I disagree on deceiving. While, yes, it was only 14-7 with 6 minutes to go, USJ seemed to be in control this whole game. I will not say dominated due to it being close in the 4th, but it was close to it. NCS scored on a trick play on 3rd and 12 and had the ball on the 10 in the 4th. That was about the extent of anything I saw from them offensively. USJ had 3, yes 3 defensive touchdowns called back. 2 looked like crap calls from watching it online but unfortunately there was no replay. The refs were doing no favors for USJ and that is the only way I thought they might lose, from some of those questionable flags. Besides that, USJ seemed to control the game, especially on defense.
Plus, how the heck are cowbells and sirens NOT considered artificial noisemakers?! C’mon, that just seems like trash in my opinion, especially ringing them while the QB is giving the cadence. I am no fan of MS State but at least the SEC makes them stop ringing when the QB is under center. Even though USJ should have kneeled with 20 seconds to go, after listening to those cowbells all night, I chuckled at the last score. The crew doing the game on the radio/stream even contacted an official with TSSAA and he said yes, they should be warned and then penalized for the noise. Oh well, Go Bruins!