BW3 Officiating - Where Commercials Become Real Life

And dumbasses who think they have to leave when the game is over.

Buffalo Wild Wings was originally called "Buffalo Wild Wings and Weck", hence BW-3.  The name has stuck for those who remember and didn't officially change to what we now know it is until the late 90's.

I would really like to see a replay of Molk's hit.  I was under the impression that anyone on the football field is legal to hit between the whistles.  I thought defenseless player calls were only after the whistle.

Two men on the field with the same number, I get that was an infraction, but it would be nice if they knew what the actual penalty was. 

Look at it this way: you guys managed to commit a penalty so rare that nobody knew the specifics. Kudos to you.

Apparently that game is compelling enough to watch

Well, clearyl hitting a guy in the chest = penalty, hitting a guy in the knees =/= penalty.  Geez man, know the rules!!!

Hitting a defenseless player is a relatively new emphasis for college refs, but I have no idea how Molk could have picked one up. The rule is basically to protect wide receivers on passes where they have their eyes on the ball and a safety is running full tilt and them and lights them up when they have no way to see the hit coming. Again, I have no idea how Molk got one and would love to see the play.

Denard was still clearly in the field when the defender initiated the contact. Had that been called a late hit then they could have just pulled the refs from the field. That was on Denard to know he wasn't going to get the TD and to get out of bounds sooner. The defensive player can't just assume that he's going out and then lay off his tackle only to watch him make a cut and score. If you're on the field you're legal to get hit.

The Odoms block was a terrible call as it clearly showed he put a shoulder into the defender's gut and also he was in front. Chop blocks I thought were ony illegal if hitting from behind or if you were chopping a defender who was otherwise already engaged with another blocker. A one on one block of receiver on DB where the receiver attacks the DBs center of gravity is a perfect football play and he will get credit for it in the film room session.

Molk hitting a defenseless player may be one of those instances where he hit someone who had their head down and didn't allow them to establish themselves. I never saw it but that's my guess. Much like the penalty on field goals or punts where the NT has to let the long snapper get his head up before initiating the attack. Very dangerous for the player on the bottom. This has benefited Michigan before I think in that 1vs2 tOSU game.

I was screaming from my spot in section 4 that you have to call that penalty, even if the result of the play was a touchdown.  It was so freaking blatant even to me, and I was on the opposite side of the field.

Dennis Lipski is a bumbling moron.