List of bad calls

Submitted by Wolverrrrrrroudy on
List of bad and potentially outcome altering calls. There are many that I noticed, but I have not gone back to count. Just wonder how others see these. 1. Ejection for targeting, egregiously bad call, especially with review. Ejection of team leader and tackle leader! 2. Henry personal foul, no whistle and he jumped on two Michigan players. Which Spartan was he fouling? Was there a Whistle. 3. Butt Catch. I was watching via ESPN player so resolution wasn't great, but it seemed the announcers leaned towards catch. 4. MSU sideline catch. Refs called it a catch, but seemed like his foot dragged on white line not in bounds. Again bad non he resolution for me so not sure. 5. Facemask on Rudock. Harbaugh mentioned during presser, for the pass deflected back to Rudock. Seems announcers agreed at least on many of the game altering calls above. Even OSU players were disagreeing with targeting call. The only call I thought a Sparty fan would be mad about would be Houma's touchdown on third try, not sure myself if he got in. Any other really bad calls I missed?
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ericcarbs

October 18th, 2015 at 8:17 AM ^

Just looked it up and here is the official rule

III. NCAA Approved Ruling 9-1-2-XVIII-XX

Team A is in an obvious scrimmage kick formation. Immediately after the snap, nose guard B55 charges directly at the snapper, contacts him, and drives him backward. The ball is snapped to an upback three yards behind the scrimmage line or to the potential kicker, who instead runs with or passes the ball. RULING: Foul. Penalty – 15 yards and automatic first down. The snapper may not be contacted until one second has elapsed after the snap when Team A is in a scrimmage kick formation and it is reasonably obvious that a kick might be attempted.

I rewatched the replay (puke) and looks like the nose guard blew up the long snapper immediately. I am probably bias so yeah. There's the rule and my interpretation.



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Jevablue

October 18th, 2015 at 8:20 AM ^

I've seen the snapper rule called before.  It was actually called against OSU in the big 2006 game of unbeatens.  

This gang of miscreant refs had a really bad day at the office.  It is a shame that the whole shit show they put on will be totally overshadowed by that last play.

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charblue.

October 18th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^

worked a Michigan game at the Big House this season.  And their first game was worse than this one. This, I think, contributed to Harbaugh's frustration with the calls that went against his team. 70 yards of penalties against Michigan, including 4 generating first downs. Unbelieveable. This enabled the Spartans to keep that marathon no-score drive alive in the first quarter.

Look, I don't want to dwell on the officials and bad calls. This team played well enough to win that game and still didn't finish properly. And that is the lesson here, and needs to be drummed home going forward. Finish teams off and you can complain to the league all you want about the officiating afterward with no bitterness about it.

How many times in this rivalry, are last second plays going to decide games in Sparty's favor. It's just incredible. You have to take their fucking heads off when you have the chance. Just take them out, that's the only way to play against them. They hate us. Well, return the hate by making it stick in a way that underscores why they will never, ever be better than Michigan in this game. Never.

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ericcarbs

October 18th, 2015 at 8:28 AM ^

Damn it now that I know this rule, this was clearly a stupid penalty. 15 yard automatic first down

The line ref has GOT to call it because it was implemented for player safety. Public grades need to be released for all refs.
I can't wait for the big ten to look at all the calls Harbaugh sends in. Literally every huge play or huge penalties went in state's favor.



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Gofor2

October 18th, 2015 at 1:01 PM ^

This whole thread is Called whining like a Bitch. UM got beat because they are not the better team. MSU is the better team MSU had 100 more yards of offense, twice as many first downs, and forced the loser to fumble at the end that won the game. So how bout you girls stop crying and take your loss like a man.

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Leonhall

October 18th, 2015 at 8:02 AM ^

The face mask was the only one I thought they missed. Maybe Sparty held a couple times but you can call holding every play. I doubt Joe Bolden makes a difference. Penalties on us arguably cost us the game...most seemed legit.



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Bluemandew

October 18th, 2015 at 8:37 AM ^

I don't think it is the sole reason we lost either. I just think any time you lose your leading tackler it is going to have an affect on the game. What did you think of the personal on Willie Henery? After they let the 3rd down with Huma go on so long I think it makes it hard to make that call later in the game. He did jump on the pile no denying that.

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Naked Bootlegger

October 18th, 2015 at 10:41 AM ^

I agree.  Very bad decision by Henry.  Whistle might have been hard to hear, but there were at least 4 Wolverines piling on before Henry's superman impression.   That did not end up costing us directly, but I don't consider that a bad call by the refs.

I haven't watched the last play again, but it is extremely upsetting if our long snapper got all blowed up by a guy lined up in the neutral zone.

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charblue.

October 18th, 2015 at 12:14 PM ^

It hit all five red zone opportunities. So, the offense did the job when it moved the ball into scoring territory. It was the defense that for the first time since UNLV gave up a big play, a huge bust that we haven't seen all season. They gave up a TD pass again with primary safety coverage as well. And MSUin scored on a running play in which holding might have been called, but in any case Michigan gave up the edge. The defense was mostly stout but Sparty took advantage of its opportunities.

Ultimately, this is a team game and the punter's mishandled snap was only the play that prompted the defeat not what caused it, because that belongs on everyone on the team who couldn't get one more first down or couldn't make a play on a fullback running alone downfield or not making one more play to prevent Sparty from having any remote chance to steal a victory. This was theft and we have nobody to blame but our own guys.

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charblue.

October 18th, 2015 at 12:26 PM ^

the penalty yardage markoff when targeting wasn't declared agaisnt Northwester on Rudock even though he was hit twice on the same play while he was down. I mean there ought to be some consistency to applying this rule whether you administer it properly.

Last year, in the infamous game against Minnesota, targeting on the hit to Morris wasn't even considered and no penalty was called on the play, even though that play underlined the  reason for creating the rule in the first place, safety to defenseless players with hits that could be dangerous and lead to major head trauma.

League integrity requires weekly evaluation of the officiating crews and it takes place. And schools can and do submit tape of plays they want the league to review. I don't know how many Harbaugh might ask the league office to look at this week. But if they bowled over the snapper on the last play, that's a judgment rule call and should be an automatic flag.

 

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JMo is my hero

October 18th, 2015 at 8:04 AM ^

I think you're reaching on a few of these. The Butt catch looked like a drop in the field, and the replay quality was so shit that you couldn't tell where the ball ended and his hands started. It's almost impossible to overturn that type of call with the replay we had. Also the MSU sideline catch was absolutely a catch, Kings (I think it was him) did a hell of a job staying in bounds. I agree the refs were hot garbage, but I'm fine with those two calls



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Wolverrrrrrroudy

October 18th, 2015 at 8:14 AM ^

I couldn't tell on the catches with my resolution, but the announcer seemed to think Butt had a catch. Harbaugh also seemed to infer many problems with the refs. The targeting was game altering because it extended a drive, demoralized the team, and took out our defensive play caller and leading tackler. It changed the game on many levels.

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Red is Blue

October 18th, 2015 at 8:08 AM ^

I thought to msu sideline catch was actually a catch. On the Butt catch the ref 5yds away was ruling it a catch, but the ref on the MSU sideline overruled him from 25 yds away. RJS got bear hugged on on of the MSU touchdowns.

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vertiGoBlue

October 18th, 2015 at 8:12 AM ^

Pretty clear offensive holding on the MSU fake punt. As it turned out the lack of penalty flag didn't hurt M since Morgan stopped runner just short of line to gain.

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BomTrady

October 18th, 2015 at 8:13 AM ^

Those refs owe college football fans an appology.  Why even make calls on the field if every single one is going to be reviewed and 80% will be reversed?  Something was not right with that crew.  The ejection?  Without bias - one of the worst calls I have EVER seen.  

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JD_UofM_90

October 18th, 2015 at 8:43 AM ^

where we intercepted the ball. The MSU receiver ran into an official, because of that he basically stops and our defender falls over / on him because of the contact with the ref. Should have been incidental contact. If this play was at a more critical juncture of the game, it may have been worse than the "Spartan Bob" call. Instead of us having the ball in their territory, they go in and score. Who knew the officiating would get worse after this game changing screw up. Easily the worst officiated college game, I have ever witnessed.

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UMForLife

October 18th, 2015 at 8:33 AM ^

These targeting rules need to be changed. It makes no sense that you change a game completely because the defensive player took an angle in a certain way when a player is defenseless. I understand the intent and the player safety is important. How the heck you twist your neck sideways when the player is going down or already down. I feel like this rule is going to change how players practice and the defensive players are going to get more injured getting their head around.

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gwkrlghl

October 18th, 2015 at 8:35 AM ^

you could see that he drug his foot just barely. Elite catch.

Many other things were bullshit though. Butt's catch was a catch. I can't believe they reviewed Bolden's play and still ejected him. On what basis did that meet the targetting rule?

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