The "lateral" reversed call

I was surprised at that call reversal. Mainly because I didn't see one camera angle that showed me definitively that it was a forward pass. But still, M's defense is the worst I've ever seen!!!

He wasn't out of bounds. The ball never crossed the plane of out of bounds. There was no angle that they could have possibly determined that it was a forward lateral. The best view was the official that was right there on the field who called it a backwards pass.

What it came down to was that they didn't think it should be allowed because there was so much that could/should have gone wrong there, so they were trying to find something to overturn it on.

I am pissed. I want the head of that replay official.

There was no way you could tell if he pitched it forward, bad call. That holding call early on in the drive was shit too. They rarely call that for Michigan on defense. Then Purdue does not touch Hemingway.

The refs are just awful in every Big Ten game.

If that bullshit was reviewable (and overturned), how the fuck is too many men on the field not reviewable (or at least not reviewed)? We got burned against PSU and ILL on those ovbious non-calls, but they manage to overturn this one?

Begging for no replays on a double lateral to our right tackle. Sad state of affairs... very sad. Remember when we were Michigan?

I agree. If they could really tell that it was a forward lateral, then how did it take them so long to make the call. They needed indisputable evidence, as you said, and clearly the evidence must have been disputable if it took them so long to find something that would say that the play should be overturned.

Anyway, this play was not the reason for us losing. We need to be able to maintain a lead in the second half and play some form of defense. There are still a lot of problems with this team, and they are not going to be solved by next week or the Ohio State game. Its gonna take some time and we gotta be patient...as much as being patient sucks.

I thought it was the correct call based on where Brown let the pitch go and where Huyge ended up catching it. Looked like he was in front of Brown where he caught it.

I couldn't tell, personally, if it was forward or not. Considering they gave it so much time, however, leads me to believe that the right call was made. Perhaps they have additional angles to look at? Or perhaps by viewing a certain combination of angles simultaneously, the indisputable result can be achieved.

At any rate, it is what it is. The officials did not cost us this one, regardless of that play.

Pretty obvious it went forward. Hell of a play by Brown given the situation he was put in, but sadly the replay officials got it right

I also would be inclined to believe it's legit to review that. It's certainly allowed when the ball is behind the line of scrimmage . . . I've seen many reviews that look at whether something was a fumble or an incomplete pass based on whether the screen went forwards or not, so I wouldn't be too surprised if they were allowed to review this too (though the addition of a penalty to the mix may mean it's a different situation).

The NCAA rulebook is online. You can look it up for yourself. A lateral is reviewable to determine if it was an illegal forward pass. Obviously.

Note, I say obviously b/c that's what the officials ruled.