Sports media world reacts to chaotic ending of UCF’s upset over BYU

Moments after his team pulled off the most significant win in program history, UCF Knights head coach Scott Frost spoke for everyone. “That’s the weirdest end of a game I’ve ever seen,” Frost said to Fox sideline reporter Alexa Landestoy , while surrounded by a sea of black and gold. UCF (4-3) upset the No. 2 BYU Cougars (6-1), 39-31 in double overtime, to secure the first win against a top-five-ranked opponent in school history. The result itself was wild enough, but the path to victory was a brand of mayhem unique to college football. With just under two minutes left in regulation and the game tied at 24, the BYU defense stuffed UCF quarterback Keyone Jenkins on fourth-and-goal. The BYU offense rewarded the defense by going three-and-out, and that’s when the madness truly began. Overtime looked inevitable until BYU defensive tackle Keanu Tanuvasa committed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, setting UCF up in field goal range. Instead of kicking right away, with 14 seconds left, Frost sent his offense back out there. Jenkins inexplicably spiked the ball before throwing an incompletion, and then Will Stone missed a 46-yard field goal attempt. Still, the game didn’t head directly into overtime. Stone’s kick was blocked, and he recovered the ball with two seconds on the clock, seemingly allowing UCF a redo at the game winner. But because BYU ripped Stone’s helmet off during the recovery, we got a 10-second runoff, which Terry McAulay disagreed with , and then  the game entered overtime. In overtime, BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier threw a 28-yard touchdown, and Jenkins responded with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Josh Derry to even the score at 31—and prompt Robert Griffin III to call BYU’s defense “lactose intolerant” from his Fox booth with Connor Onion. In double overtime, BYU seemingly forced UCF to settle for a field goal. But BYU’s Kendal Wall earned a roughing-the-kicker penalty, and Jenkins made them pay with a touchdown pass and successful two-point conversion. BYU failed to answer on the ensuing possession, granting UCF a chaotic, well-earned upset. The sports media world’s real-time commentary rivaled the action on the field. Check out some of the best reactions below: The post Sports media world reacts to chaotic ending of UCF’s upset over BYU appeared first on Awful Announcing .