They should have been dead. No heartbeat, no hope, no way back. But somehow, No. 9 BYU found a way to breathe life into their flickering championship dreams, scratching and clawing their way to a 22-21 victory over Utah Saturday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

Kyle Whittingham, when asked about the officiating, added, “It’s a ridiculous situation. I’m not going to get into it.”

As BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff lay on his back on the wrong goal line, a record crowd at Rice-Eccles Stadium erupted, sure that the Utes had applied the final hit in an upset rivalry victory. Or so they thought.