Fox News calls on Donald Trump after controversial college football call

On Saturday evening, the college football world was stunned after a controversial replay review gave the Michigan Wolverines one more second on the clock, allowing them to score a touchdown on a Hail Mary and stave off an upset bid from Western Michigan. The incident became such a talking point that Fox News even wants Donald Trump to weigh in.

During Sunday morning's edition of Fox & Friends, the show's weekend hosts implored Trump to give his thoughts on the controversial call that has everyone riled up.

After getting largely outplayed the entire game, Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood had one last chance to win the game for Michigan with a Hail Mary as time expired. Unfortunately for Michigan, the pass fell incomplete, and it appeared that Michigan had lost the game by a final score of 12-7.

Immediately after the play, the stadium announcer said it was under review. And a few moments later, the head referee stepped to the middle of the field and said, "After review, there's one second remaining in the game. Third down."

The problem is, none of the replays shown to viewers indicated that there should have been a second remaining on the clock.

Even NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay was confused as to what the referees were seeing to add a second back onto the clock, but Michigan was given one more chance, and they made the most of it. Underwood threw up another Hail Mary, and this time it was caught by JJ Buchanan to give the Wolverines a 13-12 victory.

After the game, the Big Ten issued a statement on the controversial decision:

"Following video review, it was determined Western Michigan's #18 started his jump from an established out -of bounds position (left foot) and made contact with the ball with one second remaining on the clock. As shown in the provided video of what was viewed during the replay process, a side-by-side view of the play and the game clock, using a direct shot of the game clock in the stadium, was used to determine the final ruling. Eighty-five minutes prior to the game, all broadcast cameras used for the replay system, including the camera on the game clock, are synced using a strobe system to ensure all cameras are aligned. Per NCAA Football rule 4-2-3-a, 'A ball not in player control, other than a kick that scores a field goal, is out of bounds when it touches the ground, a player, a game official or anything else that is out of bound or that is on or outside a boundary line.' and thus the clock is stopped."

"Following video review, it was determined Western Michigan's #18 started his jump from an established out -of bounds position (left foot) and made contact with the ball with one second remaining on the clock. As shown in the provided video of what was viewed during the replay process, a side-by-side view of the play and the game clock, using a direct shot of the game clock in the stadium, was used to determine the final ruling.

Eighty-five minutes prior to the game, all broadcast cameras used for the replay system, including the camera on the game clock, are synced using a strobe system to ensure all cameras are aligned.

Per NCAA Football rule 4-2-3-a, 'A ball not in player control, other than a kick that scores a field goal, is out of bounds when it touches the ground, a player, a game official or anything else that is out of bound or that is on or outside a boundary line.' and thus the clock is stopped."

Obviously, that did little to slow the debate and conversation.

Very curious what President Trump thinks'

During Sunday morning's episode of Fox & Friends, weekend hosts Griff Jenkins, Rachel Campos-Duffy, and Charles Hurt implored Trump to weigh in on the controversial call.

"I'm very curious what President Trump thinks about this," said Griff Jenkins. "He weighs in on sports. He weighed in on the World Cup red card.

"You think he has an opinion about this? Donald Trump has an opinion about this?" asked Hurt.

"I would be willing to bet when he wakes up," Hurt added.

"All night long, we're all checking Truth Social. We're all trying to see, 'when is he going to weigh in?' Mr. President, if you have an opinion on this, you can call in right now to the show. We want to hear what's going on," Campos-Duffy said.

Campos-Duffy then urged Hurt to "check again" to see if the president has weighed in.

"President Trump very often has his finger on the pulse of what our country's talking about, even if it's not in the political lane. This incident is going to be talked about for years to come," Jenkins said.

Jenkins said that the "entire country" is talking about the play and is eagerly awaiting Trump to weigh in.

"It's not just me; it's the entire country weighing in on that. So it will be interesting to see what the president ultimately, perhaps, has to say," Jenkins said.

"We'll keep checking. We'll keep you posted. The second the president weighs in on this, which we're certain he will," Campos-Duffy said.