Did Montana State cost themselves the game against Idaho?
For those who didn't see, here is the ending.
Idaho is down 7 with 15 seconds left in the game. They get a first down and the ball carrier is tackled in bounds with one second left on the clock.
The refs stop the game to review and confirm if there was a second left, the ruling is confirmed.
Because the ball carrier was tackled in bounds, the clock should keep rolling (restarting on the ref's signal), and everyone on offense must be set for a full second before the ball can be snapped, meaning the clock would run down to zero before Idaho ever had a chance to legally snap the ball again. This exact scenario happened to Iowa State against Iowa 2 weeks ago. Ball carrier was tackled in bounds with one second remaining, meaning the clock would expire before Iowa State could legally snap the ball again, so the game is effectively over despite technically having a second left.
But after the refs confirmed that Idaho had a first down with one second left, Montana State called a timeout????(!?) Did they not just give the other team a second chance when the game would've been over had they literally done nothing? Like the clock should restart on the ref's signal and expire before Idaho could run a play.
The next play, which if I am correct was only able to happen because of Montana State's timeout, Idaho scores a touchdown and goes for two to win the game. Am I missing something or did Montana State actually just cost themselves the game?