mgowill

September 12th, 2015 at 5:15 PM ^

That botched pass interference call was pretty bad too. One of the highlights for me was when a ref slipped and fell, the fans met it with thunderous applause. There were some bad calls this game.



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Knight

September 12th, 2015 at 5:23 PM ^

to have a coach that reacts exactly how I would to terrible officiating like that. Some people say it is immature but it really is just passion and ultra competitiveness.

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HAIL-YEA

September 12th, 2015 at 5:32 PM ^

really weird, but watching Jimmie do that calmed me down and I was raging. I stood up and was yelling, then I seen coach and flipping out and I was like yeah! get that sumbittch

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SMart WolveFan

September 12th, 2015 at 5:36 PM ^

...because coach shows them that anyone who can't f'n do their job, especially officials, will taste the Har of Baugh.

Never give up what you have righfully earned, but, if you have to, go nuclear and let them know you won't stand for it.

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Sten Carlson

September 12th, 2015 at 5:36 PM ^

The refs hosed us several times -- from our very first play onward! I'd be shocked if the punting issue isn't discussed at conference ref meetings because of Harbaugh's tyrate. With more and more Aussie punters it's going to come up. This one was just aweful though. I love the passion, and it really fired up the crowd and players -- Harbs learned from one of the best. I hate to keep kicking Hoke but I'll bet the players wanted him to be fired up and when he wasn't they lost their fire as well. You lead from the front!

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Monocle Smile

September 12th, 2015 at 5:37 PM ^

the comments on SBNation are a bit butthurt. Good.

I think describing a bunch of those calls as "questionable" is being extremely generous. Some of those were of the "I forgot the fucking rules" variety.

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Knight

September 12th, 2015 at 5:45 PM ^

on the wrong side of a lot of calls going back what seems like 10+ years in football and basketball, way more than other teams it seems. During this time Michigan's coaches haven't always been the most fiery on the sidelines. Regardless of what people say, making a bit of a scene when a ref blows a call does have an impact in getting a few more to go your way.

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MGoBender

September 12th, 2015 at 11:03 PM ^

Every fan of every team thinks their team is on the wrong side of calls way more than the other team.

Occassional blowups are definitely good (see: Beilein).  As long as they are occassional, the refs know that they fucked up and they better take their medicine and own it.  Just don't get a reputation for bitching over everything, which I'm sure Jim won't.

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Ray

September 12th, 2015 at 6:06 PM ^

I've said for years that we've been missing an essential element of home field advantage--the "if you make a bad call here, you're going to get an earful from me" aspect. Bo made the most of this, and Coach Harbaugh re established it today. The Big House will have a different vibe for officials going forward.

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MGoBender

September 12th, 2015 at 11:06 PM ^

What are the specifics of the rule (roughing the kicker)?  This is pretty tricky with the roll-out punters.  I don't think we can argue that the punter was knocked over after kicking the ball - is there a difference in the rule for a normal punt and a roll out punt?

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JamieH

September 13th, 2015 at 1:45 AM ^

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8175916/16262511

The rule is that if the punter has moved outside the tackle box, you can blast him, free of penalty, even if you don't block the punt.  At the point where he moves outside of the tackle box, he loses his protected status.   That is why the call today was such horseshit.

I'm sure Harbaugh knows the EXACT rule give that we have an Aussie-rules player doing the punting for us as well.  

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MGoBender

September 13th, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^

Ahh, thank you very much.  +1: informative.

I guess the subjective argument becomes "was he still in the tacklebox" and from my perspective looking at it straight on from the south endzone, nope he wasn't.

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SamirCM

September 12th, 2015 at 6:12 PM ^

Were horse#$(%. I can understand them bungling this call, but they missed two pass interference calls, the first might be forgiven but the second one (in the end zone) was terrible. 

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treetown

September 12th, 2015 at 11:09 PM ^

Calling a game "tight" or "soft" - either way is OK so long as it is consistent but it was so inconsistent.

1. Peppers got flagged on a play where he was looking at the ball and the WR and him were both arm checking each other - FLAG.

2. Oregon State DB doing much the same thing against the UM WR in the endzone in the 3rd quarter opening drive - NO FLAG.

 

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Dawkins

September 12th, 2015 at 6:24 PM ^

I usually criticize ppl for blaming the refs (usually in a poorly officiated game bad calls go both ways) but this was pretty blatant today. I'm not sure all these officials will be employed next year.

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Amaizing Blue

September 12th, 2015 at 6:45 PM ^

After one of the many blown calls, he went off on the refs, but apparently had more to say.  So, he called a timeout just to have two more minutes to scream.  Love this guy.

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CoverZero

September 12th, 2015 at 7:08 PM ^

eh....people in the media are going to make a big deal out of this...but I remember Urban Meyer throwing his headset 20 yards in the air last year and noone cared...but its Harbaugh

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jmblue

September 12th, 2015 at 7:31 PM ^

That was beautiful.  Jim Harbaugh just showed 120 players how much he has their back.  No surprise they came out with fire afterwards.

 

 

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UofM626

September 12th, 2015 at 8:52 PM ^

I love it when a coach is fired up like that towards refs or his players. That's how I coach as well and I'm not a D1 football coach but I remember every one here laughing and thanking God the Home was there coach and not some red ass hit head like Kelly at ND. Listen people you can't have it both ways so make up your mind what kind of coach u want. Me I want someone who will rip a kids ass for anything from a blown assignment to wearing there socks wrong.

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Feat of Clay

September 14th, 2015 at 10:21 AM ^

Just for clarification--looking at this thread now, it appears I was correcting YOUR spelling, jblaze.  In fact I was correcting someone else's, an mgoblogger who boasted about his ability to holler at his own players and declaring a bunch of us (in another thread) an embarrassment to himself as a true die-hard fan.  It appears that comment has been deleted.

I generally don't care how you spell Rudock (and you came close anyway) but I will hold someone to a higher standard once he or she annoints himself a superior fan to the rest of us pathetic schlubs.

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M-GoGirl

September 12th, 2015 at 9:03 PM ^

He wasn't acting like a petulant child who didn't get his way. It was justifiable rage. He'll start getting the refs attention just like his mentor used to. Over the past few years, these officials got accustomed to a kinder, gentler Michigan sideline with hugs, encouragement, and peaceful passivity.

Those days are clearly gone. (Yay!)

 

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Don

September 12th, 2015 at 9:53 PM ^

Anybody's who criticizing Harbaugh is a clueless numbskull who has never watched either college or pro football. Coaches have been going apeshit on the sidelines over referee calls since the beginning of the game, and they always will. Those who think this is something unusually awful should shift their attention to fucking senior citizen bingo.

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JamieH

September 12th, 2015 at 11:09 PM ^

Watching this video and realizing just how many calls football refs blow, you would think that after all these years we would have come up with some sort of improvment on the system beyond the current version of replay, because replay can't fix most of these blown calls. 

It's obvious that there needs to be something else, like the ability for another guy in the booth to help with penalties or something who could call/cancel penaly calls on the field.   And you woudln't put some washed up guy in that spot, you'd put your BEST official in that spot. 

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