And it took the first night of NCAA college football on the ESPN family of networks to get it done.
SEC Network, which I now have on my Playstation Vue. Got suckered in to watch another Appalachian State upset (this one of Tennessee, who somehow has been ranked #9 in the preseason polls despite not having a 10-win season since 2007!) at Tennessee.
App State was 13-3 up, Tennessee rattles off 10 in a row to send it to overtime.
This then happens:
Now, this is apparently legal. It being THIRD and goal, when it is found Tennessee recovers, it's a touchdown.
So that's at least OK. Here's where, if you were listening to Brent Musberger, you'd know you'd been had.
Fourth down and six from the 21. Appalachian State must get to the 15.
Can't embed this one, but I'm going to reference a full video of the game, as long as it stays on YouTube, to show you exactly what Musberger said. Start at about 2:36:06, just as the third down play ends...
"... to preseve a tough win over Appalachian State in overtime!
LET THE CROWD TAKE YOU HOME!!!"
Wait a fucking second here, Brent! The only reason anyone's "taking me home" after this play is if we know the game is over after it!
You just told me the game was fixed to my face, didn't you, Brent?
And, of course, the reason why is simple: App State is now barely in the FBS Group of Five, while Tennessee is one of the top ten teams in the country, and it would be awfully embarrassing if a Big 5 school were to lose to a Group of Five school on the first night -- especially one which, the last time they beat a major Big 5 program, the program still has not 100% fully recovered. (Michigan is close -- not quite there yet.)
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