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Big 12 admits error in Notre Dame-BYU game, says Irish had time for one more play

Notre Dame is an FBS independent, so the Big 12 crew worked its game; the league promises a full review of end-of-game officiating before next week.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Big 12 now says the officials got it wrong at the end of BYU's twenty-eight to twenty-four win over Notre Dame.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorReplays showed one second left when the Irish pass hit the turf, and the ruling was that time had run out.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOne second. That's the length of a story you tap past, and it ended a sixteen-game winning streak.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe league says it will review its end-of-game process before next week's games.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEarlier this season, a replay official put one second back on the clock and Michigan beat Western Michigan thirteen to twelve on a Hail Mary.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo one second won a game earlier this season, and one second lost a game on Saturday.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the Mid-American Conference appealed that Western Michigan result, and the NCAA rejected it.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo there's no return policy on the second.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Big 12 found the second. It just can't hand it to anyone.

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