--- title: NCAA Final Four: Watch a Michigan State Fan Propose to Allie LaForce description: He even pretended to offer her a ring canonical: https://time.com/3771613/live-proposal-michigan-state/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-05T16:47:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:22.299Z og:title: Watch a Michigan State Fan Propose to a Reporter on Live TV og:description: He even pretended to offer her a ring og:url: https://time.com/3771613/live-proposal-michigan-state/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Michigan State Fan Propose to a Reporter on Live TV twitter:description: He even pretended to offer her a ring twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Michigan State Fan Propose to a Reporter on Live TV  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Apr 5, 2015 4:47 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Apr 5, 2015 4:47 PM UTC Points for effort? A Michigan State fan interrupted CBS Sports reporter Allie LaForce during a live broadcast on Saturday to, well, propose marriage. LaForce was reporting on that afternoon’s Michigan State-Duke game when the man tapped her arm, got down on one knee and pretended to offer a ring. “I’m sorry, yes can I help—,” she says as he kneels, followed by a quick “Okey dokey! I believe we’re getting a proposal here.” LaForce, who is married, laughed it off and asked her on-air team about their thoughts. One replied: “I think we should call your husband.” The proposal didn’t quite work out. And hours later, his team was eliminated from the Big Dance. _Read next:_ [_31 Arrested in Kentucky After Wildcats Fall in Final Four_](http://time.com/3771625/kentucky-lexington-wildcats-final-four-arrests/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3771613/live-proposal-michigan-state/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3771613/live-proposal-michigan-state/"},"headline":"Watch a Michigan State Fan Propose to a Reporter on Live TV","datePublished":"2015-04-05T16:47:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:22.299Z","description":"\"I believe we're getting a proposal here\"","url":"https://time.com/3771613/live-proposal-michigan-state/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Basketball"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3771613/live-proposal-michigan-state/","name":"Watch a Michigan State Fan Propose to a Reporter on Live TV"}}]}] ```