Worst Calls Ever to go For Michigan
February 26th, 2015 at 10:19 AM ^
Fake punt that wasn't a 1st down but was called a 1st down, then the football gods took out their wrath on Vincent Smith.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:19 AM ^
That is all.
February 26th, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^
hate us.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:26 AM ^
It will be interesting to see how long this thread gets in comparison the other thread about calls to go against Michigan. I don't really remember many bad calls in our favor off the top of my head, but I remember a bunch that went against us off the top of my head. Interesting psychology.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:32 AM ^
the cheapie hip check against Rumeal in the '89 final that sent him to the line for the game winning free throws.
http://www.t3licensing.com/license/clip/30699005_018.do
say what you want about your penn state and MSU, but this call put UM on the line to win the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!
February 26th, 2015 at 10:46 AM ^
I think Ryan Leaf's spike at the end of the game should have left time on the clock, but this may be a make up call for the PI that wasnt called two plays before.
February 26th, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
because I would say the non-call on the offensive PI was 100x more egregious. If we had lost that game it would go down as one of the worst non-calls in sports history
February 26th, 2015 at 1:09 PM ^
They were slow to start the clock when the ball was set there. No way he could have gotten the spike off with proper timekeeping.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:51 AM ^
The Spartan Bob clock game MSU actually got boned on 2calls immediately before the end play. Smoker got sacked but we had 12 men on the field, some how they still counted the sack and marked the penalty off from that spot instead of the original line of scrimmage. To make matters worse for some reason the officials didn't stop the clock and forced MSU to use their final TO. It was weird and I was laughing my ass off until they let Smoker spike it and give them one more play when the clock had to have expired. Total makeup call.
February 26th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 10:57 AM ^
I wanted the time to expire badly because Leaf was driving. They had 2 seconds on the clock when they hiked the ball and clearly spiked it in the ground with 1 second left. In fact, leaf was walking back to the huddle with time on the clock. I remember the poor Washington State coach was still trying to get the refs attention even as Michigan was in full celebration mode (along with myself).
February 26th, 2015 at 11:39 AM ^
there was really no excuse for them letting that clock run out on that play. There was ample reason to be upset if you were a WSU fan(one of the six).
February 26th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
Leaf had just completed a 50-some yard pass that Woodson probably would have intercepted had he not been shoved to the ground.
February 26th, 2015 at 12:21 PM ^
The refs had just blown about the most OBVIOUS offensive pass interferece call in history two plays before. Woodson was about to pick off the hail-mary like he was receiving a punt, and the WSU guy came up behind him and two handed-shoved him in the back to knock him out of the way. It was a ridiculously bad no-call. Just obvious.
February 26th, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^
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February 26th, 2015 at 4:27 PM ^
The ref blows the whistle to start play (and the clock). WSU doesn't snap the ball after that for over a second. The clock starts on the ready for play whistle, not the snap. From the whistle to the ball hitting the ground is two seconds. Also, the clock may have said 0:02, but that means that there are between 1 and 2 seconds left, so if it takes exactly 2 seconds to spike the ball, the clock should run out.
February 26th, 2015 at 11:06 AM ^
wrong thread
February 26th, 2015 at 11:12 AM ^
Brendan Gibbons had a false start on both kicks in the Sugar Bowl and the refs didn't catch it. Lol
February 26th, 2015 at 11:19 AM ^
Could also argue he false started to tie the game against Northwestern 2 years ago. Although I think we concluded he was actually okay afterwards, it still could have been called.
February 26th, 2015 at 11:36 AM ^
Oh boy that Illinois game. THat was a hard fought game and nerve-wracking as hell. The fumble and non-fumble really went our way...
February 26th, 2015 at 11:44 AM ^
2012 Sugar Bowl, can immediately think of 3 instances. That VaTech WR, Cole I think was his last name, he got hosed with that catch at the end. I certainly didn't argue with the results, but had that been ruled a catch, I doubt we would've won that game. They had all the momentum up to that point.
Gibbons, if I recall correctly, also had what should've been two false starts that night on kicking field goals, including the game winner. That game had me convinced Michigan was on its way back. Minus our red-zone defense, we played so poorly that night and still found a way to win.
1998 Rose Bowl - Leaf probably should've been given one more play at the end of the game.
February 26th, 2015 at 12:52 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 11:55 AM ^
Not a call, but man we were fortunate that Michael Black went down in the '98 Rose Bowl.
February 26th, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 1:20 PM ^
I don't think a Carr team ever successfully rushed to beat a replay review.
February 26th, 2015 at 1:43 PM ^
I remember seeing replay angles but not whether the officials did the same. Toussaint's reversed TD against OSU in 2011 would have been a good occasion to avoid replay.
February 26th, 2015 at 12:21 PM ^
As mentioned above the two that immediately come to mind are the Webber travel and the Outback Bowl first down. We have a real thing for getting ball-don't-lied in truly spectacular fashion.
February 26th, 2015 at 12:25 PM ^
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February 26th, 2015 at 12:37 PM ^
Braylon's 4th down drop with 30 seconds to go. Refs ruled it a fumble. Led to a Brabbs FG and a Michigan win.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:24 PM ^
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February 26th, 2015 at 12:43 PM ^
Nothing to see here
February 26th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
I'm sure some people remember this. I want to say 2000 at Illinois. Michigan was the beneficiary of two calls if I remember correctly. Anthony Thomas fumbled before he was down and Illinois recovered. The refs called him down by contact and Michigan kept the ball.
Either later that game or earlier the same type of situation happened but this time Ilinois fumbled. The guy got upended and came down hands first. The ball hit the ground, he fumbled and Michigan recovered. The officials called him not down and Michigan kept the ball.
This was around 15 years ago and I haven't seen either play since watching it live. Please correct me if I'm wrong about the two calls.
February 26th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
Also in the 1994 Illinois game, we broke open a close one with a long punt return on which there was an obvious (and key) block in the back.
February 26th, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 10:55 PM ^
The coach was Bill Lynch, and he was running around completely livid, stopped, reached into his mouth, grabbed his gum, pulled his gum out of his mouth, looked right at it, and then threw it across the sideline.
I remember because I strongly contemplated registering "BillLynchGumThrow.com" for about 5 days afterwards. An MGoBlog member even made an animated GIF of it for me.
Also, you're right -- that was an awful call.
February 26th, 2015 at 1:42 PM ^
does the Tuck Rule still count?
February 26th, 2015 at 2:44 PM ^
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February 26th, 2015 at 1:51 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 3:05 PM ^
Lloyd getting the handful of seconds put back on the clock against Penn State leading to "Touchdown Manningham". It was the right call, but all too often, especially a decade ago, the seconds aren't added.
February 26th, 2015 at 7:38 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 10:39 PM ^
In the "Touchdown Manningham! Michigan Wins!" game, on the game winning drive, Jason Avant's foot came down out of bounds.
Called a catch.
Didn't realize what happened until I got home from the game the next morning and watched it on the VHS tape on which I fortunately remembered to record the game.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:52 PM ^
Disagree with this completely. As the rule stands/stood, one foot (and in his case, one toe) down in-bounds is a catch in-bounds. It's irrelevant where the heel strikes if the tip of the toe touches down in-bounds first, which is what happened on that play.
February 27th, 2015 at 7:22 PM ^
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