This is still the first thing that comes to mind if you mention Mark Dantonio to me. If I were the Notre Dame coach, I'd have reacted the same way. If the other guy has that kind of guts and he beats me, tip of the cap to him.
Can't stop watching this. I was there in the stadium and nobody expected this... happiest I've been in years, what a ballsy call. All my best to Dantonio and his family... Go State!
my dad called me and told me about this play. i went crazy. this is a great play and in the spirit of football a real win. but what a surprise. i love college ball. i looked at the wife and told her that this was great. she does not understand. i still love her though.
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One of the most brilliantly executed plays in college football. No one saw it coming and it caused absolute mayhem in EL. Gives me goosebumps every time and I'm an Iowa fan.
@ 1:50, I like that the announcer said that it was going to be a good night for Dantonio...except that he kinda suffered a heart attack a few hours later. Great game and a great call.
I was sitting at The Post in East Lansing during this entire game. When this play happened I couldn't hear anything but chaos in the city for at least 20 minutes. One of the greatest moments of my life. GO GREEN
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Sitting in the end zone, wondering how the freshman kicker will attempt this long field goal. Snap. Fake and Gantt running right at us with the ball in the air. Touchdown MSU!! Love my season ticket. And yes the Hail Mary against Wisconsin was in the same end zone. GO GREEN!
Notre Dame may have lost that game, but you could tell Brian Kelly respected the call! He was surprised obviously, but he enjoyed it!! I don't blame him, it was a hell of a call!!
I must also add that this game was ALMOST the most exciting game I've been to.. second only to when we beat MICHIGAN in a similar way last year in overtime!
Die hard MSU fan,but can't help but chuckle when the announcer goes "It'll be a pretty good night for Mark Dantonio." It's right after Dantonio's interview. Glad Marky D is ok!!
@WEGSxIRISH The MSU vs ND game always seems to be special, we've had our heart ripped out a few times vs ND. Agreed, sports is a beautiful thing...Go Green.
@keroppl Keep in mind, the official timekeeper actually relies on the stadium clock, which was at 0 before the snap. Once it hits 0, then the ref must immediately look at the ball. If it is not snapped, then it's a delay of game. The snap was off between 0, and the ref moving his head, which is still within the rule. Go figure.
Thanks Razorback. Might be play of the year, right? Dantonio is recovering well it seems. Has addressed his team a couple times but happily watched the most recent Spartan victory from the sidelines.
For those that question the playclock, the explanation given on Mike and Mike this morning was, there a "lag time" once the playclock hits zero that a team has to snap the ball. The back judge whose job it is to watch the playclock said MSU was within that lag time and got the play off in time. My guess is this probably due to the fact that playclock doesn't utilize tenths like a hoops gameclock. Either way MSU won and that's all that matters. GO STATE!
@RdSoxFan618 It was very well executed. Bates didn't panic and waited until the last possible moment to show the fake. Their kicker had already made a longer one this year, and 50% isn't exactly terrible odds. Then of course..it's not a play you expect from MSU's coach Dantonio. He's typically pretty conservative. Combine those 3 things..and it helped them catch ND with their pants down. Great play.
Look at the play clock on ESPNs lower bar. If its correct (actual clock), the snap was a 1/2 second late. There should have been a delay of game, 5 yard penalty and who knows if that would have made a difference in chemistry and karma. Great call, like the Saints on-side kick to open the 2nd half in the Super Bowl.
I love how the MSU players celebrate in the ND band. Payback for Golden Tate swan diving into the MSU band from the year before. For those complaining about the clock. The only difference it would have made is that the pass TD catch and run would have been 5 yards longer...
The play was intended for number 24, the reciever running alongside the player who eventually catches the pass. You can see him fall and then put his hands on his helmet in despair, thinking that the play was busted.
@PistonsNewsReviews22 0.9 seconds. When the clock on ESPN (Which isn't the official clock) switches from say 0:02 to 0:01, it's switching from 0:02.00 to 0:01.99, so when the clock switches to 0:00, it's technically 0:00.99, meaning they have just under a second of the clock being at 0:00 to get the play off. They got it in time.
the caption under this video reads 'no description available' that's because there literally is no way to describe the feeling of beating Notre Dame like that.
@dandandamattressman Agreed, but obviously a heart-attack wasn't in the playbook, that was just chance. Hope Coach Dantonio is in better health now and recovers very soon. But back to the game... that was a BALLS-out call. Reminds me of Boise State a few years ago with that epic ending. Endings to games like these are just awesome, it's what the game is all about, and why we play it, and watch it. Great stuff.
@thefootballtoday Nice win over UMASS dude...very impressive. By the way, how do you pronounce "Appalachian" (as in Appalachian State)...I've never heard of it LOL
man, as a ND fan, i feel like calling this a delay of game is as successful as calling the bush push a penalty. we can say that as much as we want, but in 05 ND should have scored a td on that drive that fitzpatrick blew the field goal and should have stopped that 4th and 9. in this game, we should have scored at the end of regulation or should have put a td on the board in OT and would not have had to worry about a fake fg. hope we beat usc and msu and um this year, that would be great.GO IRISH
This was looked over the day after this happened two years back, the espn clock and the stadium clock weren't in sync. The play was officiated correctly, touchdown MSU.
My question is this: Why is there a play clock in OT? It doesn't make any sense, there is an unlimited amount of time for the teams when they have possession and it's not like they would purposely drag out the game. That would be stupid. The fact that there is no time limit makes a play clock in OT extremely unnecessary.
Let's see, last Saturday we had: Oklahoma blow out FSU, Ohio State dominate Miami, Alabama destroy Penn State and Oregon kill Tennesse. And that was called "MONSTER SATURDAY". This was MONSTER SATURDAY if you ask me. Arkansas/Georgia,Clemson/Auburn, Notre Dame/Mich St and Iowa/Arizona all went down to the last second or overtime and they weren't even talked up that much as the games last week. This just makes college football just that much more exciting to watch every Saturday.
@CDPics I'm sorry if I misunderstood you, but I don't think you're right, and if you are, then someone should change the technical aspects of the clock. Between the clock hitting 00:01.00 and 00:00.00, the clock will always be at 0:01.00. So if the time is 0:00.45 in electronic time, it will still be 0:01.00 on the game clock. It will hit 00 when it's 00. If I am right, then in NCAA or Madden 11, it would have been a delay of game. However, it was the "lag" time that made it legal. Look it up.
How didn't ND see this coming? It's a 45 yard field goal which is a less than 50% make percentage for a college kicker. It's not the biggest play of the year, I think many people would have made the same call to either go for it or fake the field goal.
this is great! I love seeing the top catholic school in the nation getting its butt whooped by first michigan and second michigan state. My grandpa who has been gone for 45 years now wouldv'e loved to see this. Whoooo hooooo its good to be from the state of Michigan!!!!!!
ND fans are now complaining that time had run out... that there SHOULD have been a Delay of Game penalty (5 yds). The entire officiating crew was from the Big East Conference. The Big East released a statement Sunday that says the officials made the correct call (non-call). Have a nice day.
The officials blew the whole damn game. The no call on MSU's last td where he wasn't forced out of bounds? The block in the back call on the punt when he didn't touch him? The play clock hitting 00? ACC and Big Ten officials are by far the worst officiating conferences in college football.
@BigHits4Twenty ESPN: "The Big East said Sunday the back judge is supposed to focus on the play clock. When it hits zero, he is then supposed to check on the ball before calling delay of game. The league says there will always be some lag time, and that on the fake field goal, "this lag time created the situation where it appears the play clock expired just before the snap." The league says it believes "the snap occurred well within the normal lag time."
@NekoSOM You are right and these are all great points and I totally agree with you. But in general what I was hoping people would take away from my comment is that it is not all that surprising or shocking that MSU would make this call in this situation.
You can see the actual clock - not the TV clock - on the screen during the live play. It was clearly delay of game. great call and execution, but it should have been a 5 yard penalty and forced state to go for a long 4th down to keep chances alive. ND got screwed.
@Xdiablofoolx WOW !!!!! I didn't watch the whole game yesterday so I missed this. You are exactly right on the expression on his face. It's like the look on a celebrity's face when the judge tells them their going to jail for a few years instead of to the club that night !!! TOTAL DISBELIEF in what just happened. Classic.
The official play clock is kept on the field, not by the TV clock!!!!! It counted, and that's why nobody but ND media and people that don't know football are complaining.
I'm guessing the coach meant that the kicker didn't have experience with that kind of long overtime must-make kick. Sure, he has the leg to make long ones (and did so indoors in a cupcake game the week before) but I get why MSU made that call there. It was the perfect time to run the fake. Probability of converting the fake probably wasn't much worse than probability of making the kick, so you might as well go for the win.
