r/MidAmerican • u/FederalVictory7937 • Sep 06 '26
WMU robbed
Toledo fan here just to say that I feel just terrible for WMU here. Terrible way to lose this one. Great game. The Broncos will be a team to watch in the MAC this year.
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u/Futbol_Kid2112 Sep 06 '26
Straight up robbed. WMU need to lodge a formal protest of the result. Hell find a friendly judge in Kalamazoo and sue. It would be the one time no one would complain.
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u/left_handyman Sep 06 '26
It stings bad. Stupid call, and erased an incredible upset. But hell, we won 59:59 of the game, and I think Michigan’s upcoming week of practice is going to feel a lot more like they just lost than Western’s.
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u/Ford_Prefect313 Sep 06 '26
They did basically lose.
Other schools are running up 50+ points on their cupcakes, and Michigan gets the W by the skin of their ass courtesy of Ref Ball.
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u/ExtremelyOnlineTM Sep 06 '26
This is Michigan we're talking about. They won the game, it was first-week jitters, nothing to see here.
Michigan doesn't do soul-searching. That requires a soul.
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u/MosquitoValentine_ Sep 06 '26
Just one of the million reasons why I hate the big schools. Fuck them all.
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u/HalkeFralg Sep 06 '26
As an EMU alum and lifelong Michigan fan, I’m disgusted by the Big Ten officials putting .01 back on the clock. The game was over. While the NCAA is a joke at this point, I hope they can step in and overturn this game.
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u/RP0143 Sep 06 '26
WMU just needs to claim the win anyway. They are clearly 1-0 and no one would dispute it.
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u/Super_DAC Sep 06 '26
Haven’t felt this sick about a football game since the 2018 NFC championship game screwjob. Disgusting
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u/Freedjet27 Sep 06 '26
Even I feel bad for them, and I watched the whole game hoping they'd get smacked
Absolutely crazy
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u/cbuscubman Rocket by education, Buckeye by birth Sep 06 '26
I have a co-worker who graduated from Central and is an MSU fan and I need to know how she handled this. She can't stand either team.
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u/Freedjet27 Sep 06 '26
The way I see it, its MAC vs everybody
I hate their guts but if it was CMU in that match I would've been outraged.
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u/Boston_Brand1967 Sep 06 '26
"HAIL TO THE CHEATERS"
but it was insanely close to being the craziest upset ive ever seen...
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u/ExtremelyOnlineTM Sep 06 '26
What's more embarrassing: Michigan losing to Western, or Michigan needing the refs to cheat in order to beat Western by one point, then storming the field?
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u/Racer2311 Sep 06 '26
The way the Michigan QB was strutting around after was so silly. Broncs got robbed.
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u/Antonio1025 Ohio THE State University Sep 06 '26
Underwood is a jackass who played terribly the whole game and got a redo at the end on a pass the threw out of the back of the endzone the first time
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u/cbuscubman Rocket by education, Buckeye by birth Sep 06 '26
The issue here is you're expecting any self-awareness from Michigan. The fans storming the field might be one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen.
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u/Rommie10284 Sep 06 '26
I can't get that mad. Everyone saw what happened, and it bodes well for the rest of the season for WMU
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u/TurkishDonkeyKong Sep 06 '26
Long season but if you beat Michigan and Boise you can probably get in the playoffs with a competitive mac loss
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u/No_Material5221 Eastern Michigan Alumni Sep 06 '26
Eastern Michigan fan here, you guys got completely robbed.
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u/FireUpChips247 Sep 06 '26
Where did that one second come from? WMU got massively screwed, and this is coming from a CMU fan
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u/BeTheBall- Sep 06 '26
Gifting a bullshit win to a team with a terrible QB who won't even sniff the CFP is the most B1G thing ever.
Broncos got absolutely robbed.
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u/44035 Sep 06 '26
What goes through refs' minds
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u/natebark Sep 06 '26
What goes through the Big Ten refs minds after they announce that the Big Ten replay officials said there was one second left? Good question
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u/GeorgeBork Sep 06 '26
Solidarity from a former MAC flair who still roots for all of the G6.
WMU won this game fair and square and deserves to be flying the Jolly Roger in the big house. They got fucked by monied corporate interests which have ruined CFB at so many levels.
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u/OtherwiseWord3467 Sep 06 '26
Robbed is an understatement. Clear as can be that the clock hit zero BEFORE it was touched. Homer job
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u/damutecebu Sep 06 '26
The clock that NBC showed apparently wasn’t the official clock. The Big Ten shared this information with the MAC and the MAC put out a statement supporting the call.
https://x.com/macsports/status/2096464406557188414?s=46&t=ppua9BCUAa7dWM9-SthPmg
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u/NegotiationMore1924 Sep 06 '26
We've all see what AI can do these days. Pretty sure adding a 1 to a scoreboard to cover up for an epic fuck up is possible.
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u/jcrocket56 Sep 06 '26
Brought back memories of the 1972 Olympic men’s basketball final - just keep putting time back on the clock until you get the desired outcome…
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u/EconomyAd6478 Sep 06 '26
A second was added on for a penalty that wasn’t called? How is this real?
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u/nk38 Sep 06 '26
western michigan looked awesome last night. as a michigan fan, I feel for you guys. sucks to lose it literally at the last second
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u/FastEddieMoney Sep 06 '26
In order to rectify the situation, Michigan must now use asterisk helmet decals from now on instead of whatever they use currently
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u/30-50FeralPogs Sep 06 '26
So sorry BroncBros, yall deserved that one.