Ummmmmmm.........you're obviously not a real football fan. Cal vs Stanford back in on November 20, 1982 remains the wildest ending ever, and all 5 laterals were legit.
@@colderbeer ok, he said “arguably” which means someone could make a point on why it is, that doesn’t mean it is, Jesus, what’s a “real fan” supposed to be anyway? Stop talking down to people
@@colderbeer "Youre not a real football fan for not picking out a single game between two pretty irrelevant teams almost 40 years ago" Also he didn't even say it was the craziest, he said COULD BE, and ONE OF
Way crazier than band on the field! Because the offense doesn't know which Ball State players are legal to make a tackle and try and avoid. Random players on the Ball State team could make a tackle, where as no band member is making a tackle
Well the band on the field was the first of its kind, plus the fact that it's the band with instruments vs actual players with the equipment to be on the field
I think 1:31 is my favorite. Ballcarrier finds himself in a crowd of 20 opponents fresh off the sideline, and tries to play it casual for a few seconds.
Stations do this all the time, not just ESPN. Contracts are very specific about precious air time, including for commercials. It usually is not this abrupt though.
Man, just a damn shame no one will remember this since the TD didn't actually count. The announcers did a great job. This is as memorable as "THE BAND IS ON THE FIELD!!": "They have not blown this dead yet ... THEY HAVE NOT BLOWN THIS DEAD YET!!" Great call. The image of like 50 Ball St players abruptly turning around to sprint towards the sideline is one the most hilarious things I've ever seen.
Crazy stuff, almost makes you miss how much "homering" was done by the clock operator on that late drive...whistle at 10, clock stops at 08. Ref starts clock, QB spikes in less than 1 second, clock goes to :06. Three extra seconds from 6 to 9? One extra play maybe. This is why your clock operator can suddenly be your best friend when you are at home.
This is crazier than "The BAND IS ON THE FIELD!!!!" Also, if I were a football coach I would devise a dozen lateral schemes and use them throughout the game. Defenses seem so confused when you do a simple lateral. Yeah, you might fumble but if you practice them enough, it'll be more often successful.
Should have been offsetting penalties since the Ball St penalty happened while the ball was still in play. How they can justify that being a dead ball foul, I have no clue.
@@GoBlue576966 well it was offsetting penalties. A game cannot end on a defensive penalty. However, if there’s a defensive penalty AND a penalty on the offense, the game can end. It’s only if there’s just a defensive penalty that the game will be extended by one play.
I know they call it a dead ball foul but one of the players that wasn't in the play and ran onto the field actually made contact with the runner while the play was live, how in the world does that make it a "dead ball foul". Due to that everything should have offset and an untimed play should have been given.
It's funny how #24, Moore, who ran the touchdown in was the one who blew the play by throwing the forward pass instead of to a clearly open alternative couple teammates behind him for a lateral.
How is being on the field during a play a dead ball foul? Shouldn't the penalties offset? What's to stop a team from intentionally taking the field to disrupt the play?
Wrong call. A whistle was heard before the forward lateral that should have stopped the play right there. Since it is a whistle that should not have occurred it would be an inadvertent whistle. The team with the ball gets to run a play (untimed down) from the spot where thr ball was when the whistle was blown.
That call is incorrect. It was NOT a dead-ball foul on Ball State The play was still alive. I think there were 2 illegal forward passes, but that doesn't matter. Coming off the sidelines, onto the field while, while the play is alive, is not dead-ball. The penalties should have offset and because the defense committed a penalty, they should have had 1 untimed down from the previous spot.
Rules state ; you can make one forward pass "from" behind the line of scrimmage to a player "ahead" of the line of scrimmage ,.. which did happen but once the play continues and Goes backwards,..you CAN throw the ball forward if its behind the line of scrimmage which it WAS !
Maybe someone can explain to me why a forward lateral/pass would have been illegal. As opposed to many plays like this on kickoffs, this was a scrimmage play. Wouldn’t one (but only one) forward pass be legal?
The very first pass was forward. But either way, once past the line of scrimmage you can’t perform a forward movement of the ball in the air only straight sideways or obviously backwards. Think this, if u could pull one forward pass off no matter what, it’d be easy to just have someone run downfield then when ur about to get tackled just heave it down to them lol
1:29 sounds like a whistle, but could also be fans whistling But aside from that, Western Michigan had coaches standing on the field telling the players to keep going, and one of those laterals wasn't quite a lateral, so offsetting penalties + game over makes sense.
Kudos to the refs for not calling the game on that botched recovery by Ball St. Rarely do refs get any praise when they make the correct calls,…so WTH….good job zebras. Also,…somewhere right now watching this clip,…is one of the remaining members of the 1982 University of Stanford Cardinal Band - thanking Western Michigan & Sky Moore - for their efforts and not giving up. (FYI - If you weren’t aware,…Stanford’s band ran on the field & cost them the “W” - in a big game vs. Cal. It’s epic!).
I get the forward lateral, confused by the refs saying Ball St players on the field is a dead ball foul. So at anytime to end a game the team can run on the field and its a dead ball?
yes, evidently....why doesn't everybody have their defense run onto the field after the last play starts in order to stop the hail mary's and such? because it would be a penalty...why the refs effed this up IDK
How is the unsportsmanlike conduct a "dead ball foul" when it occurred during the play, before the whistle had blown? Shouldnt it have been a penalty on both teams, thus offsetting, so you replay the down?
Crazy situation, but the referees got that wrong. Players from the bench entering the playing surface during a live play isn't a dead ball foul. The forward pass and the illegal substitution should be offsetting penalties, causing an untimed down from the previous spot.
Why wouldn't this be offsetting penalities with an untimed down? Western Michigan had a forward lateral (penalty), but the play wasn't blown dead, so then Ball State rushes the field during an active play (penalty). Why wouldn't those penalties offset, with an untimed down since a game can't end on a play involving a defensive penalty?
So at 1:05 that is a forward pass, ball leaves his hand at the 33 yard line and is caught at the 34 yard line. I understand the chaos and confusion but the play is dead right there. There was also numerous no call penalties that would have prolonged the game 1 more play anyways. Offensive line man is 30 yards downfield (penalty) , roughing the passer (penalty) like 13 holding penalties. I think the ref just said "fk it, play it out and we'll forget all 10+ penalties cause we lost control".
yeah ,..one of the things about this is the ref HAS TO THROW his flag right there,.,. at the point of infraction ,..which is one reason why Cal beat Stanford,..you are NOT ALLOWED TO COME BACK with a call later,... as if instant replay NCAA style,.. it doesn't work that way; the NCAA will soon declare the winner here; WESTERN MI
@@kalen1702 hmmm. Interesting. Could have sworn there have been games where the last play had offsetting penalties and they replayed the down - or same with the end of a half. Guess I’m wrong 🤷🏼♂️
Joshua Day I’m not quite sure if they would do an untimed down at the end of a half or not. I can’t recall a game having an untimed down at the end after offsetting penalties, but I’m just googling stuff, not a rules expert lol. Either way, what a mess
Man, this sucks. I was about to post this to my Facebook and be like, "Check out this crazy ending!" and then they cut the game off? Now TH-cam football highlight channels are going to have to live with ESPN's dumbass decision for years to come, and it's not like we can just ignore this highlight happened. Good luck to the content creators who have to explain this to viewers a few years from now in a highlight mix reel.
The ESPN broadcast really cut off right before the refs explained the call😂😂
Damn lmao
BRUH
They lost because they did some forward laterals
bro
You need to do a highest/lowest scoring games of 2020 when it’s over. I enjoyed the series last year.
I’m here because Jomboy told me to watch this first.
Same and damn he was right
And I'm not going back
Lol same
Same... still don't know what happened
Lmao me too
ESPN ended coverage of the game early to talk about Lebron James taking a dump.
Al your boss Tim the toolman Taylor went to Western Michigan so he's probably upset about this loss.
😂😂😂
BLM
Or Sarah Fuller kicking the ball 30 yards.
@@ronniejdio9411 stfu
Dang, without that forward pass that would have arguably been the craziest TD ever to win a game in college football history.
Ummmmmmm.........you're obviously not a real football fan. Cal vs Stanford back in on November 20, 1982 remains the wildest ending ever, and all 5 laterals were legit.
Watch cal vs Stanford the play
@@colderbeer ok, he said “arguably” which means someone could make a point on why it is, that doesn’t mean it is, Jesus, what’s a “real fan” supposed to be anyway? Stop talking down to people
@@casey8950 exactly
@@colderbeer "Youre not a real football fan for not picking out a single game between two pretty irrelevant teams almost 40 years ago" Also he didn't even say it was the craziest, he said COULD BE, and ONE OF
I was dying when the players started to run back on the sideline 😂😂😂
i think some offense players on the sideline tried to tackle them to😂😂😂😂😂
Its 12:52 and oklahoma still sucks
@@42701texasman 6-0 Bozo, both Oklahoma’s are doing good this season, don’t know what you on.
Cal usc the band is in the field vibes
If that wasn’t called back that woulda been on the same level as band on the field craziness
Way crazier than band on the field! Because the offense doesn't know which Ball State players are legal to make a tackle and try and avoid. Random players on the Ball State team could make a tackle, where as no band member is making a tackle
Screw the nats
@@spitonitpawpaw2848 screw the braves
Well the band on the field was the first of its kind, plus the fact that it's the band with instruments vs actual players with the equipment to be on the field
@@47dumb Screw the NL East!
ESPN went with the Tony Soprano ending. Bad move for a sporting event.
horrible move loooool
😂😂😂. They just forgot to play Journey.
We were left in antici-
Lmao. Great comment.
They showed the forward pass.
I think 1:31 is my favorite. Ballcarrier finds himself in a crowd of 20 opponents fresh off the sideline, and tries to play it casual for a few seconds.
If 2020 were the end of a football game
Comment of the year
You sir just won the internet for the day
This reminds me of when the band stormed the field in that one Cal game
Same
Stanford.. 1982
Oh yea, and the players refused to yield?
The band is out on the field!
@@MarkelScott100 he’s probably gonna try to squib it, and he does.
Ball State lucky as hell or else that would’ve been one of the dumbest ways to lose a game ever.
ESPN is a complete joke of a "network".
and this was on ESPN+, which means you had to pay $5.99/month (or $49.99 for the year) to see the game.
@@zymaymyn If anyone is doing that, they deserve to get screwed
Stations do this all the time, not just ESPN. Contracts are very specific about precious air time, including for commercials. It usually is not this abrupt though.
Fox News is by far the worst
@@zymaymyn I live nearby, so I was lucky enough to catch it on the radio
Man, just a damn shame no one will remember this since the TD didn't actually count. The announcers did a great job. This is as memorable as "THE BAND IS ON THE FIELD!!": "They have not blown this dead yet ... THEY HAVE NOT BLOWN THIS DEAD YET!!" Great call. The image of like 50 Ball St players abruptly turning around to sprint towards the sideline is one the most hilarious things I've ever seen.
1:20 "It's the annexation of Puerto Rico "😂😂😂
I don't get it. What does that mean?
@@1981lashlarue from little giants! The trick play John Madden helped the kids design.
Apparently ESPN cut to over ESPN8: The Ocho for some exciting Dodgeball action.
the best part is how some the players on the bench started playing😂😂😂
All I can say is wow... the most exciting play of 2020 on every level of football
ALL THE BAND IS OUT ON THE FIELD‼️‼️‼️
That's the first thing I thought of
I can clearly hear that voice in my head lol
Yes
@Christopher Bresnick you missed the joke..
Crazy stuff, almost makes you miss how much "homering" was done by the clock operator on that late drive...whistle at 10, clock stops at 08. Ref starts clock, QB spikes in less than 1 second, clock goes to :06. Three extra seconds from 6 to 9? One extra play maybe. This is why your clock operator can suddenly be your best friend when you are at home.
This is crazier than "The BAND IS ON THE FIELD!!!!" Also, if I were a football coach I would devise a dozen lateral schemes and use them throughout the game. Defenses seem so confused when you do a simple lateral. Yeah, you might fumble but if you practice them enough, it'll be more often successful.
tell me why you don’t coach without telling me you don’t coach 😂
thats sad espn cut off the end. they dont care about small schools.
They don't make money is why
Truth
As a fan of Buffalo it is sad to see our conference-mates get cut off
@@georgejohnson8674so they cut them off, not getting money, so continues on and on
90 Ball State players on the field and the WMU guy still doesn't get tackled 😂
ESPN.cutting out before the play was explained by the referee what was that about
ESPN doing what they do best
Im guessing Lebron James took a dump or something
1:05 the throw from 24 is a forward pass. Flag. Ball game over
Thrown at 32.5 yard line and caught at 34 yd line
Should have been offsetting penalties since the Ball St penalty happened while the ball was still in play. How they can justify that being a dead ball foul, I have no clue.
@@GoBlue576966 well it was offsetting penalties. A game cannot end on a defensive penalty. However, if there’s a defensive penalty AND a penalty on the offense, the game can end. It’s only if there’s just a defensive penalty that the game will be extended by one play.
Yup, that was the forward pass, alright.
I know they call it a dead ball foul but one of the players that wasn't in the play and ran onto the field actually made contact with the runner while the play was live, how in the world does that make it a "dead ball foul". Due to that everything should have offset and an untimed play should have been given.
Even though they lost, good for w. Michigan. Hope we start to see these more often everywhere in football 🏈!
How is 1:28 not Targeting, he Lounged at him with the Crown of the Helmet.
Legend has it the quarterback is still on the field being tackled again
This is like “The Band Is On The Field!” except it’s “The Team Is On The Field!”
Cant wait for the jomboy breakdown on this
At the 1:09 mark you can see that the ball went from 32 to the 34 it was a forward pass which is illegal!
It's funny how #24, Moore, who ran the touchdown in was the one who blew the play by throwing the forward pass instead of to a clearly open alternative couple teammates behind him for a lateral.
Who else is getting flashbacks of the infamous Stanford/Cal game?
How's that "dead ball" while the play is going on?
Joe Biden and the Democrats were the refs here ( after the fact lol )
How is being on the field during a play a dead ball foul? Shouldn't the penalties offset? What's to stop a team from intentionally taking the field to disrupt the play?
When did they say it was a dead ball foul?
Me who watched the ending of the Browns game and seeing all those laterals: I have a bad feeling about this
1:26 when the teacher dismisses you and not the bell
"This is.....This is a problem...." lol
This...is a little bit of a morass...
Seriously...that’s a great call.
Ball State down BAD after that basketball loss. Had to come back and revisit this one.
i see everyone here is mentioning jomboy already
wow wht a time to be alive
1982: The band is on the field !
2020: The entire team is on the field and just lost themselves the game !
Actually, they WON the game
@@TheClearwall true but it wasn't because of anything they did on that play. They did choke but got lucky that W Michigan fucked up to.
Cant wait for the breakdown from... well u know who it isssss
Anytime that the Annexation of Puerto Rico is mentioned, you know it is an epic moment. Wow. Wow. WOW! Only 2020 could have brought this.
"Insane ending" gets used in title a lot as clickbait but that one fit the bill!
Defense ran on the field, offense threw a forward lateral ... offsetting penalties. Replay the down.
Yes! I don't understand why they ended the game. Also how is it a dead ball foul when the foul occurred during the play before it was blown dead?
Lol #24 at 1:04 threw an illegal forward pass, *flag thrown*, and #23 on the sidelines at the top of the screen was like "that's it, we lost"
Man we were one illegal pass forward away from Stanford vs Cal deja vu, my god.
Thanks for the closure.. Most other vids end at the touchdown..
😂😂😂😂
Need the Benny hill song over this video
1:38 THEY HAVE NOT BLOWN THIS DEAD YET !!!!
🤣 you gotta luv it 😂😂😂
Referee @2:12 has that look like "Well....I really don't know what we are going to do here..."
0:58: You ain't gonna tackle that big boy like that. LOL.
How was that a forward pass when the receiver had to retreat backwards to catch it?
1:40 shows WM players and coaches on the field as well.
The annexation of Puerto Rico quip is perfection. 😄😄😄
This may be the craziest thing to happen in college football
This is why I love Maction but ESPN has to ruin it!
Who else had to go back and watch The Game in 1982 Stanford vs Cal after seeing this one! Haha😆👍🏻
Legend has it, Skyy Moore and every WR on his team are still blowing games to this day.
Besides Rashee Rice
Wrong call. A whistle was heard before the forward lateral that should have stopped the play right there. Since it is a whistle that should not have occurred it would be an inadvertent whistle. The team with the ball gets to run a play (untimed down) from the spot where thr ball was when the whistle was blown.
Number 5 got absolutely murdered twice in one play
That call is incorrect. It was NOT a dead-ball foul on Ball State The play was still alive. I think there were 2 illegal forward passes, but that doesn't matter. Coming off the sidelines, onto the field while, while the play is alive, is not dead-ball. The penalties should have offset and because the defense committed a penalty, they should have had 1 untimed down from the previous spot.
Rules state ; you can make one forward pass "from" behind the line of scrimmage to a player "ahead" of the line of scrimmage ,.. which did happen but once the play continues and Goes backwards,..you CAN throw the ball forward if its behind the line of scrimmage which it WAS !
Maybe someone can explain to me why a forward lateral/pass would have been illegal. As opposed to many plays like this on kickoffs, this was a scrimmage play. Wouldn’t one (but only one) forward pass be legal?
The very first pass was forward. But either way, once past the line of scrimmage you can’t perform a forward movement of the ball in the air only straight sideways or obviously backwards.
Think this, if u could pull one forward pass off no matter what, it’d be easy to just have someone run downfield then when ur about to get tackled just heave it down to them lol
Is ESPN the only network with footage of the ending? WTF
wasn't the forward pass behind the line of scrimmage so it was like a regular throw?
the controversy is there was one forward pass already ,..the first one,.but he was behind the line ,.. someday the NCAA will overturn this
1:29 sounds like a whistle, but could also be fans whistling
But aside from that, Western Michigan had coaches standing on the field telling the players to keep going, and one of those laterals wasn't quite a lateral, so offsetting penalties + game over makes sense.
offsetting penalties always means you replay the down, at least as far as i have seen. So it doesn't make sense to me
@@jimh1741It’s replay the down, but it isn’t an untimed down
When does the forward pass happen??
1 for the ages! Shades of that famous ending between the 2 California teams in the 70s :)
Too bad that ONE pass was ruled a forward one :(
Kudos to the refs for not calling the game on that botched recovery by Ball St. Rarely do refs get any praise when they make the correct calls,…so WTH….good job zebras.
Also,…somewhere right now watching this clip,…is one of the remaining members of the 1982 University of Stanford Cardinal Band - thanking Western Michigan & Sky Moore - for their efforts and not giving up. (FYI - If you weren’t aware,…Stanford’s band ran on the field & cost them the “W” - in a big game vs. Cal. It’s epic!).
because of how tiktoks and clips are posted, dont think 90% of ppl realize it wasnt a td, still a td in my heart
Easily the best hook-and-ladder play to never count.
That is insane good content keep it up
Watch if you wanna laugh my reaction th-cam.com/video/hFT5GLYGuIE/w-d-xo.html
@@KswaggReacts 😂
I get the forward lateral, confused by the refs saying Ball St players on the field is a dead ball foul. So at anytime to end a game the team can run on the field and its a dead ball?
yes, evidently....why doesn't everybody have their defense run onto the field after the last play starts in order to stop the hail mary's and such? because it would be a penalty...why the refs effed this up IDK
Dude I was laughing/screaming watching this, thanks for the post
How is the unsportsmanlike conduct a "dead ball foul" when it occurred during the play, before the whistle had blown? Shouldnt it have been a penalty on both teams, thus offsetting, so you replay the down?
Thoughts and prayers for the trombone player from the band that wandered onto the field. If you know, you know
He was really reiterating the whole "Detroit or Bust" thing..... a lot.....
Crazy situation, but the referees got that wrong. Players from the bench entering the playing surface during a live play isn't a dead ball foul. The forward pass and the illegal substitution should be offsetting penalties, causing an untimed down from the previous spot.
I didn’t know Ball State won up on till now
Thought you couldn't end the game on defensive penalty...
Why wouldn't this be offsetting penalities with an untimed down? Western Michigan had a forward lateral (penalty), but the play wasn't blown dead, so then Ball State rushes the field during an active play (penalty). Why wouldn't those penalties offset, with an untimed down since a game can't end on a play involving a defensive penalty?
When have you seen offsetting penalties lead to an untimed down? An untimed down is on penalties by the defense ONLY
So at 1:05 that is a forward pass, ball leaves his hand at the 33 yard line and is caught at the 34 yard line. I understand the chaos and confusion but the play is dead right there. There was also numerous no call penalties that would have prolonged the game 1 more play anyways. Offensive line man is 30 yards downfield (penalty) , roughing the passer (penalty) like 13 holding penalties. I think the ref just said "fk it, play it out and we'll forget all 10+ penalties cause we lost control".
yeah ,..one of the things about this is the ref HAS TO THROW his flag right there,.,. at the point of infraction ,..which is one reason why Cal beat Stanford,..you are NOT ALLOWED TO COME BACK with a call later,... as if instant replay NCAA style,.. it doesn't work that way; the NCAA will soon declare the winner here; WESTERN MI
This sums up 2020 pretty much
so if its an illegal forward pass and the team ran on the field with the play still going, wouldnt those offset for one untimed down?
A game normally can’t end on a defensive penalty, but if there are offsetting penalties, the game does end without an untimed down
@@kalen1702 hmmm. Interesting. Could have sworn there have been games where the last play had offsetting penalties and they replayed the down - or same with the end of a half. Guess I’m wrong 🤷🏼♂️
Joshua Day I’m not quite sure if they would do an untimed down at the end of a half or not. I can’t recall a game having an untimed down at the end after offsetting penalties, but I’m just googling stuff, not a rules expert lol. Either way, what a mess
Brandon yeah you right, nice call
Ball State had its entire fucking team on the field and nobody thought to tackle him.
The ESPN broadcast cut off right before the call. Sounds like something they would do.
Wow, last week it was coastal that had a crazy ending now western Michigan and ball state. Both of them were great games
Surprised you even know about coastal lol
@@deangelodadon2173 they're ranked and undefeated why wouldn't he
@@Nick-ec1hs nobody was talking about them till about 2-3 weeks ago I’m from da beach everybody dick riding coastal right now .
Michigan Sports: A Legacy of Losing
Nice to see Rugby is taking off in the US ;)
Literal definition of “celebrating too early”
This is why you always run to the end zone no matter what, because it just might count.
NFL needs to have more fun like this with laterals. No more kneeling, please!
And the kick is true do you mean the kick is through get it right announcer
#5 was lazy with that toss 😂😂😂 smh
We needed Joe Starkey on the play call.
I told you! How many times? We needed locking mechanisms on the vehicle doors!
I had a feeling the one pass was a forward pass
Wow, so close to being a Ball State bowl of depression soup. Only 1 slight forward pass. Good game WM. We needed this.
so if the opposing team lateralling is about to win, just have your team storm out on the field and tackle him to prevent the touchdown.
The only reason that worked is because Western Michigan threw an illegal forward pass
2 months and I just heard about this.
How is 1:05 not a forward pass?
it was
Oops... didn’t watch to the end yet.
Man, this sucks. I was about to post this to my Facebook and be like, "Check out this crazy ending!" and then they cut the game off? Now TH-cam football highlight channels are going to have to live with ESPN's dumbass decision for years to come, and it's not like we can just ignore this highlight happened. Good luck to the content creators who have to explain this to viewers a few years from now in a highlight mix reel.