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We almost had the most exciting moment since The Stanford Axe in 1982 decide the MAC West Division Champion today.
In the de facto MAC West Division championship game today, the Ball State Cardinals took a 30-27 lead late via a field goal. That left the Western Michigan Broncos in desperate straights, so they headed to Lateral Town, which is where the dreams of the most desperate tend to die.
But when they don’t...
BALL STATE IS OUT ON THE FIELD!!! This is peak #MACtion pic.twitter.com/ndAAh4q0ur
— Andrew Quinn (@AJQuinn82) December 12, 2020
Apparently the stream was cut by ESPN3 before the outcome was decided, but... sadly in a part of the video we didn’t show, there was an illegal forward lateral so the incredibly dramatic runback was all for naught. While both Ball State and Western Michigan were on the field, those penalties offset. The one for the illegal forward pass however did not, and that’s how the game ended.
The Cardinals advance to the MAC Championship Game next Friday in Detroit against the Buffalo Bulls. But a great game for the Mid American Conference today, and it almost finished with an unforgettable ending.