Then they saw the yellow flag.
Twice in a row this happened to Miami on Tuesday, until the game ended with Marshall running the ball in with 5 seconds left and a winning score on the scoreboard. Both times, the interference was questionable at best. Fans of instant replay say that this game may have been able to have been decided on the field had there been instant replay, but even in the NFL these wouldn't have been reversible calls. Pass interference is, more or less, a judgment call by the official. Almost any passing play you watch will technically have visual evidence supporting pass interference.
Your heart has to go out to these Miami players, who put it all on the line, but weren't strong enough to beat both the Thundering Herd and the officials. There needs to be some accountability here. And I, for one, sincerely hope that the MAC does something to right this robbery.
Later, Sooners
I should've seen it coming. Northern Illinois beat Bowling Green and Texas A&M beat Oklahoma, narrowing the field of unbeatens down to two: Miami and Ohio State. And of the two, even I have to admit that Miami looks the strongest to win out. I don't think Virginia Tech has the firepower, and Ohio State has to face two pretty decent teams in Illinois and Michigan.
The Huskies beat Bowling Green by 9, finally coming through in a big game. They've lacked depth in the past, but they are finally looking like they may be able to compete in the MAC. Texas A&M flourished in the underdog role, beating an overrated Oklahoma team. Even I had begun to believe in the Sooners, who are still in the BCS race.
These two games, along with Cal over Arizona State, Georgia over Ole Miss, Kansas State over Iowa State, LSU over Kentucky, Michigan over Minnesota, and Syracuse over Virginia Tech, brought my record last week in Top 25 predictions to 14-8. Still not a bad weekend. And I was wrong on one other count, too. I said Texas would win by 42. They only won by 41.
