OT: SIAP I swear I checked...Could OK State Appeal?

the good news for the cowboys is that if that happened to run the table or even lose one more but win the Big 12, the CFP committee might overlook the CMU loss as a second loss because of the mistake. Whether or not they overlook the close game to a MAC school, or whether or not OSU can actually win the rest of their games after the way they played this weekend, remains to be seen.

Also, just say SIAP and be done with it. Including that in the title is dumb.

They should have never let it come down to a last second play. At home, and you barely beat them the year before, don't let the officials decide it. 

Even if they're clearly wrong, your don't want to set the precedent of changing the outcome of a game due to officiating mistakes. That's a slippery slope that doesn't end well. They clearly need to leave the outcome as called on the field.

The rules are clear... OK State should have won.  The Chips shouldn't have gotten an untimed down.  But there's no appeal, and OK State just has to suck it.  Got it.  Understood.  Loud and clear.

But wasn't the way the game decided the way we want all games to end?  If the referees had called it correctly, the game would have ended with OK State intentionally running a play that the rules also determine to be illegal, and therefore worthy of a punishment--except at the end of the game (where it arguably could matter the most)?  I understand that the rule is clear on this, and that my question has no bearing on what should happen regarding the result of Saturday's game.  But if a team attempts to exploit the rules to obtain an advantage at the end of the game, and the play results in a loss of down on fourth down, the other team should get a chance to make them pay--which the Chips did here.

So while the rules were not correctly applied in this case, we still got the 'right' outcome.

Ask Bo how he felt about people changing their minds to send the wrong team to the Rose Bowl back in 1973 after the fact.

But this is how sports work. Missouri lost on a 5th down in 1990. Should that be appealed, too? What about stuff that's one-off the officials...like Clockgate? These things should be remembered to guide the future, but sometimes shit happens.

Maybe we can get the outcome finally changed from the Spartan Bob game back in 2001.

CMU may potentially be 3-0 headed into Virginia. It's entirely possible they will be a road favorite.

How ridiculous is that? Is this bizarro world?

The solution here is for OSU to claim it as a victory and list the score as what it was before the last play. They can do that in all of their materials forever, whether the NCAA likes it or not, just like schools claim pretty implausible national championships to pad their totals. CMU will list it as a victory, but that doesn't mean OSU has to recognize it.

This is very similar to our game against MSU last year, which we won 23-21, because stupid plays by Australian punters who don't know when to stop trying to punt don't actually count. 

Was surprised not to see any conjecture in this thread on what the effect of an appeal system would have on sports betting. Like what would happen if OSU got the outcome of the game changed somehow and all those (probably tens of people) that bet on CMU to win straight up had their winnings snatched away?

OK State made last cup. CMU got their rebuttal and somehow sunk both balls in the last cup (before OK State could pull). No rebuttal. Game, Chips.

You can only do that for national titles.