Having Your Prayers Answered, and Other Regrets
I lived in Missouri in 1990 when Colorado benefited from a fifth down play to win at Missouri. Unfortunately, the Buffaloes inappropriately benefited from the call to win the game. Despite a Week 1 tie with Tennessee, a Week 3 loss to Illinois, and a fifth-down win, some buffoons awarded the Buffaloes a shared national championship. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Timothy P. Brown talks about two very famous collegiate fifth-down plays, Colorado Buffaloes vs. Missouri Tigers in 1990, and the Cornell Big Red vs. Dartmouth Indians in 1940.
