 An editorial cartoonist at "The Michigan Daily", the University of Michigan student newspaper, depicted the aftermath of the game with a Michigan player trying to explain to two referees that the clock ran out, but also holding a gun that he had used to shoot himself in the foot (implying that had they not made critical mistakes previously, the clock would have not been an issue).Three years after the game, Big Ten officials told "The Detroit News" that, upon further review, the clock operator acted appropriately.Dave Parry, the conference's coordinator of football officials, said, "that play, as much as we've put that under a high-powered microscope, was correct.