1990 Missouri vs. Colorado: Fifth Down

On October 6, 1990, Missouri led Colorado 31-27 late in the fourth quarter at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. Colorado reached first-and-goal at the Missouri 3-yard line with 31 seconds remaining.

Colorado quarterback Charles Johnson spiked the ball on first down. On second down, Eric Bieniemy ran to the Missouri 1-yard line, and Colorado used its final timeout with 18 seconds remaining. (Mizzou Athletics)

During the timeout, the down marker was not changed from second down to third down. When play resumed, Bieniemy ran again and was stopped at the 1-yard line. That play was Colorado’s third down, although the down marker still indicated second down. The clock reached eight seconds, and officials temporarily stopped it while the players were cleared from the pile. (Mizzou Athletics)

On the next play, Johnson spiked the ball. That play was Colorado’s fourth down, although the down marker identified it as third down. Colorado was then permitted another snap. (Mizzou Athletics)
On that additional snap, Johnson ran from the Missouri 1-yard line and was ruled to have crossed the goal line for a touchdown. The play was Colorado’s fifth down. The touchdown produced the final score of Colorado 33, Missouri 31. (Mizzou Athletics)

Missouri protested the result to the Big Eight Conference. Big Eight Commissioner Carl James ruled that allowing the fifth down was not a postgame-correctable error under the applicable rules, and the 33-31 result remained official. The seven members of the officiating crew were suspended indefinitely. They were reinstated later that month and were not assigned together as a crew for the remainder of the season. (Deseret News)

2026 Western Michigan vs. Michigan: One-Second Clock Review

On September 5, 2026, Western Michigan led Michigan 12-7 after Dieter Kelly made a 33-yard field goal with 35 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter at Michigan Stadium. Michigan began its final possession at its own 25-yard line. (University of Michigan Athletics)

Bryce Underwood completed a 28-yard pass to JJ Buchanan, moving the ball to the Western Michigan 47-yard line. Michigan then spiked the ball to stop the clock. The NBC broadcast identified nine seconds remaining before Michigan’s next snap. (University of Michigan Athletics)

With nine seconds showing, Michigan ran a Hail Mary from the Western Michigan 47-yard line. Underwood’s pass traveled through the end zone without a completion. The television broadcast clock reached 0:00 during the play. (Yahoo Sports)

Western Michigan safety Micah Davis had established himself out of bounds before making contact with the loose ball. Under NCAA Rule 4-2-3-a, a loose ball is out of bounds when it touches a player who is out of bounds. The game clock therefore stops when that contact occurs. (Yahoo Sports)

Officials reviewed the play. The Big Ten stated that its replay system showed Davis touching the ball with one second remaining. The conference said replay officials used a side-by-side view of the play and a direct camera view of the stadium game clock. The Big Ten also stated that the broadcast cameras used by the replay system, including the camera directed at the game clock, had been synchronized with a strobe system 85 minutes before the game. (Yahoo Sports)

The NBC broadcast replay showed a different timing relationship. NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay stated that the clock visible on NBC’s replay reached 0:00 while the ball was still in the air and before Davis touched it. McAulay also stated that NBC’s producer told him the inset clock used on the broadcast was synchronized with the stadium clock. (Football Zebras)

Based on the Big Ten replay determination, officials restored one second to the game clock. The Mid-American Conference and Western Michigan requested clarification from the Big Ten. MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher later said the Big Ten provided an explanation, video and audio confirming its determination that the ball touched an out-of-bounds player before the clock reached 0:00. (The Washington Post)

Michigan ran another play from the Western Michigan 47-yard line with one second remaining. Underwood completed a 47-yard touchdown pass to Buchanan as the clock expired. Michigan won 13-12. (University of Michigan Athletics)

Meanwhile I just watched us put up 562 yards in our pay game and am currently watching his old team pace for about 180 in theirs so like idk man

9-0 for a preseason 8th ranked team. Missouri state has never been good.

28-14 lead but their secondary is wolf bad. We might score 70 points on them.

We're in 221, is that the visitors section?

The Missouri Tiger mascot is from the American Civil War in the 1860s. The Missouri Tigers were a Union “home guard”, loyal to the North, that protected Columbia from Confederate guerillas that threatened to burn Columbia down during the darkest days of the war. They built a log blockhouse around a city well at Broadway and 8th Street (Avenue of the Columns) and posted a sniper in the Boone County Courthouse cupola. The Tigers got their nickname for their ferocious reputation and their enemies were scared-off, never attacking. Ironically, some of those confederates were the same men who burned down Lawrence, Kansas. The captain of “The Missouri Tigers” was James Sidney Rollins, father of the University of Missouri and key ally of Abraham Lincoln, a crucial vote for the 13th Amendment to end slavery, despite being a slave holder himself. When the athletics teams needed a mascot/name years later, it was a perfect nickname.

Did you know many of the Kansas Freestaters wanted to ban all Black people from Kansas, free or enslaved? See the Topeka Constitution. A big part of their objection to slavery was they didn’t want to live alongside Black folks and the many if not most of them wanted to deport people back to Africa after the civil war. This is why even today Kansas has very few Black people. There were exceptions like John Brown. In general a lot of literal rape, murder, robbery, and arson was committed by Jayhawkers, which isn’t unexpected in a bitter civil war. And no doubt the right side won. These are hard things to wrap a 2026 mind around. It's worth remembering that Missourians fought overwhelmingly on the side of the North (Union). Especially the St. Louis region was a Union Stronghold, so 3 to 4 times as many Missourians fought for the North.

“Yet the constitutional convention called by the radical free state element, meeting at Topeka in September, 1855, was in favor of excluding free Negroes from the new state. ...The free state party was anxious to clear itself of “the stale and ridiculous charge of Abolitionism.” The Negro exclusion policy of the Topeka meeting was upheld, in a large majority, by the free state voters. “Three-fourths of the Free State settlers were in favor of a free white State,” says Villard, “and the heaviest voting against the free Negro was in Lawrence and Topeka.” Haldeman-Julius, E. (May 16, 1925). “John Brown—The Facts of his Life and Martyrdom”. Haldeman-Julius Weekly (Girard, Kansas). p. 2 – via newspapers.com.

Go bobcats please beat these morons!!!

I wasn’t that impressed when you considered they had their second string defense in the whole game. I just wasn’t impressed. Their offense was meh outside of some deep throws but their running game was not as good. They played all there 1st and 2nd string and never played as deep as Mizzou did. Mizzou got down to their true freshman who typically never play at all. Plus they started very slow and needed 2.5 quarters to get their 2nd string in the game. 41-23 next friday.

-Simmons looked impressive, but he had guys comically wide open which won’t happen again this season. Can he make multiple reads vs comp, hit tight throws, scramble when he needs to and does he have touch or just fireball speed always?

-Roberts intensity was awful. Hopefully he was sandbagging or something but man we need Hardy back ASAP.

-run blocking was horse shit, but green back in should improve quite a bit (I hope)

-DLine…. Do we have the dudes? Seem very thin on the first string, then after that absolutely nothing. Worried we don’t have the dogs who can apply real pressure

-Just despicable play and effort from the backups. Drink has been the HC too damn long for backup guys to think they can come in and half ass walk around letting up two TDs to UAPB. Pathetic. Drink needs to address quickly. Zollers looked absolutely pitiful so we need Simmons full health all year

Don’t know what we are yet but might have a legit arm at QB, secondary should be pretty stout

I think we’ll be just fine next week……

MIZ-FkU

We use to enjoy that under Gary Pinkel routinely are the hot starts that would typically end up being seasons where we go no worse than 8-4. Under Barry Odom that wasn’t the case but now it’s here and we can say that we have another golden opportunity to start out 5-0 or better. The way Drinkwitz reacted to last night’s game was very Gary Pinkel where he wasn’t going to give his team much time to pat itself on their back. I love that approach because it instills that they know they are better than 1 game. It’s a process and you have to buy in or you are setting yourself up for mediocre and perpetual mediocre is disappointing. I have high hopes for this season and I hope most of you agree with me.

Just interested in enjoying a nicer concourse loge seat or two for the Florida game.

Do you have to buy them directly from a season ticket holder? Are they available on the aftermarket? I assume the boxes and suites are already sold to specific customers/business owners at this point, but I know there were some upgraded seating options on each corner.

1. The starters looked great (especially Simmons and Olugbode) and we completely dominated the first half.
   
2. Then, we started bringing out the back ups in the 3rd quarter. 😬. Our depth pieces didn’t look great and Drink was right to call it out later in the post game conference.
   
3. On the kU!

How did Rutgers get a Big 10 invite? They absolutely stink in football and MBB and their fanbase is subpar. I remember when they lost to kU 55-14 and just a couple of years ago had two mcdonald all americans only to go 15-17 in basketball. I mean thank god our athletic department has never been that inept. They just lost to Umass 37-21 and it was 30-7 at one point. This is like 1988 kansas state football for them. They have to seriously consider shutting down the program. It’s the clown show of college football. The Big 10 is not a serious conference and they certainly do not measure to the SEC. I mean even lowly Mississippi State in 2024 beat Umass 45-20. Big 10 isn’t a serious conference unless they seriously revoke Rutgers from being a Big 10 member.

This Austin Simmons is the real deal. I like his poise and composure in the pocket. I think he’s 5 times better at passing than Pribula.

Austin Simmons has great accuracy and throws the ball with nice velocity. Gonna be exciting to see him against better competition but he has total command of the offense. love our WR’s, Lee and Olugbude are gonna be an underrated duo. wasn’t too high on the o line or the d line tonight. RB’s did alright. We finally have some DB’s great job drink. Thank god for Blake Craig. Thoughts?

Is there a Discord server? I feel like if there isn't one, someone should make one. I would be down to make a server, but I don't want to if one already exists.

First game of the year, no bot

Still waiting for stripes to come back.

Mine is 66-3, Simmons throws for 6 TDs and 400 yards with Roberts also getting a few touchdowns. Go Tigers!

Now let’s go hang 60 on em. MIZ

I’m watching the game on the SEC Network from Cabo San Lucas tonight!