Most Oregon fans didnt mind because there were more missed calls against Oregon, then Oklahoma. Most likely the refs felt guilty for earlier in the game. Besides Oklahoma #19 was fighting for the ball with Oregon player before 10 yards.

@@bigjamezian haha! #19 got hit by an Oregon player. Are you the official in this game?

@@bigjamezian Oklahoma can touch it before it goes 10 yards, Oregon can’t

@@bigjamezian you might brush up on rules of the game before you post stupidly.

@@bigjamezian Oregon touched it before the ball went ten yards. Try again.

I assume they didn't look at the recovery because once they confirmed it was illegally touched, nothing after that mattered.

Matt Owen they concluded that it wasn’t illegally touched.

The replay official said after the fact that he saw that Oklahoma recovered it, but didn't address it because that wasn't the purpose of the review. He also said he didn't have sufficient evidence to rule that the Oregon player touched the ball early...

Pac-10, guy

@Luke Skyballer absolutely! Well said sir!

+RollTide Roll It was irrelevant once the Oregon player touched it...

+Dale Shahid eh how so? I always thought you had to posses thr ball not just touch it.

Ryan Reddell I meant: If the "receiving" team touches it anywhere on the field, no matter if it has gone 10 yards or not, then the kicking team can recover it.

They can. But they didn't. Plus you can clearly see that the receiving team did not touch it first.

+Dale Shahid But they didn't recover it. Oklahoma did. #23 for the Sooners clearly has the ball and is walking around with it on the right side of the screen.

Holy hell I know right!

Too painful to watch it after Refs award Ducks ball. But my memory is just what you wrote. I get it's standard def era, but's plain as day that 23 picked up ball and walked away. If he wasn't demonstrative, I wish he had been, but maybe it makes no difference with that Pac 10 crew. I've rarely been so mad. This has happened before. 2016, Browns fumble at Washington & Refs award ball to Wash even though Browns clearly recovered it. And as a Cowboys fan: In Super Bowl V vs Baltimore, in 3rd QTR leading 13-6, Dallas had 1st & Goal on Colts 1. RB Duane Thomas fumbled and Dallas center Dave Manders recovered. But Colts players sold it & with crowd going crazy Ref Jack Fette signaled Colts ball. Final score: Colts 16 Cowboys 13 The OU Oregon is most blatant of 3 where due to Pac 12 Refs, you think it was more than incompetence. But all 3 plays had crowd emotion and some player reaction that may have been a factor

The point of the video and the ruling was who touched the ball prior to 10 yards. That's the focus of the topic...ya goober.

that's not what they were looking at. lol how are you so stupid?

@@bhmsupra We know, but that's pretty stupid to just focus on that instead of who actually got the ball don't you think? The point of the video is how they messed up the call which was the fact that OU recovered anyway and they totally missed it. The stupid morons couldn't let the damn tape run one time to show it.

It’s almost 2023 and I’m so happy that we stole Peyton Bowen from them after watching this

I was an Alabama Fan suffering through the last year of Mike Shula when I watched this game and this was still about as shitty an outcome as I saw that season.

Going through this right now

@@JW-un8ui that was pretty rough because that era cost the school NCAA sanctions but only produced seasons like 7-5 or something, but for sure Saban made up for it and a whole lot more

It's duck season! Let's get those quackers!

broadcast from 2006 so kinda hard for it to be in great quality

The official replay was a big part of the problem...

Not the worst. 1990 Colorado vs. Missouri.

Like we always do!

#OUStillSucks

@@AlanFernandoGamino who’s your team?

@@ianzang2178 Texas Longhorns

@@AlanFernandoGamino thought so. boomer sooner

Nope, It touched OU players finger tips, Oregon ball correct.

@Colby Williams OU was not awarded the victory

And to think, this is the same ref that ESPN trots out every Saturday to dissect calls in all of their games. Clearly should have been Oklahoma's ball.

@@mallsanta4436 Oregon illegally touched it and therefor could not recover it, and an OU player actually recovered it. In no way could Oregon be awarded the ball without blatant cheating by their conference refs

@@phillipalexander7862 good call. It was blatant cheating. People forget Oregon turned the ball over four times. OU had one turnover; the onside kick bad call. The referees handed the game to Oregon.

This is the first thing I thought about after that announcement

Correct, but the whistle had already blown by the time he picked it up. Point 0:23: listen for the whistle while #23 is still standing there. He doesn’t dive for it until point 0:25 when the ball was already blown dead. No one actually had the ball when the ref blew the whistle, he just assumed #15 of Oregon got it instead of double checking!! The reason Oklahoma rightfully should have gotten the ball was by the illegal touch by Oregon within 10 yards. Once the whistle blows, you can’t change what happens afterwards.

Yea he should of added that to this video. They showed it later in the game

He didn't get the ball UNTIL after the whistle blew! He's just standing there while the whistle blows

I couldn't agree more, however I do still question why #23 nonchalantly walks away with the ball instead of making sure that the refs know he has it. It's only well after the fact while everyone on both sides is screaming that they really try to let the refs know he got it.

@@matthoecker3340 Because it was obvious. That play, would have, effectively sealed the game for Oklahoma. Talking to the refs immediately after a play or after making a play is not something that is normally done by players, ever. The blame is squarely on the puny shoulders and black hearts of the Pac12 officials! The TV production crew is complicit in this abhorrent aberration.

@@TheRealcdawg22 100% correct and well said!

@@matthoecker3340 right!!

@@TheRealcdawg22 I’m certainly not arguing it was the right call, or that the officials weren’t completely inept. But if I saw the officials diving into the pile to find the ball, I sure as hell would have made sure they knew I was the one that actually had it.

It touched OU Player's finger tips.

At least not PAC-10/12 calls. Worst refs in America by far.

Oregon Ducks Football/Basketball you're a moron. We recovered the ball, it doesn't matter who it hit, even though it was an illegal touching, OU ball

Oregon Ducks Football/Basketball look up Allen Patrick Oregon Recovery. We clearly have the ball. But that's ok, no one remembers because you weren't playong dress up then

Doesn’t matter who recovered. Ou woulda choked like they always do

trash team, trash call, not even new uniforms gonna win you any meaningful games.

Oregon Ducks Football/Basketball you were listening to the announcers too much. Issue wasn’t who touched it first, despite the announcers. Ou straight up recovered the kick and the refs just looked at the dog pile and celebrating Oregon players to give them the ball

The Oklahoma Player touched it with his finger tips Bud.. Deal with it.

Oklahoma recovered it. You can see the guy on the back side of the pile pick it up.

Oregon Ducks Football/Basketball Oklahoma recovered it you fucking dumb ass. It doesn’t even matter if we touched it (which we didn’t). We had the fucking ball. It’s people like you that separate average people and absolute ignorant dumb asses. Be smarter.

@@bodhisattva3660 yeah AFTER the ref blew the whistle! Now if my memory is right, the whistle blowing makes the play DEAD, so his recovery doesn't matter

@@justrelax1539 EXACTLY! Once the whistle is blown, that means the ball is dead.

My only solace is Ducks collapsed to finish with 7-6 record, while OU (who was not a National Title Contender) still won the Big 12 Championship

No it touched the OU's players finger tips then it got knocked out of, good call.

@@mallsanta4436 you could not be a bigger dumbass. OU clearly recovered the ball.

@@mallsanta4436you’re an idiot

Thank you for this. Still really makes me angry even years later. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rdt3n7N4m7zNlWg.html

This should be a Highlighted comment so everyone could stfu!

Oregon Ducks Football/Basketball Oklahoma is better than Oregon

Silver Bullets Oregon is better get over it

Rob Roy they got suspended

pricilla232 ! I say f suspensions...if I were Stoops... I would have been on whatever conference was officiating's head office's ass on watching them get fired.

Pac10 crew well there u go.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Riese Apparently the replay angle he got is suspicious in itself. I'd like to know with us already in the 21st century there were not more angles. Don't give me that they didn't have the setup crap...the damn tv cameras were all over the place showing what happened. And I can't stand OU.

Lol no guys, The OU player touched the ball with his finger tips. You just couldn't see very well because the graphics weren't as good.

It touched the tip of the OU Players Fingers.

it didn't look that bad at the time, this video is just mega pixillated

Still mad, bro?

@@jasonbarney5587 ?

so? thats why you have instant replay..instant replay proved it didn't go 10 yards and oregon touched it first..posession..oklahoma....ducks suck

It Touched Oklahoma players's finger tips then the two Oregon players jumped in and knocked it out of his hands.

Well Ducks beat you, It did go ten yards and OU touched it.

The replay official was suspended for four games following the game...and Oregon went on to have a stellar season going 4-6 in their last 10 games. Getting blown out by Mike Stoop's Arizona Wildcats on their home turf. The way their season turned out, it seems like they paid off the referees.

Actually Oregon was jobbed by numerous horrible calls earlier and probably should have been kneeling down to run out the clock at that point Wild finish though! Exciting game!

you think the game is better when #23 picks up the ball from between his teammate's legs and the referees give oregon possession? forget the 10 yards or first touch, that is a reasonable mistake. you are ok with ruling possession without seeing a football? the football was 10 yards away when the official ruled oregon possession. i respectfully disagree with your comment. it's the worst call in history. i've never seen possession granted when the ball is 10 yards away in the possession of the other team. can you point me to this ever happening in the history of televised football? perhaps go ducks is clouding your judgement?

It Touched Oklahoma players's finger tips then the two Oregon players jumped in and knocked it out of his hands.

Sooner

Sooner

Oregon

Even if it did, Oklahoma recovered the kick.

@@blake7871 yeah AFTER the whistle blew, which made the play dead

Creagh Roberson Yes, the whistle blew with no clear recovery. The officials should’ve been fired when they walked off the field.

#15 for oregon recovered the ball and was down, doesn't matter how many Oklahoma players try to rip the ball out, once you're down, play is dead, simple fact.

I'll never understand why he didn't. If it were me, I would have been screaming at the officials, "I had it the whole time!"

Thank you!!!! As stupid as this sounds, #23 should take some of the blame for this loss for not running over and handing the ball to one of the three blind mice, errr officials.

@@thomasmckenzie4584 HE DID. There are pics and I'd post here in YT if I could. But try i0.wp.com/footballscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Oklahoma-Oregon.jpg?resize=540%2C445

Touched OU player finger tips kiddo.

Were you happy that osu did it? Lol

It Touched Oklahoma players's finger tips then the two Oregon players jumped in and knocked it out of his hands. Osu did because Urban Meyer took the playbook from Chip Kelly a few years back.

bullshit...belloti and the refs were buds..pac 12 refs.

Wow, what video did you watch? Oregon never possessed the ball. Oklahoma recovered the ball on the back side of the pile.

If no one has possession when the play is blown dead, possession automatically goes to the receiving team.

It Touched Oklahoma players's finger tips then the two Oregon players jumped in and knocked it out of his hands.

It didn't go 10 yards.

Oregon Ducks Football Basketball You are the dumbest fucktard in this comment section. Who gives a fuck if it touched fingertips? You have to RECOVER the ball, which they didn’t.

Expect?? Um that it was a good call because the OU player used fingers tips to touch the ball. Big 12 refs are no better but Big Ten refs are the worst.

@@mallsanta4436 Are you just going to say this over and over? No, history agrees-thi sis now legendary as one of the worst calls ever in history, like the 5th down in the Mizzou-Colo game. The replay guy was suspended and regretted the rules he felt bound by.

Larry Nemecek you can’t even see it well, and the false start against Oregon when we played Wazzu last week was worse, the Wazzu defender randomly ran right to him before the snap.

The call reversed a stop and led to an easy score. dumbass

Incorrect.

No, correct; because no body at all recovered. Listen for the whistle at point 0:22. The ball is on the turf when the whistle blows and nobody at all has possession. You can't ethically award it to either team if no one had it when the whistle blew!!

Actually you are not correct. Because nobody recovered the ball, in the rule book under Free Kicks at Rest, it states the ball belongs to the receiving team at the dead ball spot, which would be where it was when they blew the whistle. The rulebook also states "The ball belongs to the receiving team at the dead-ball spot, unless the kicking team is in legal possession when the ball is declared dead. " under Free Kick Caught or Recovered. Well, since nobody had possession, the ball should have went to Oklahoma in both instances. This isn't about ethics, it's about the rules in place.

It Touched Oklahoma players's finger tips then the two Oregon players jumped in and knocked it out of his hands.

@@BamBamMusic THANK YOU. It's insane that, in the moment, everyone focuses on the touch point and by whom- which, yes, has since been shown to have been called wrong -- but even so, NO ONE ever discusses the possession angle. So, Amazing Bad Call #2 - even worse than the "who touched" call/ "moot touch inside the 10 yards" double whammy. Either give it to OU as possessed, or touched too early by Decks... or....Say you blew it dead too fast, no one had possession, and it goes to the receiving team by rule.

It's UO

My only solace is Ducks collapsed to finish with 7-6 record, while OU (who was not a National Title Contender) still won the Big 12 Championship

THANK YOU

Chung dove on top of the pile but there is no evidence he touched the ball, much less possessed it. Horrible call.