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STILLWATER — Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy was bothered by a call made by the Southeastern Conference officiating crew that erased an opportunity for the Cowboys to run out the clock late in their 39-31 double-overtime win against Arkansas on Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium.
OSU was flagged for illegal motion — rather than Arkansas being called for offsides — on a play Gundy says his team has run multiple times before. Had the call gone against Arkansas, OSU would’ve had a first down, and with Arkansas out of timeouts, the Pokes could’ve run virtually all of the remaining 59 seconds off the clock before attempting a go-ahead field goal.
Instead, OSU had to kick the field goal on the next play, which left Arkansas 55 seconds to go down the field for the field goal that forced overtime.
“That’s an SEC crew,” Gundy said. “We’ve done it before. We did it all preseason in scrimmages with Big 12 crews and it didn’t get called. So Steve Shaw’s the head of officiating and he needs to fix it. He needs to get them all in one room and have everybody have the same (rules). That’s the way I see it.”
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Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy reacts to a call second half of the college football game between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Arkansas Razorbacks at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla.,, Saturday, Sept., 7, 2024.
Shaw, the college football officials’ national coordinator, previously headed up officiating in the SEC.
The crew was from the SEC as part of the game contract between OSU and Arkansas. When OSU plays the return game at Arkansas in 2027, Big 12 officials will call the game.
Gundy said he was most bothered by the inconsistency of how the play was called, asking for a clear ruling on the…
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Publish date : 2024-09-08 20:35:44
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