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NFL rules would've ended WMU-Michigan differently

The controversial ending of Western Michigan's game against Michigan would have been different under NFL rules, as the NFL requires at least two seconds remaining for a play to be reviewable after clock expiration.

The controversial ending of Western Michigan's game against Michigan would have been different under NFL rules. The NFL's Rule 15, Article 9(b) states that a play can only be reviewed if the clock shows two or more seconds remaining, unlike college football which allowed Michigan's game-winning Hail Mary despite a clock that may have shown only one second. cricket-ipl.in

Michigan's J.J. Buchanan caught the game-winning touchdown after a Western Michigan player touched a Hail Mary attempt that sailed out of the back of the end zone. The Big Ten's ruling gave Michigan a mulligan, but under NFL rules, this would not have been possible as the clock would have definitively expired.