NFL Rules Would Have Prevented Michigan's Final Play

Under NFL rules, the controversial Hail Mary touchdown by Michigan's J.J. Buchanan would not have counted. Rule 15, Article 9(b) of the NFL rulebook states that replay can only overturn a ruling that time expired if visual evidence shows the clock should have stopped with two or more seconds remaining. rouesnews.click

The Michigan controversy centered on whether the clock showed one second or no time remaining when a Western Michigan player touched the Hail Mary attempt. The Big Ten's interpretation allowed Michigan a mulligan, but the NFL's stricter clock rules would have resulted in a different outcome.