The fate of the cat temporarily distracted the whole section from the Miami-Appalachian State game. The cat caught its paws on a wire stretched under the second tier of the stadium, so that the people sitting there could not reach the animal and help it.
Then the fans below stretched out flags and waited for the cat to fall. Having flown a few metres, the cat landed directly on the makeshift net, but bounced off and flew further. But to the delight of the stands, the cat landed right in a spread-out US flag.