Let's put the officiating aside for a moment
Pretend we live in a perfect world. Thought about it? Great. OSU wins 23-17. Why?
OSU's kicker which had been perfect (forget the Penn State block) missed a 37yd and a 21yd. Those mistakes pushed the game to OT and forced that last second field goal. But let's say the game went on, and we resume the path of OT.
Buckeyes score, UM scores. Then UM kicks a field goal. The first mistake made was when the Wolverine D allowed Samuel to get that crazy 8 yard run when he should have been dropped for a 5-8yd loss and should have put the Buckeyes out of field goal range, but instead he roasted our secondary. The Barrett run, that was close. I have looked at that play a 100 times, believe me. I saw Barrett at the forward most point, and it seemed like he did make it. Narrowly, but he did. I then found a pic on the internet which takes the first down marker and places it above barret and we can clearly see he crossed the line. I can only see that pass interference which was debatable.
My stance is this: You can't go to Ohio, in front a 110,546 people, have 3 turnovers, and provide momentum when they were about to drop out of it and expect to win. They're a well coached team. The 4&1 was close and it was good (once again the line was pulled up and Barrett crosses it)
Hopefully UM is better next year, but next year Ohio State will be very talented. With a senior filled team we still managed to lose. 43 seniors vs. 44 freshman. And they still won. They had 6 returning starters (3 on offense 3 on defense).
All I can say is the officiating was OK and the pass interference (1 was blatant in like the second quarter) and the other could have gone either way and honestly the video evidence wasn't "indisputable" and which ever team got the call would've got it. Tough break, but honestly, Michigan did everything to lose.
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