But it didn't have to happen like THIS.
Michigan State's luck ran out in a 39-38 loss at Nebraska on Saturday in a game the Spartans first gave away with late miscues before having it snatched away by the refs.
Sparty led by 12 points with under two minutes to play, but Nebraska scored two straight touchdowns by exploiting MSU's porous secondary.
But the second of those touchdowns required an egregious missed call by the Big Ten officials, who ruled Brandon Reilly was forced out of bounds by Jermaine Edmondson, when the video shows clearly that he wasn't and that he should have been flagged for illegal touching.