Oklahoma needed a miracle in the final seconds to pull off an improbable come-from-behind victory over Texas in last Saturday’s Red River Showdown.
And OU took a page out of TCU’s playbook to try and accomplish the feat. Sooners receiver Marquise Brown laid down in the end zone on the kickoff, but was removed before the play started.
Why? Two weeks before that TCU did a similar stunt against Ohio State with Jalen Reagor laying down in the end zone.
It turns out, according to a report in the Austin American-Statesman, NCAA secretary-rules editor Steve Shaw sent out a reminder of the interpretation of the rule to officials after the TCU-Ohio State game.