<v Speaker 1>Wednesday, September 16th, 2026. You are listening to the Daily

<v Speaker 1>Dose Sports Podcast. And I am your host, Clint Daly,

<v Speaker 1>coming to you from my city here in Denver, Colorado.

<v Speaker 1>And we are back for another week of talking sports

<v Speaker 1>with a dose of common sense. A happy Wednesday to you.

<v Speaker 1>You are halfway to another weekend. Another football weekend, I

<v Speaker 1>might add. That's a very good thing. I hope your

<v Speaker 1>week is going well. I hope you, your family and

<v Speaker 1>friends are staying strong and healthy right now. And yes,

<v Speaker 1>the NFL is back. And we had a full slate

<v Speaker 1>of games starting on Wednesday and then finishing up on

<v Speaker 1>Monday night. And now what do we have? Well, we

<v Speaker 1>have a ton of sports media overreacting to what we

<v Speaker 1>saw in week one of the NFL. Hey, it's not

<v Speaker 1>hard to overreact. We wait for seven months for the

<v Speaker 1>NFL season to begin again. And then we get one

<v Speaker 1>game and we want to make some big declarations. But

<v Speaker 1>the fact is simple. There are ebbs and flows to

<v Speaker 1>the season. There are teams that are going to heat up.

<v Speaker 1>There are teams that are going to cool off. There

<v Speaker 1>are injuries that are going to take place. And there

<v Speaker 1>are players and teams that are really going to step

<v Speaker 1>up their game at some point. And, you know, we

<v Speaker 1>pride ourselves here to Daily Dose on being a sports

<v Speaker 1>podcast podcast. of common sense. So today, we're actually going

<v Speaker 1>to take a look at some of those big overreactions

<v Speaker 1>in the NFL, and we're going to try to gauge

<v Speaker 1>which ones are actually accurate. We're also going to take

<v Speaker 1>a brief look at the current state of Major League

<v Speaker 1>Baseball as that playoff picture is now shaping up. Plus,

<v Speaker 1>college football saw a few big games that we want

<v Speaker 1>to touch on. And our Daily Dose Top 5 is

<v Speaker 1>actually going to take a look at some college football

<v Speaker 1>history today. And we're going to try to see if

<v Speaker 1>it tells us anything about this season. But first, let's

<v Speaker 1>dive into the kickoff of that 2026 NFL season. Things

<v Speaker 1>got started last Wednesday night as the New England Patriots

<v Speaker 1>actually led the Seattle Seahawks for most of the game,

<v Speaker 1>but then melted down at the end and they actually

<v Speaker 1>lost to Seahawks backup quarterback Drew Locke in a defensive

<v Speaker 1>battle 20-13. Should the Patriots be concerned about their quarterback

<v Speaker 1>Drake May, who threw three interceptions that night? Well, I

<v Speaker 1>was confused by the Patriots' offensive game plan. Josh McDaniels

<v Speaker 1>basically just went with handoff on first and second downs,

<v Speaker 1>and then he told Drake May, I don't know, just

<v Speaker 1>hook it up or something. Okay, so that should improve, right?

<v Speaker 1>But here is my concern for Drake Maybe, aside from

<v Speaker 1>the fact, of course, that his head coach, Mike Vrabel,

<v Speaker 1>seems like he's been a little distracted lately. You are

<v Speaker 1>a smelly pirate hooker. Think about this. Of New England's

<v Speaker 1>last 22 opponents, 11 of them have fired their head coach.

<v Speaker 1>12 of them played a quarterback who was either a

<v Speaker 1>backup or has since been benched. Only five of those

<v Speaker 1>22 games were not affected in that way. That's not great.

<v Speaker 1>We might want to slow down on crowning Drake May

<v Speaker 1>as the next great quarterback just yet. Let's be patient.

<v Speaker 1>Let's watch him a little bit more. Speaking of being crowned,

<v Speaker 1>after being crowned the offseason champions, the two teams from

<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles both lost their openers. The Rams were blown

<v Speaker 1>out 27-7 by the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday night,

<v Speaker 1>and then the Chargers were beaten by the Arizona Cardinals 26-14. Okay,

<v Speaker 1>so are both of those teams just blatant frauds? No,

<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying that just yet. The Rams have now

<v Speaker 1>placed newly acquired defensive star Miles Garrett on injured reserve.

<v Speaker 1>He is going to undergo a knee surgery that's going

<v Speaker 1>to have him out, I believe, a minimum of four weeks. But,

<v Speaker 1>you know, San Francisco punched the Rams in the mouth.

<v Speaker 1>Quarterback Matt Stafford struggled. The Rams couldn't run the ball.

<v Speaker 1>But I'm going to hold off on judging this team

<v Speaker 1>too harshly until I see them fully healthy. They need

<v Speaker 1>some time to meld together. I think the Chargers are

<v Speaker 1>actually more concerning. Their offensive line looked terrible. Justin Herbert

<v Speaker 1>was again below average, even after his head coach Jim

<v Speaker 1>Harbaugh keeps telling us he's the most talented quarterback he's

<v Speaker 1>ever seen. Okay, can we get some proof of that?

<v Speaker 1>The running game never got going. Offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel

<v Speaker 1>was supposed to open up this offense. That didn't happen.

<v Speaker 1>But you know, maybe more concerning was the fact that

<v Speaker 1>the Chargers defense allowed the Arizona Cardinals to rush for

<v Speaker 1>116 yards and Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett threw for nearly

<v Speaker 1>300 yards. Again, I will hold off judgment. Jim Harbaugh

<v Speaker 1>teams are usually tougher than this. Let's see if they

<v Speaker 1>fix some things over the next few weeks. My Denver

<v Speaker 1>Broncos looked horrible on Monday night as the Kansas City

<v Speaker 1>Chiefs punched them in the mouth and throttled them 31-10.

<v Speaker 1>You know, I thought this game was actually the prime

<v Speaker 1>example of of both teams listening all offseason to what's

<v Speaker 1>being said about them. All that stuff, social media, the

<v Speaker 1>sports media, it's all ubiquitous now. Everybody hears it. And

<v Speaker 1>one team heard all offseason how they're a Super Bowl contender.

<v Speaker 1>And the other team heard all offseason how they are washed. Well,

<v Speaker 1>on Monday night, Denver looked fat and happy. It was

<v Speaker 1>Kansas City that looked young and hungry. But again... I

<v Speaker 1>want to see more of both teams before I render

<v Speaker 1>a decision on that. But you know, I think the

<v Speaker 1>biggest overreaction that I'm seeing in sports media, and we

<v Speaker 1>have seen a number of overreactions, keep one thing in

<v Speaker 1>mind when it comes to week one. In week one,

<v Speaker 1>Weird things happen. We've seen it for years. Everyone overreacts.

<v Speaker 1>And then the waters kind of level out and everyone goes, oh,

<v Speaker 1>oh yeah, oh yeah, it was just a crazy week

<v Speaker 1>one thing. It happens all the time. But I think

<v Speaker 1>the biggest overreaction I'm seeing in sports media is how

<v Speaker 1>much scoring is up. This might be the highest scoring

<v Speaker 1>season in NFL history. Think about this, in week one,

<v Speaker 1>the Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens,

<v Speaker 1>Chicago Bears, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills,

<v Speaker 1>Houston Texans, and Kansas City Chiefs all scored more than

<v Speaker 1>30 points. That wasn't all. Because then the San Francisco 49ers,

<v Speaker 1>Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Las Vegas Raiders, Arizona Cardinals, and New

<v Speaker 1>York Giants all scored at least 25 points. That is

<v Speaker 1>16 teams that scored 25 points or more. Okay, so

<v Speaker 1>are we headed for the highest scoring season in the

<v Speaker 1>history of the NFL? Well, again, let's wait a few weeks.

<v Speaker 1>Here's the problem. The defenses are not allowed to touch

<v Speaker 1>anyone all summer, all preseason. You can't touch the quarterback.

<v Speaker 1>You can't hit anyone. And they also can't really practice

<v Speaker 1>hitting at the line of scrimmage, truly blocking and shedding blocks.

<v Speaker 1>So what we're seeing is basically them playing 7-on-7 all offseason,

<v Speaker 1>and now they're playing full contact. And honestly, teams aren't ready. Secondly,

<v Speaker 1>because of the lack of playing time, we saw a

<v Speaker 1>number of teams just wear out late in games. Why?

<v Speaker 1>Because they're not in shape. They're not in game shape. Now,

<v Speaker 1>that will eventually improve. But it's going to take some

<v Speaker 1>time for these defenses to get in shape and get

<v Speaker 1>up to speed. And I would bet that they will.

<v Speaker 1>And I would bet that these offensive numbers will come

<v Speaker 1>back down to earth a little bit. But hey, it

<v Speaker 1>was a fun opening week. The stars came to play.

<v Speaker 1>Josh Allen, Jameer Gibbs, Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, Caleb Williams,

<v Speaker 1>Chris Olave, Joe Burrows, Zay Flowers, Trevor Lawrence. They put

<v Speaker 1>up some huge numbers. And then on the other side,

<v Speaker 1>we do have a few teams that do have some

<v Speaker 1>big concerns. We all thought the Dallas Cowboys defense, there's

<v Speaker 1>no way it can be any worse this year. Turns

<v Speaker 1>out it actually can. And they showed that on Sunday

<v Speaker 1>against the Giants. They had no idea what they were doing.

<v Speaker 1>The Green Bay Packers looked like an unmitigated disaster. After

<v Speaker 1>leading 22-10, they allowed the Minnesota Vikings to score 29

<v Speaker 1>straight points. Now, I'm not sure. Maybe I need to

<v Speaker 1>look it up in a thesaurus. But what is the

<v Speaker 1>word that is the opposite of clutch? Because whatever that

<v Speaker 1>word is, that's how I would describe Packers quarterback Jordan Love.

<v Speaker 1>And then we also had a few teams that we

<v Speaker 1>expected to be bad, like the Tennessee Titans, the Miami Dolphins,

<v Speaker 1>the Atlanta Falcons, and the Cleveland Browns. And they actually

<v Speaker 1>might have drained a little more out of the pool

<v Speaker 1>for us. They might have been worse than we even expected. Overall, though,

<v Speaker 1>a very fun first week in the NFL. And now

<v Speaker 1>we will continue to try to solve the mystery of

<v Speaker 1>who is who every week. And we have a few

<v Speaker 1>interesting matchups coming this week. Thursday night, Detroit at Buffalo.

<v Speaker 1>That's a good game. Both coming off big wins. My

<v Speaker 1>Denver Broncos desperately need a win and they will host

<v Speaker 1>the Jacksonville Jaguars. That should be a good game on Sunday.

<v Speaker 1>Seattle at Arizona might be more interesting than we originally thought.

<v Speaker 1>And the New York Giants, are going to the Los

<v Speaker 1>Angeles Rams next Monday. And again, that might help us

<v Speaker 1>try to figure out who these teams really are. However,

<v Speaker 1>don't be one of those people that overreacts to week one.

<v Speaker 1>People do that all the time. They get way too high.

<v Speaker 1>They get way too low. Calm down. It's a long,

<v Speaker 1>long season. Okay, I know that it is now football season.

<v Speaker 1>And so we all kind of stop paying attention to baseball.

<v Speaker 1>I understand. But we do have some very interesting battles

<v Speaker 1>for the playoffs taking place in Major League Baseball right now.

<v Speaker 1>And let's start off in the American League, where the

<v Speaker 1>Tampa Bay Rays, the New York Yankees, and the Boston

<v Speaker 1>Red Sox, they should all be in the postseason. They'll

<v Speaker 1>all make it. The Rays are a few games up

<v Speaker 1>on the Yankees in the AL East, and they have

<v Speaker 1>a little more work to do, because they still have

<v Speaker 1>a few games left against those Yankees. You know, I

<v Speaker 1>keep waiting for the Rays to fall off, but it

<v Speaker 1>hasn't happened. In the AL Central, the Chicago White Sox

<v Speaker 1>and the Cleveland Guardians are in a dogfight. The Detroit Tigers... Well,

<v Speaker 1>they kind of burned their own ship to the ground

<v Speaker 1>when they traded pitcher Tarek Skubal to the Dodgers, which

<v Speaker 1>leaves the White Sox. Remember, they're just two years removed

<v Speaker 1>from 121 losses, and they are on the brink of

<v Speaker 1>the playoffs. Meanwhile, my Colorado Rockies are doing nothing. But

<v Speaker 1>the stubborn Guardians, they might have the best chance at

<v Speaker 1>that last wild card if they can't catch the White Sox,

<v Speaker 1>who are just a few games ahead of them. You know,

<v Speaker 1>it's not always pretty, but Cleveland pitches and they play defense,

<v Speaker 1>and that is effective. And then we move over to

<v Speaker 1>the final division in the American League. And that, of course,

<v Speaker 1>is the West, or as we call it, the someone's

<v Speaker 1>got to win the AL West category. And that is

<v Speaker 1>going to be between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers.

<v Speaker 1>I would assume Houston is probably going to win that

<v Speaker 1>division after they fired their own GM earlier this year. Now,

<v Speaker 1>there are still a few teams over in that American

<v Speaker 1>League that have a chance at a wildcard berth. And

<v Speaker 1>those two teams to me are the Toronto Blue Jays

<v Speaker 1>and the Baltimore Orioles. Now, don't get me wrong. Both

<v Speaker 1>teams are significant disappointments, but they could grab a wildcard spot.

<v Speaker 1>Toronto is somehow alive despite Vlad Guerrero having as many

<v Speaker 1>home runs this year in his home ballpark as I have. Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>if you haven't watched, I don't have any. The Orioles

<v Speaker 1>are still in it despite trading some of their best

<v Speaker 1>players at the trade deadline. and yet somehow they're still

<v Speaker 1>grinding out wins here and there. Baltimore is at least

<v Speaker 1>still in it. Then let's move over to the National League,

<v Speaker 1>where we have divisional winners that are all but clinched.

<v Speaker 1>The Atlanta Braves, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Los Angeles

<v Speaker 1>Dodgers should stroll to their division wins. Now the Braves

<v Speaker 1>have to at least consider the Philadelphia Phillies, who are

<v Speaker 1>just a few games back, but they should be fine.

<v Speaker 1>The Dodgers, yeah, they're starting to become the Dodgers. Shockingly,

<v Speaker 1>We're seeing a few injured players getting nursed back to

<v Speaker 1>health just in time for October. Oh, amazing, isn't it?

<v Speaker 1>And then the Brewers are trying real hard to get

<v Speaker 1>home field advantage because they want home field against a

<v Speaker 1>team in the Dodgers that has eliminated them from the

<v Speaker 1>postseason in 2018, 2020, and last year in 2025. Let's

<v Speaker 1>be honest. I'm expecting the Dodgers to eliminate them yet again.

<v Speaker 1>this year. Also in, the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies,

<v Speaker 1>they should get in. You know, Chicago probably has the

<v Speaker 1>NL MVP in Pete Crow Armstrong, who is having a

<v Speaker 1>season for the ages. Although I do have some concerns

<v Speaker 1>about that Cubs bullpen. And then the Philadelphia Phillies, a

<v Speaker 1>weird team. They have a really mediocre defense, but they

<v Speaker 1>have a really good pitching staff. How's that going to

<v Speaker 1>work in the playoffs? I have no idea. If pitching

<v Speaker 1>gets hot, It might hide some of that defense. Maybe

<v Speaker 1>Philly could be dangerous. Or they'll just go away really,

<v Speaker 1>really quickly. And then we have a few wildcard hopefuls.

<v Speaker 1>And those would be the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San

<v Speaker 1>Diego Padres. They're battling for that sixth and final spot

<v Speaker 1>with Arizona leading. But remember, Arizona and San Diego will

<v Speaker 1>meet in that final series of the year. And there's

<v Speaker 1>a great chance that those games are going to decide

<v Speaker 1>who gets in as a wildcard. Now, those two have

<v Speaker 1>split the season series so far. So whoever wins two

<v Speaker 1>of those last three probably gets into the playoffs. That

<v Speaker 1>is going to be a playoff before the playoff. And

<v Speaker 1>that is actually going to be pretty fun. I know

<v Speaker 1>I'm not a huge baseball guy. But it does start

<v Speaker 1>to get a little bit fun as we get closer

<v Speaker 1>to the postseason and these games actually start to matter. Now,

<v Speaker 1>do I feel like I already know who's going to

<v Speaker 1>win the World Series? Yes, of course I do. But

<v Speaker 1>some of these series are going to be packed with

<v Speaker 1>drama and I will watch a few of them. Okay,

<v Speaker 1>let's move over to college football. Because they say that

<v Speaker 1>there is no bigger amount of growth that comes for

<v Speaker 1>a team than then between weeks one and two. And

<v Speaker 1>we saw concrete evidence of that in college football this week. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>if I told you that a team in the state

<v Speaker 1>of Oklahoma got a huge win on Saturday, we would

<v Speaker 1>all think it was the Oklahoma Sooners over the Michigan Wolverines, right? Because,

<v Speaker 1>I mean, the Wolverines should have been given a loss

<v Speaker 1>in week one. Not so fast. First, the Sooners were

<v Speaker 1>absolutely dominated by Michigan's defense and by their own lack

<v Speaker 1>of quality wide receivers. That was really, really apparent. Quarterback

<v Speaker 1>John Mateer, he had nowhere to go. He was under

<v Speaker 1>pressure all day, and you could tell he couldn't find

<v Speaker 1>anyone open down the field. I know he's going to

<v Speaker 1>take a lot of the blame for it. I don't

<v Speaker 1>know if it was all his fault. Michigan rallies for

<v Speaker 1>a 17 to 10 win, despite everyone in the nation

<v Speaker 1>hoping they would lose after they got away with murder

<v Speaker 1>in week one. Second, it wasn't Oklahoma. It was the

<v Speaker 1>Oklahoma State Cowboys who dominated the number six Oregon Ducks

<v Speaker 1>39 to 31 and sent the Ducks into a really

<v Speaker 1>weird place because Oregon does not have much room for

<v Speaker 1>error the rest of the way. but they have a

<v Speaker 1>really tough schedule the rest of the way. Remember, Boise

<v Speaker 1>State and Oklahoma State were supposed to be the easy

<v Speaker 1>wins on Oregon's schedule. Yeah, Oregon, feel free to smash

<v Speaker 1>that panic button with a sledgehammer. You still have USC, Michigan,

<v Speaker 1>and Ohio State on your schedule, and I don't know

<v Speaker 1>that you can afford even one more loss. But then

<v Speaker 1>we got another surprise on Saturday night when after trailing 23-3,

<v Speaker 1>The number four Texas Longhorns finally woke up in the

<v Speaker 1>fourth quarter and ran off 21 straight points and upset

<v Speaker 1>the number one Ohio State Buckeyes 24 to 23. Texas

<v Speaker 1>quarterback Arch Manning, he wasn't always pretty. And honestly, he

<v Speaker 1>kind of looks more like his uncle Eli than his

<v Speaker 1>uncle Peyton. And it kind of concerned me that after

<v Speaker 1>the win, no one really ran toward him. Like he

<v Speaker 1>was just out there kind of by himself. But hey,

<v Speaker 1>he was every bit as effective as any of his

<v Speaker 1>two uncles. And the Longhorns have now catapulted to the

<v Speaker 1>number one ranking in the country. So are the Buckeyes out?

<v Speaker 1>And are the Longhorns just on their way to the

<v Speaker 1>college football playoff? Well, no, not yet. I think between

<v Speaker 1>the two teams, Texas needed this win far more than

<v Speaker 1>Ohio State did. Hey, let's be honest. Texas hasn't really

<v Speaker 1>won a big game since... like Vince Young. Ohio State

<v Speaker 1>wins them every year. Texas was at home. Ohio State

<v Speaker 1>was on the road. Texas is in the SEC. Ohio

<v Speaker 1>State is in the Big Ten, who has won the

<v Speaker 1>last three college football national championships. Hey, both teams still

<v Speaker 1>really have tough schedules. And both teams could still end

<v Speaker 1>up in the college football playoff. It was a fun

<v Speaker 1>weekend of college football this past weekend. A few too

<v Speaker 1>many blowouts, but it's going to get better. We've got

<v Speaker 1>a better weekend of college football actually coming this week.

<v Speaker 1>On Friday night, we get number 22 Houston at number

<v Speaker 1>13 Texas Tech. That is an important Big 12 matchup

<v Speaker 1>to watch. And then on Saturday, we have number 16

<v Speaker 1>SMU at number 23 Louisville in a huge ACC matchup.

<v Speaker 1>A pesky Utah State goes to number 17 Utah for

<v Speaker 1>a rivalry game. Keep an eye on Utah. Kind of

<v Speaker 1>liking what I'm seeing out of them. But then, this weekend, remember,

<v Speaker 1>we get maybe the biggest rivalry game of the season

<v Speaker 1>when No. 7 LSU and head coach Lane Kiffin go

<v Speaker 1>back to Oxford to face his former team, the No.

<v Speaker 1>8 Ole Miss Rebels, that he left just prior to

<v Speaker 1>them making the college football playoff. Hey, college football is

<v Speaker 1>just going to get better. This is going to be

<v Speaker 1>must-see TV this weekend. Now, as we do so many

<v Speaker 1>weeks here at The Daily Dose, we need to get

<v Speaker 1>over to our Daily Dose Top 5. Hey, the Michigan

<v Speaker 1>Wolverines got a huge win on Saturday over No. 11

<v Speaker 1>Oklahoma just one week after their, well, kind of near disaster.

<v Speaker 1>Of course, we know Michigan narrowly avoided being upset by

<v Speaker 1>Western Michigan after Big Ten officials incorrectly used their own

<v Speaker 1>clock to award the Wolverines an additional play, on which

<v Speaker 1>Michigan produced an incredible Hail Mary victory. Okay, so this

<v Speaker 1>past week, they were going to crash and burn, right?

<v Speaker 1>They were playing a good Oklahoma squad. Well, not so fast.

<v Speaker 1>It turns out Oklahoma has a few problems of their own.

<v Speaker 1>mostly that head coach Brent Venable still can't coach any offense,

<v Speaker 1>but it also turns out that Michigan actually does have

<v Speaker 1>a really good defense, and that Michigan head coach Kyle

<v Speaker 1>Whittingham used all the negativity this past week to galvanize

<v Speaker 1>his team and turn it into an us against the

<v Speaker 1>world situation. This isn't the first time we have seen

<v Speaker 1>the refs botch a call. It also turns isn't the

<v Speaker 1>first time we've seen a team use that botched call

<v Speaker 1>to catapult to bigger and better things. Today, our Daily

<v Speaker 1>Dose Top 5 is counting down five times that college

<v Speaker 1>football officials botched a call and five times that teams

<v Speaker 1>took some advantage of that call to go on to

<v Speaker 1>bigger things. We start off at number five. Five. And

<v Speaker 1>we go back to the year 2006, where the biggest

<v Speaker 1>controversy in Eugene, Oregon happened. was whether or not Oregon's

<v Speaker 1>Brian Paysinger had touched an onside kick before it traveled

<v Speaker 1>10 yards. For the record, he definitely did. And for

<v Speaker 1>the record, it wasn't called. Even though it was reviewed,

<v Speaker 1>it wasn't overturned. But what was worse for the number

<v Speaker 1>15 ranked Oklahoma Sooners was a fate far, far more

<v Speaker 1>ruthless and far more egregious. Oregon rallied from down 13

<v Speaker 1>points behind quarterback Dennis Dixon, And the Sooners couldn't hold

<v Speaker 1>off the Ducks. Well, and also the Pac-10 officiating crew.

<v Speaker 1>That crew would later be suspended. Trailing 33-27 with just

<v Speaker 1>over a minute to play, the Oregon Ducks actually did

<v Speaker 1>everything wrong. They kicked onside. They touched it before it

<v Speaker 1>went 10 yards. And then they didn't even recover the kick.

<v Speaker 1>Game over. Well, not so fast. See, it was only

<v Speaker 1>the second year of replay review in the Pac-10. And

<v Speaker 1>that played a huge role in determining what had actually

<v Speaker 1>happened in a chaotic scene in Autzen Stadium. See, there

<v Speaker 1>was the fact that video showed pacing or touching the

<v Speaker 1>ball before it went 10 yards. However, the replay official

<v Speaker 1>and the referee disagreed. But it gets worse. Because here's

<v Speaker 1>the worst part. Oklahoma actually recovered the onside kick, but

<v Speaker 1>the officials were so worried about whether or not the

<v Speaker 1>ball had been touched. They didn't even take that into account.

<v Speaker 1>The bottom line, Oregon was given the ball. Even though

<v Speaker 1>Oklahoma clearly recovered the football, Alan Patrick picked it up

<v Speaker 1>all by himself, yards away from the pileup. And he

<v Speaker 1>even walked over and handed it to the officials. And

<v Speaker 1>the ref said, Oregon ball. The Ducks drove for a

<v Speaker 1>winning touchdown and won the game. and the officiating crew

<v Speaker 1>would be suspended by the packed end for one game.

<v Speaker 1>The head official requested a leave of absence, which lasted

<v Speaker 1>the entire season. He soon retired and later said it

<v Speaker 1>was his mistake, and he was frustrated with it. Now,

<v Speaker 1>the Ducks would go 7-6 and make the Las Vegas Bowl.

<v Speaker 1>But honestly, they should have lost. They shouldn't have been

<v Speaker 1>eligible for a bowl game. But thanks to that botched call,

<v Speaker 1>they made it, and they come in today at number 5.

<v Speaker 1>We move on to number 4. and we get to

<v Speaker 1>a team that rode a bad call, well, really a

<v Speaker 1>no call, to way greater heights. We go back to 1997,

<v Speaker 1>where top-ranked Nebraska was in some trouble against unranked Missouri.

<v Speaker 1>By the way, sorry ahead of time for this top

<v Speaker 1>five Missouri. I apologize. With the game tied at 31

<v Speaker 1>late in the fourth, Missouri quarterback Corby Jones hit wide

<v Speaker 1>receiver Eddie Brooks for a go-ahead touchdown with a little

<v Speaker 1>over four minutes remaining. Missouri forced a three and out.

<v Speaker 1>They ran some clock. Now, with just over a minute remaining,

<v Speaker 1>Nebraska took over with their own 33-yard line. In less

<v Speaker 1>than a minute, the Cornhuskers moved the ball to the

<v Speaker 1>Missouri 12-yard line. With seven seconds and no timeouts left,

<v Speaker 1>quarterback Scott Frost threw a pass intended for wingback Shevin

<v Speaker 1>Wiggins near the goal line. The ball hit Wiggins right

<v Speaker 1>in the chest. It bounced straight down and was kicked

<v Speaker 1>by Wiggins as he was tackled. Freshman receiver Matt Davison

<v Speaker 1>made a diving catch for a touchdown, narrowly keeping the

<v Speaker 1>ball from hitting the ground. There's a few problems. One,

<v Speaker 1>kicking the ball is illegal in that situation. Second, Missouri

<v Speaker 1>fans stormed the field in celebration thinking the game was over. Now,

<v Speaker 1>the play would have resulted in a 15-yard penalty if

<v Speaker 1>officials deemed that Wiggins had kicked the ball intentionally. Instead,

<v Speaker 1>they cleared the fans off the field, the touchdown counted,

<v Speaker 1>they kicked the extra point, and the first overtime game

<v Speaker 1>Nebraska ever played took place, and in overtime, Nebraska won 45-38.

<v Speaker 1>Nebraska would ride the Missouri Flea Kicker all the way

<v Speaker 1>to a share of the national championship. Now to be fair,

<v Speaker 1>this was before the days of instant replay. But also

<v Speaker 1>to be fair, anyone with eyeballs could see the ball

<v Speaker 1>was kept alive. Unintentional kick. His leg whipped up in

<v Speaker 1>a really obvious way. The refs didn't see it. And

<v Speaker 1>the Cornhuskers took full advantage, finishing the season undefeated. They

<v Speaker 1>come in today at number four. We reach number three.

<v Speaker 1>And we get to a rivalry game that had a

<v Speaker 1>bit of a shady finish. And this one's tough because

<v Speaker 1>this rule is fully accepted now. That wasn't always the case.

<v Speaker 1>We go back to 2005, where USC and Notre Dame

<v Speaker 1>were playing their annual rivalry game. Well, at least back then.

<v Speaker 1>Trailing 31-27, the Trojans drove to the Notre Dame two-yard line.

<v Speaker 1>Quarterback Matt Leiner scrambled towards the sideline and was pushed

<v Speaker 1>out of bounds, but fumbled the ball out of bounds.

<v Speaker 1>Replays of the play appeared to show the ball was

<v Speaker 1>fumbled out of bounds at the four, and the Notre

<v Speaker 1>Dame clock actually ran down to zero, and the Notre

<v Speaker 1>Dame student section actually began to rush the field thinking

<v Speaker 1>the game was over. After a brief delay, play resumed.

<v Speaker 1>They put seven seconds back on the clock. Not really

<v Speaker 1>sure why. Looked like it should be four at the max.

<v Speaker 1>The officials placed the ball to one yard line. And

<v Speaker 1>on the last play of the game, second and goal,

<v Speaker 1>USC head coach Pete Carroll told Matt Leiner to spike

<v Speaker 1>the ball and stop the clock. Well, it turned out

<v Speaker 1>that was actually a fake. Carroll had really told Leiner

<v Speaker 1>to fake the spike and go for the touchdown on

<v Speaker 1>a quarterback sneak. They didn't want to tie the game.

<v Speaker 1>They didn't want to go to overtime. They wanted to

<v Speaker 1>win it. Well, Liner tried to sneak the ball into

<v Speaker 1>the end zone however he was stopped by the Irish.

<v Speaker 1>Enter Reggie Bush, who got behind Matt Liner and blatantly

<v Speaker 1>pushed him into the end zone for the winning touchdown.

<v Speaker 1>There's just one problem. Unbeknownst to modern football fans, pushing

<v Speaker 1>or carrying a runner with the ball is illegal. The

<v Speaker 1>whole world saw it. Well, except the eight guys that

<v Speaker 1>had flags in their pockets. They suddenly were blind. And

<v Speaker 1>I'll be honest, I think that play kind of changed

<v Speaker 1>football in that now pushing or carrying the ball carrier

<v Speaker 1>seems to be widely accepted. It's illegal and it's stupid.

<v Speaker 1>But USC got away with it and they went all

<v Speaker 1>the way to the national championship game before eventually losing

<v Speaker 1>to Texas. Hey, maybe USC needed Reggie Bush to push

<v Speaker 1>Lindale White in that Rose Bowl game. The Bush push

<v Speaker 1>comes in today at number three. We reached number two.

<v Speaker 1>And we get to a national championship that had maybe

<v Speaker 1>more lucky breaks than any in history. The 1989 Colorado

<v Speaker 1>Buffaloes had gone 11-1, their lone loss in the Orange

<v Speaker 1>Bowl against Notre Dame. Well, the Bucs returned almost that

<v Speaker 1>entire team in 1990. So you can imagine everyone's surprise

<v Speaker 1>when in their opener, they tied Tennessee. Then after a

<v Speaker 1>tight win at Stanford, they lost to Illinois. Colorado started

<v Speaker 1>the season 1-1-1. So Colorado had no more room for error.

<v Speaker 1>So you can imagine their panic when they found themselves trailing, yes,

<v Speaker 1>you guessed it, unranked Missouri, and CU had starting quarterback

<v Speaker 1>Darian Hagan on the sideline with an injury. Trailing 31-27,

<v Speaker 1>the Buffs drove to the Missouri three-yard line behind backup

<v Speaker 1>quarterback Charles Johnson with 31 seconds to play. On first down,

<v Speaker 1>Johnson spiked the ball to stop the clock. Now there's

<v Speaker 1>one problem. This was the first year that college quarterbacks

<v Speaker 1>could stop the clock by spiking the ball. It was

<v Speaker 1>brand new. And the officials didn't even log the play. Okay,

<v Speaker 1>so he spiked it on first. On second down, running

<v Speaker 1>back Eric Biennemi drove to the one-yard line and was stopped.

<v Speaker 1>The Buffs took a timeout. Now it's third down. With

<v Speaker 1>18 seconds left, BNME dives again and is stuffed. Now

<v Speaker 1>it is actually fourth down, but the marker still says

<v Speaker 1>third down. The clock is running. They have no timeouts left.

<v Speaker 1>The buffs spike the ball on fourth down. The game

<v Speaker 1>should be over. Now, personally, I am a youth in

<v Speaker 1>my parents' home yelling, that was fourth down. The game's over.

<v Speaker 1>That was fourth down. What are they doing? Except, No

<v Speaker 1>one noticed at the game. On fifth down, quarterback Charles

<v Speaker 1>Johnson fakes the option, cuts it upfield, and dives to

<v Speaker 1>the end zone. Touchdown, Buffaloes. Should it have counted? No.

<v Speaker 1>Did CJ even get in? I'm not positive, but Colorado

<v Speaker 1>scored on fifth down to beat Missouri and then went

<v Speaker 1>undefeated the rest of the way to win their only

<v Speaker 1>national championship in school history. Colorado winning on fifth down

<v Speaker 1>comes in today at number two. So we reach the

<v Speaker 1>number one botched officials call that led to bigger and

<v Speaker 1>better things for a team that benefited. And we go

<v Speaker 1>to the biggest game on the biggest stage and the

<v Speaker 1>biggest play of that game. It was the pass interference

<v Speaker 1>call to end all pass interference calls. And it happened

<v Speaker 1>between Miami and Ohio State who were playing for the

<v Speaker 1>2003 BCS National Championship at the Fiesta Bowl. In overtime,

<v Speaker 1>Miami needed one defensive stop to make history, leading 24-17

<v Speaker 1>with a 34-game winning streak on the line. Ohio State's

<v Speaker 1>Chris Gamble was the target. Miami's Glenn Sharp was the

<v Speaker 1>defensive back. Buckeyes quarterback Craig Krenzel lobs the ball outside

<v Speaker 1>to the end zone. There's plenty of hand fighting and

<v Speaker 1>plenty of contact by both players as the ball's in

<v Speaker 1>the air. The ball lands. No catch. Miami rushes the field.

<v Speaker 1>Ohio State is devastated. And then about 10 seconds later,

<v Speaker 1>a yellow flag was thrown and defensive pass interference was called. Now,

<v Speaker 1>replay clearly shows that the most egregious contact was after

<v Speaker 1>Gamble had actually tipped the ball and Sharp was trying

<v Speaker 1>to make a play to break it up. And curiously,

<v Speaker 1>the referee just a few feet away from the contact

<v Speaker 1>didn't make the call. The flag actually came in from

<v Speaker 1>the back of the end zone near the goal post.

<v Speaker 1>How did he see it? The Buckeyes, of course, would

<v Speaker 1>capitalize by scoring first in the second overtime. And when

<v Speaker 1>the Hurricanes couldn't match it, the game was over and

<v Speaker 1>Ohio State was the champions. Hey, the Michigan Wolverines were

<v Speaker 1>without a doubt the beneficiary of a botched call in

<v Speaker 1>their opener against Western Michigan. The officials added one more

<v Speaker 1>second based off the incorrect clock, and they actually followed

<v Speaker 1>incorrect protocol to do so. It shouldn't have happened, but

<v Speaker 1>it did. And now the Wolverines hear all the complaining,

<v Speaker 1>and they heard all the criticism, and what did they do?

<v Speaker 1>They rallied together and won a big game against Oklahoma.

<v Speaker 1>They can't possibly... keep riding this to something bigger can

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