{"id":851915,"date":"2026-09-18T08:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/851915\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:40:23","slug":"ncaa-admits-how-badly-western-michigan-got-screwed-on-michigan-hail-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/851915\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA admits how badly Western Michigan got screwed on Michigan Hail Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 Western Michigan and its conference have insisted <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/08\/sports\/mac-appealing-for-western-michigan-to-be-declared-winner-after-michigan-controversy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan should not have been given an extra second<\/a> in its dramatic win over the Broncos two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA agrees, but said it can\u2019t do anything about it.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee announced Wednesday that proper replay protocols weren\u2019t followed in Michigan\u2019s Hail Mary win, altering the outcome of the game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40857362\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/13-12-time-expires-second-139846451.jpg\" alt=\"Michigan wide receiver JJ Buchanan (6) catches for a touchdown against Western Michigan to win the game 13-12 as time expires during the second half at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-40857362\"\/>Michigan wide receiver JJ Buchanan (6) catches for a touchdown against Western Michigan to win the game 13-12 as time expires during the second half at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>The committee also reiterated what the NCAA said last week: It doesn\u2019t have the authority to overturn the result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee consulted with national officiating leadership regarding the instant replay protocols,\u201d the committee said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on that information, the committee agreed that the instant replay protocols were not followed in the contest\u2019s second-to-last play,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cHad the protocols been followed, the outcome of the game would have been different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michigan, now ranked No. 19, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/06\/sports\/group-of-refs-officials-question-controversial-michigan-ending-josh-pate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">won the Sept. 5 game 13-12 on a Hail Mary pass<\/a> after the replay official had put 1 second back on the clock when Wolverines quarterback Bryce Underwood\u2019s first try was incomplete.<\/p>\n<p>The Mid-American Conference initially accepted the Big Ten\u2019s explanation of what happened at the end of the game, but joined Western Michigan in asking for the result to be overturned.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours later, the NCAA said the result would stand, noting its playing rules do not have a protocol for overturning the outcome of a game and the oversight committee does not have the authority to do so, which it confirmed again on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40857367\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/13-12-loss-michigan-michigan-139846453.jpg\" alt=\"Western Michigan coaches comfort cornerback Jarvarius Sims (8) after a 13-12 loss to Michigan at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-40857367\"\/>Western Michigan coaches comfort cornerback Jarvarius Sims (8) after a 13-12 loss to Michigan at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe playing rules governing the result of a contest are clear: once the referee declares a contest to be final, no appeal of the outcome is permitted, according to (rules),\u201d the committee said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 Western Michigan and its conference have insisted Michigan should not have been given an extra second&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1607,399,1777,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-851915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-college-football","tag-football","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}