It's pretty cut-and-dried: The best play of this young college football season never should have happened.
Oklahoma State was up 27-24, and had the ball for a fourth down near midfield. The No. 22 Cowboys snapped the ball, let time run out then committed an intentional grounding penalty. The game should have been over. Except ...
Well, you know that pesky rule where the game can be extended for an untimed final down? Yeah, it got called into play in Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday, and Central Michigan got the ball back.
More accurately, the rule got misapplied.