Fact-check: “Michigan was incorrectly given an extra second in the game against Western Michigan.”
Verdict: Partly True (52% confidence)
The clock was visibly at zero on NBC's broadcast before ball contact, NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay stated the broadcast clock was synced to the stadium clock and the ball was 'clearly still in the air when the clock goes to zero,' and WMU's coach confirmed the same. However, the Big Ten released its own replay footage showing the stadium clock at one second when WMU's Micah Davis — jumping from an established out-of-bounds position — touched the ball, and both the MAC commissioner and WMU's…
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