Wisconsin vs. Arizona State ending was botched, pretty much everyone agrees

Down two, well into field goal range with less than 20 seconds left, Andersen chose to have Stave kneel in order to get a better angle for the field goal. An Arizona State player mistakenly thought the ball was live after the knee was completed, and jumped on top of it. The referees neglected to stop the clock, and time ran out without Wisconsin getting a shot at the field goal:

Make sure to check in with Bucky’s 5th Quarter for more coverage on the event.

The Pac-12 has made its feelings known on the controversial ending to Saturday night’s Wisconsin-Arizona State game, adding one more note to the discussion around a bizarre series of events that may have cost the Badgers the game.

What went wrong in the game’s final seconds was explained perfectly by Spencer Hall.

Former college and NFL officiating executive Mike Pereira has weighed in on Saturday’s night frankly insane ending to Arizona State’s win over Wisconsin, saying Wisconsin should have been given one last play (to presumably kick what would have been a game-winning field goal).

Down two points in field goal range with less than twenty seconds, Wisconsin kneeled the ball to get in better position. An Arizona State defender jumped on it, mistakenly thinking the ball was loose. The clock was not stopped, and the Badgers watched as time ran out and the game was lost.

Jen Bielema, the wife of former Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema, took to Twitter following the Badgers’ bizarre loss to Arizona State Saturday night. Needless to say, her post only added fuel to the fire started by Wisconsin fans after the defeat:

As many Wisconsin fans quickly pointed out to Ms. Bielema, the players on the current Wisconsin squad were recruited by her husband:

Via CJ Zero

Basically, what happened was Stave attempted to down the ball at the middle of the field in order to spike it and set up a field goal. We think. He should’ve been signaled as down, which would’ve given him plenty of time to gather his team for a spike. But ASU players pounced on the ball (which wasn’t clearly either dead or alive to anyone), thereby killing time, and in the confusion, officials were in no hurry to set things back up. The sequence likely should’ve been reviewed, no matter what.