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Fitzgerald's Two-Point Gamble Costs Michigan State In Overtime

Michigan State fell 38-37 after coach Pat Fitzgerald chose to go for a two-point conversion rather than kick the extra point in overtime.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA sadder note to leave behind, so here is a smaller loss.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYahoo Sports says Pat Fitzgerald went for two in overtime, and Michigan State lost to Illinois, thirty-eight to thirty-seven.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHot takes. Kenji, you're first.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGoing for two was the bravest thing anyone has done on a Saturday. He treated overtime like a skip button.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHOT. A skip button. I understand that one.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOne yard decided the whole night. Nobody kicks the extra point anymore. This is how civilisation ends.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNOT. Civilisation survived the last extra point.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe gave Dale a doomsday.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy take: overtime is cancelled. Flip a coin and let everyone go home. Hottest thing I've said all year.

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