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Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy expressed disappointment in himself Sunday and game officials from the Cowboys controversial loss to Central Michigan, vowing to move on to an important game this week against Pittsburgh.In one of the more improbable finishes to a football game, CMU wide receiver Corey Willis on Saturday grabbed a lateral from fellow receiver Jesse Kroll at the 12-yard line after a Hail Mary and raced into the end zone with no time remaining to stun No. 22 Oklahoma State 30-27 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.But it never should have happened.Mid-American Conference referee Tim ODey -- as well as the MAC and the Big 12 conferences -- acknowledged after the game that Central Michigan was wrongly awarded an untimed down, which resulted in the miraculous Hail-and-lateral finish.Im going to leave that alone. We had a play, we executed, end of story, Central Michigan coach John Bonamego told ESPN. Ill leave it for everybody else to discuss.With four seconds remaining, Oklahoma State quarterback Mason Rudolph threw an incomplete pass to the left sideline to run the final seconds off the clock for what seemed to be a 27-24 victory for the Cowboys (1-1). However, no receivers ran a route, thus resulting in an intentional grounding penalty on fourth down.Gundy said in a statement released by Oklahoma State that he should not have called the pass play.That play has been in our playbook for 12 years now, Gundy said in the statement, and intentional grounding and an untimed down after the last play of the game never even crossed my mind. Of course, in hindsight, I wish I would have done it differently, but in the big picture, the game should have been over.While Im disappointed in myself, I am also disappointed that we had 10 rules officials who didnt properly apply the rule. I give credit to Central Michigan for coming up with a great play and executing it as well as they did.Gundy said he wanted the Sunday statement to serve as OSUs final official comment on the bizarre ending. Unbeaten Pittsburgh, after a win over Penn State, visits Oklahoma State on Saturday (3 p.m. ET, ESPN).In our program, we talk all the time about controlling the things we can control and not getting caught up in the things we cant control, Gundys statement said. We can control how we focus on and prepare for Pittsburgh. We cant control the decisions that were made Saturday, so I do not believe it benefits our coaches or players to dwell on them and re-hash them beyond what we already did during post-game interviews, the comments that our athletic director made yesterday and now with this statement from me today.Nevertheless, the two-play finish is destined to live on in infamy at the Big 12 school. And the ruling, in the wake of Rudolphs final incompletion, confused even the most astute observers.Theres a rule that says that the game cannot end on an accepted live ball foul. Thats the rule. Theres an exception to the rule that says if enforcement of the foul involves a loss of down, then that brings the game to an end, ODey told a pool reporter Saturday.So in that situation, weve had the opportunity to run it back through our hierarchy, which includes the national rules editor, and he confirmed that should have been a loss of down and the end of the game at that point, so that extension should not have happened.The rule in question is Rule 3, Section 2, Article 3.1 in the NCAA football rule book: A period shall be extended for an untimed down if ... a penalty is accepted for a live-ball foul(s). (Exception: Rule 10-2-5-a). The period is not extended if the foul is by the team in possession and the statement of the penalty includes loss of down.The Mid-American Conference issued a statement that the officiating crew was in the wrong, but the result of the game would stand.The Mid-American Conference officiating crew ... made an error on the final play of regulation, Bill Carollo, the coordinator of football officials for the Collegiate Officiating Consortium, said in a statement. The crew made a misapplication of the rule and should not have extended the contest with one final play. Despite the error, this will not change the outcome of the contest.MAC officials werent the only ones in the wrong. According to the Big 12, Coordinator of Football Officials Walt Anderson said the Big 12 replay crew missed an opportunity to stop the game to inform the MAC officiating crew of the?misapplication of the intentional grounding penalty as time expired.According to the Big 12, NCAA rules permit instant replay to correct egregious errors, including those involving the game clock.None of those explanations mattered to Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder, who issued a statement saying its incomprehensible that the outcome cant be reversed.We were told there is nothing that could be done, Holder said. ...?The final score shows that Oklahoma State lost the game, but that doesnt mean that I have to agree with it.Bill Hancock, the executive director of the College Football Playoff, told ESPN on Saturday night that committee members will be well aware of what happened on the field when asked how they will assess the Cowboys.That ability to comprehensively consider each game is one of the most significant benefits of the CFP protocol, Hancock said.The Chippewas (2-0), who got the ball at their own 49-yard line, made the most of the refs mistake.CMU quarterback?Cooper Rush lofted the pass that hit Kroll just inside the 10. As Kroll was being taken down, he pitched it back to Willis, who cut across the field and barely managed to score while being dragged down.To be honest, I actually had a missed assignment on that, I wasnt supposed to be right there, but it all worked for the better, Willis said. We know Jesse Kroll is going to go up and get the ball every time; its just something we practice all the time and we executed it.Central Michigan fans might have had flashbacks to the Bahamas Bowl from two seasons ago, when the Chippewas covered almost the length of the field on a long pass-and-lateral play to score a touchdown and cut their deficit to one point with no time left against Western Kentucky. In that fabulous finish, Central Michigan went for the two-point conversion and the win but did not convert. This time, the Chippewas (2-0) were able to run off with one of their biggest victories ever.Its an improbable finish, but its a situation that we practiced and rehearsed, Bonamego said. We were able to execute and pull out the win.The pool reporter asked ODey for clarity regarding the fact that the game should have ended and Central Michigan should not have been awarded possession:That is the interpretation from the rules editor -- the national rules editor, yes, ODey said, referring to Rogers Redding, the NCAAs national football rules editor.When asked what might happen next, ODey would not say.Im not at liberty to make any further statement as far as that, he said. That falls outside of my jurisdiction.Carollo, however, made it clear that the play could impact the officiating crew.As in all games involving the Mid-American Conference, every play within every game is thoroughly reviewed and graded on its accuracy and has impact on the evaluation for every official, he said.The game also resulted in some good fortune for a few bettors in Las Vegas, where Oklahoma State was -1200 on the money-line to beat CMU straight-up.?William Hill took six money-line bets on the Chippewas -- the largest being $100 at +750. Meanwhile, CG Technology reported taking two $500 money-line bets on the Chippewas at +850 odds, which resulted in a $4,250 payday.ESPNs Sam Khan Jr., Heather Dinich, David Purdum and The Associated Press contributed to this report.David Long Womens Jersey . 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He is a warrior. He loves to play. Hell be back faster than most players would be back after an injury. But at the same time, we really have to be careful with Isaiah for the long haul and make sure that he doesnt come back and re-injure it.Thomas would have faced a tough test in DeRozan and Lowry, who combined for 52 points and 16 assists -- DeRozan, the new franchise leader in games played, with eight rebounds -- in Thursday nights home win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.Lowry was 5-for-7 and the team 12-for-27 from 3-point range -- the eighth straight game the Raptors (15-7) have hit 10 or more treys. Toronto was also guilty of just eight turnovers in the win.Jonas Valanciunas chipped in a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Raptors, who bring a 6-3 road record into Fridays game between two teams in the conversation for being the second-best team in the Eastern Conference, behind the Cleveland Cavaliers.The Raptors trailed by one entering the fourth quarter before turning it on.We just picked it up. We kicked in our experience with how we have to win games, said DeRozan.dddddddddddd We cant underestimate a team like that that plays extremely hard. They jumped out on us. We had to fight back the whole game and into the fourth quarter. We just tried to put everything together, execute on both ends and pull out the victory.Playing without Thomas and against an Orlando Magic team coming off a 4-1 road trip, the Celtics fell behind by eight points in the first quarter and by one at halftime but won by 30 and showed great ball movement in a more balanced attack.Whenever we have somebody down we come together and try to figure out a game plan, said Avery Bradley, who scored 23 points in the win that lifted the Celtics to 13-9 on the season. And our game plan was to get it done on the defensive end and make sure we are moving the ball on the offensive end.Moving the ball around, the Celtics scored 58 of their 117 points in the paint.Like Ive said before, were always trying to attack the paint first, said Boston coach Brad Stevens. One of the things we want to do, especially in Isaiahs absence is play through our bigs and through the post.The Raptors took last seasons series between the Atlantic Division teams 3-1, splitting the two games in Boston.Asked where setting the team record for games played -- passing Morris Peterson -- ranks for him personally, DeRozan said, Umm, all-time best right now. Having such a high regard for an organization, any type of record and only being 27 years old and leading the franchise in whatever stat it may be is definitely a blessing. ' ' '