 22 Cowboys to 1-1 and improved CMU to 2-0. Sp o rt s R eporters The rulebook says: The officials made a “A period shall be exmistake. tended for an untimed down According to rule 3-2-3, if one or more of the followsection 2, article 3 in the ing occurs during a down NCAA football rulebook, in which time expires (A.R. the play that gave Central 3-2-3-I-VIII): Michigan a 30-27 victory 1. A penalty is accepted against Oklahoma State on for a live-ball foul(s) (ExSaturday shouldn’t have ception: Rule 10-2-5-a). The happened. period is not extended if the On the extra play it was foul is by the team in posawarded, CMU quarterback session and the statement of Cooper Rush heaved it to the penalty includes loss of Jesse Kroll, who caught it at down (A.R. 3-2-3-VIII).” the 9-yard line and fell back, By rule, the period should devin l. wilber/O’COLLY pitching it to Corey Willis. not have been extended Officials incorrectly gave Central Michigan the last play. Willis ran to the left and because OSU possessed the otherwise. After referee OSU coach Mike Gundy dove into the end zone for ball and the statement of the Tim O’Dey spoke with the asked a referee, though, the score and the win. penalty, intentional groundThe loss dropped the No. ing, included a loss of down. and the official told him national rules editor Rogers BY chandler Vessels and Hayden Barber
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Redding, his answer was different. “That should have been a loss of down and the end of the game at that point, so that extension should not have happened,” O’Dey said. O’Dey said he cannot make any decision about a change in the outcome because it is “outside of my jurisdiction.” Walt Anderson, the coordinator of football officials for the Big 12, agreed. Instead, the officials called intentional grounding and gave an extra play to Central Michigan, despite time having expired. However, the result of the game will not be reversed.
Anderson quoted Rule 1.1.3.b, which says once “the result of the game is final (it) cannot be overturned.” OSU athletic director Mike Holder said he is aware of the ruling not to overturn the game, but it doesn’t make sense to him. “In my mind, it is incomprehensible that a mistake made after time had expired cannot be corrected,” Holder said. “The final score shows that Oklahoma State lost the game, but that doesn’t mean that I have to agree with it.” F o l l o w t h e o ’ c o l ly : @ o c o l ly
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Opinion: More than the last play cost Cowboys the game and the Chippewas had their way with OSU’s defense. Without the final play, Rush still threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns. The Chippewas converted eight times out of 15 on third down and never failed to score in the red zone. The Cowboys were given chandler multiple second chances vessels thanks to penalties — six sp ort s Ed i to r CMU penalities for 87 yards — but failed to capitalize. Maybe it should never Even if they had, shouldn’t have happened. this team be good enough to There is a lot of confusion get it done the first time? about why the play that cost After a loss such as Oklahoma State its first loss this, a phrase repeated to of the season, 30-27 to Cen- ad nauseum from losing tral Michigan, took place. coaches and players is, “give Big 12 and national officials credit to Central Michigan.” have said it shouldn’t have. Defensive coordinator Glenn To focus on that, though, is Spencer deviated from that to miss the larger point. norm, putting the blame on Yes, the play shouldn’t the Cowboys. have happened. Yes, NCAA “It surprised me we didn’t rules are a reason. But it’s execute in some crucial situnot the only reason. ations,” Spencer said. “We OSU shouldn’t have aldid good at giving them a lowed the game to be this lot of third downs. We had close. Central Michigan is a drives stopped — one of good team, no doubt, but the them was off two personal Cowboys are supposed to be fouls — that we kept going. better than this. This wasn’t That’s inexcusable.” supposed to be a blowout, The defense wasn’t only but OSU was expected to to blame. win with little trouble. Quarterback Mason RuThis is the team picked dolph looked off, overthrowthird in the Big 12 this preing targets and forcing his season. The team coming off receivers to jump and make a Sugar Bowl appearance. the play themselves. The The Cowboys struggled with run game mustered only 58 CMU last year in Mount yards on 25 carries. If not Pleasant, Michigan, and for penalties, OSU might came out fine. This team have found itself down long was supposed to be better before the last play. because of that experience. “I think we kind of shot But Saturday, Cooper Rush ourselves in the foot a MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
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few times,” Rudolph said. “Overshooting some guys and not taking advantage of being in the red zone.” The play will be analyzed and discussed, and rightfully so. For both teams, the decision not to overturn the call could make or break the season. Still, lost in all of this is a valuable lesson about the Cowboys. Maybe OSU isn’t as good as the expectations placed on them in preseason. Maybe Saturday was a fluke. Until more games are played, it’s hard to say for sure. But when you’re watching that play on SportsCenter, remember this: The full story included 137 others. Chandler Vessels is a sports media senior from Moore. He can be reached at sports.ed@ocolly.com. Follow chandler: @chandlervessels
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The Cowboys should have won this game. They shouldn’t have let the game get to a point where a miracle, last-second touchdown cost them a victory. The play shouldn’t have happened in the first place, as officials have admitted to making a mistake in allowing it. But Oklahoma State should have played better. The Cowboys can be better. Saturday, the Cowboys came out flat, and it showed in the result.
Officiating That grade might be too nice. The entire Mid-American Conference crew incorrectly allowed the Chippewas another play after OSU quarterback Mason Rudolph was correctly called for intentional grounding. The Big 12 replay officials had every opportunity to correct the MAC crew’s mistake, but instead, the conference doomed one of its teams. The MAC crew and Big 12 replay officials were suspended two games. The Cowboys might wish that suspension came one game sooner.
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Mike Gundy, to his credit, took ownership for the intentional grounding call on OSU’s final offensive play. Gundy said that pass play has been in the Cowboys’ playbook for years, but he didn’t know all the rules that applied to it. That’s illogical. He had to tell Rudolph to take a step out of the tackle box, a receiver to go down the sideline, or anyone to take the snap and run back through Gallagher-Iba Arena. That play might’ve seemed out of context Saturday, considering how little OSU ran the ball. Gundy and offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich said they gave up on the run game too soon. A one-dimensional offense won’t keep up in a Big 12 shootout.
Last Play
I suppose it’s a matter of perspective. For the portion of the country that isn’t loaded with OSU fans, that final play was incredible. For Jesse Kroll to have the presence of mind to perfectly shovel the ball to Corey Willis while falling to the ground encapsulates how much of a miracle the play was. The only thing keeping that play from being an A+ is that it shouldn’t have happened in the first place.
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