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American College Football: Winning Ugly

The Sporting

1 ranked Colorado, chose to keep the Buffaloes’ 33-31 win over Missouri despite the winning score coming on a gift fifth down, he was merely continuing a long-standing tradition of college football : it mattered not how you won; Ws were all that counted. On the last play of the game, W&L apparently pushed over the tying touchdown.