MAC wants Western Michigan recognized as winner vs. Michigan
The Mid-American Conference has appealed the outcome of Saturday night's game between Western Michigan and Michigan, asking the NCAA and College Football Playoff to recognize the Broncos as the winner of the controversial contest.
In a letter sent Tuesday, MAC commissioner Jon A. Steinbrecher said "replay protocol was not properly followed" at the conclusion of the game.
Michigan won 13-12 on Bryce Underwood's Hail Mary touchdown pass after the replay official put one second back on the clock. The stadium clock and the one shown on television showed zeros after Underwood's first Hail Mary was thrown out the back of the end zone.
"I recognize that the Oversight Committee does not ordinarily alter results recorded on the field," Steinbrecher wrote in the letter to the NCAA. "Nevertheless, the circumstances of this game are extraordinary. The final outcome was directly affected by a replay officiating error resulting from the failure to follow an established and specific protocol governing precisely this type of end-of-half timing situation."
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