BleedGopher
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per Dennis Dodd:
Twenty-five years later, it could never happen again. Could it? Nah ...
That would be a collective somnambulance in a college football stadium that not only contributed to a dubious win, but also a national championship.
Think -- in our day and superhighway age -- of an entire season shaped by one play. One extra, illicit down, actually. A quarter-century later, the infamous Fifth Down Game dwarfs any Immaculate Reception and any number of Hail Marys you can name.
Tuesday marks the 25th anniversary of the most heinous officiating screwup of all time. A 55-year-old math teacher and top age-group tennis player was the referee on a crew who lost track of the downs in Colorado-Missouri on Oct. 6, 1990.
There were five of them. By the time CU quarterback Charles Johnson squeezed into the end zone for a 33-31 victory on that final, fatal fifth play, most everyone was confused -- starting with the fact that Johnson might not have gotten over the goal line in the first place.
"I don't care what anyone says, he wasn't in," said Stacy Elliott, a former Missouri defensive lineman. "I was in on the tackle."
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...ifth-down-game-could-it-happen-25-years-later
Go Gophers!!
Twenty-five years later, it could never happen again. Could it? Nah ...
That would be a collective somnambulance in a college football stadium that not only contributed to a dubious win, but also a national championship.
Think -- in our day and superhighway age -- of an entire season shaped by one play. One extra, illicit down, actually. A quarter-century later, the infamous Fifth Down Game dwarfs any Immaculate Reception and any number of Hail Marys you can name.
Tuesday marks the 25th anniversary of the most heinous officiating screwup of all time. A 55-year-old math teacher and top age-group tennis player was the referee on a crew who lost track of the downs in Colorado-Missouri on Oct. 6, 1990.
There were five of them. By the time CU quarterback Charles Johnson squeezed into the end zone for a 33-31 victory on that final, fatal fifth play, most everyone was confused -- starting with the fact that Johnson might not have gotten over the goal line in the first place.
"I don't care what anyone says, he wasn't in," said Stacy Elliott, a former Missouri defensive lineman. "I was in on the tackle."
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...ifth-down-game-could-it-happen-25-years-later
Go Gophers!!