Think the argument was that even though it was the arm motion of a flip, the fact that the player's momentum was forward meant that the ball was still going forward relative to the field. But the announcer's weren't going to go into the vector definition explanation.
I've never seen that situation come up before, and still unsure if that's a fair way to call it
Probably bad for us if UND wins but still exciting and unexpected to see NDSU at risk of losing.
In the FBS, #2 Indiana had a contender for drive of the decade to pull off the win against PSU. I don't remember Mendoza skewering the Ags like that when he played for Cal
Re: overall outlook, today I see that the Ags are still in the top 10 in Massey at #9. ISU (#37; moved up 11) seemed to benefit more from the win than we fell from the loss. Massey also thinks that SDSU's loss (to #53, after moving up 20) was significantly worse than ours yesterday, but the Jackrabbits overall are still the better team at #4, which tracks with what the human polls will almost certainly say tomorrow.
So I think a first-round home game with no bye would still be reasonable, especially with Idaho and Sac wins. Maybe a top-8 seed with upsetting MSU (~15% chance per Massey) and winning at least one of the other two games.
I'm missing the Idaho game in exchange for repping the Ags in Bozeman. Not getting my hopes up but it would be a core memory to see the Ags pull off the miracle