Down 7-12 to Western Michigan in the first week of the season, 8 seconds on the clock, midfield-ish, Michigan QB Bryce Underwood threw a stinky Hail Mary, game over. Michigan suffers their most embarrassing defeat since Appalachian State stuffed them in a locker in 07.
Sike.
The mind-blowing, controversial Western Michigan-Michigan finish.
Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge, and rules analyst Terry McAulay have the commentary on the stunning scene for NBC. 🏈🦓🎙️ pic.twitter.com/n9YE3OpXde
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 6, 2026
The officials added an extra second to the clock, granting Michigan another Hail Mary attempt, good for a touchdown—Wolverines win 13-12.
Nothing to see here. No further questions.
No need to talk about sophomore QB Bryce Underwood going 12-for-22 for just 170 yards, an interception and a gifted touchdown at the end of the game against an inferior defense. Larry Ellison’s multimillion-dollar NIL gift to his wife, a Michigan alum—direct deposits straight from the man who owns most of the things we watch now—and Underwood threw a crucial game-winning throw out the back of the end zone.
Western Michigan head coach Lance Taylor was the next man up. Coached under Nick Saban at Bama, rose through the college ranks, taking over Western Michigan in 2022, improving their record each year—leading to a 2025 MAC championship and MAC Coach of the Year trophies, finishing 10-4—THUMPING Kansas State 41-7 in the 2025 Myrtle Beach Bowl.
They just snatched a victory over the No. 16-ranked Wolverines, Sherrone Moore villainized—too horny to keep the program afloat post-Harbaugh. Moore’s replacement, Kyle Whittingham, struggled, including a 12-man-on-the-field penalty in the final two minutes.
Thankfully for Michigan, none of Michigan’s mistakes mattered. Who cares the offense was inefficient and insufficient? Who cares about the brutal avoidable penalties at the end of the game? Who cares about the expensive hand-picked QB throwing the ball nowhere near any receivers in a Hail Mary attempt?
Hawk Eye Innovations is the company behind these sports reviews—including California’s Indian Wells tennis tournament, a competition owned by Larry Ellison, using Hawk Eye cameras since 2009 when he purchased them to get out-of-bounds calls correct.
Larry Ellison’s Natasha Romanov with how often Hawk Eye’s come to his rescue.
Now I can continue dropping Ellison’s name, implying some massive, shadowy conspiracy to make the Michigan Wolverines 1-0, deservedly so—at some point one of the richest men on the planet should just enjoy his wealth instead of throwing it around to bend the world to his whims—I promise you if my networth touched a billion you would never see or hear from me again, too busy counting all the zeros at the end of my account balance.
“I know when I looked up at the clock, it was past zeros before we touched it,” said Western Michigan Coach Taylor, “I knew that they would review it. It was the last play of the game, and because we defended it so well, I wasn’t worried or concerned about our guys going out and defending it the second time. Unfortunately, we did not defend it as well the second time.”
Western Michigan should’ve been able to defend a Bryce Underwood prayer, twice—even their coach said so.
Every Hail Mary from midfield should land in a defender’s glove or hit the turf.
As the rise of public sports gambling makes every ref whistle questionable and the newsrooms responsible for uncovering any conflicts of interest gutted for AI regurgitations of poorly written Deadseriousness blogs, these endings will smell funny.
Whatever, college football only has about a year or so left before they just become Saturday NFL.
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