http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/sports/ncaafootball/oklahoma-state-central-michigan-official-error.html 2016-09-12 14:19:12 Officiating Error Costs No. 22 Oklahoma State Awarded a final play that it shouldn’t have received, Central Michigan scored on a lateral after a Hail Mary to stun the Cowboys in Stillwater, Okla. === The officiating mistake was a big one. The play that followed was even more astonishing. The odd ending left No. 22 A misinterpreted rule extended the game when it should have been over and allowed the Chippewas (2-0) to score the winning touchdown on a Hail Mary pass and a lateral that covered half the field for a 30-27 upset. Oklahoma State (1-1) tried to kill the final four seconds of the game by throwing the ball away on fourth down, but the Cowboys were penalized for intentional grounding, which should result in a loss of down. Rules state that the game cannot end on an accepted live-ball penalty, said the referee Tim O’Dey of the Mid-American Conference crew that officiated the game. But “there’s an exception to the rule that says if enforcement of the foul involves a loss of down, then that brings the game to an end,” O’Dey added. O’Dey said that upon conferring with the N.C.A.A. rules committee secretary, Rogers Redding, after the game, the officials determined that the “extension should not have happened.” After a Hail Mary pass was caught by Central Michigan’s Jesse Kroll at the Oklahoma State 12-yard line, he lateraled to his teammate Corey Willis, who fought his way into the end zone. The final result stood. Article 3b of the N.C.A.A. rule book states that when the referee declares the game has ended, the score is final. ARKANSAS 41, T.C.U. 38 Allen led the Razorbacks to the tying score in the final two minutes of regulation, throwing a touchdown pass to Keon Hatcher and then making a catch for the tying 2-point conversion on a throw from Hatcher with 1 minute 3 seconds left. The Horned Frogs rallied from 13 points down in the fourth quarter to take a 28-20 lead, but they could not hang on. Their 14-game home winning streak ended in their first meeting since 1991 with Arkansas, their former Southwest Conference rival. CLEMSON The Tigers (2-0) were out of sync on offense and could not dispatch the Trojans (1-1) until the fourth quarter. GEORGIA 26, NICHOLLS STATE 24 Nicholls led, 14-13, halfway through the third after the freshman quarterback Chase Fourcade threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Jarrell Rogers. ALABAMA 38, W. KENTUCKY 10 FLORIDA ST. 52, CHARLESTON SOU. 8 OHIO STATE 48, TULSA 3 MICHIGAN 51, CENTRAL FLORIDA 14 HOUSTON 42, LAMAR 0 WASHINGTON 59, IDAHO 14 WISCONSIN 54, AKRON 10 PITTSBURGH 42, RUTGERS 52, HOWARD 14 NAVY 28, UCONN 24