Originally posted on 10/17/2012:

Quote Originally Posted by testertips View Post
all nt had to do was run out the clock on kneel downs which they did after that phantom call. if they wanted to keep the game more exciting they would have overruled that last fumble. i don't disagree with you regarding television rating, but the refs obviously had the under in this game.

You could be right. I believe North Texas had one timeout remaining at that point in the game.


I've loosely kept track of primetime and nationally televised football and basketball games. I'm amazed at the frequency with which strange calls pop up late in games where one team is about to seal the game. These situations happen far too frequently to be a coincidence.