Higdon hold call worst you have ever seen?
That was legimately the worst call I have ever seen in my 20 years of watching college football. Also can we please have someone blast the big ten officials publicly for the lack of holding calls on UM's dline, it is ridiculous at this point. Big ten officials are by far the worst in the country and it is not even close
September 29th, 2018 at 11:11 PM ^
I just read that the officials were supposed to call holding against NW.......but got confused
September 29th, 2018 at 11:13 PM ^
Anyone have a clip of the play?
September 30th, 2018 at 9:27 AM ^
It was posted above but if you missed it:
September 30th, 2018 at 12:17 AM ^
Do you keep a list? What was the 2nd worst? How about the 5th worst? No doubt it was horrendous, but most fans have selective memories.
September 30th, 2018 at 12:58 AM ^
Worst call? Well, there's you can score on Michigan without the ball crossing the goalline, a Michigan FG going over the upright is no good, and tackling a Michigan receiver on a 2pt conversion to win is not pass interference. So maybe not the worst.
But it certainly seemed to be a confluence of anti-Michigan prejudice (I'm gonna make a call against Michigan), chutzpah (I didn't see anything, so I'll make some shit up), and sheer incompetence (RB getting tackled = offensive holding). Most WTF call EVAR?
September 30th, 2018 at 1:03 AM ^
I’ve been wracking my brain, and from a penalty perspective, yeah, this was the most baffling. Worst series of calls will always be Henne trying to score inside the 1 against ND in ‘05, and a total game, the Alamo Bowl the same year. But this one is up there. Holy hell.
September 30th, 2018 at 9:23 AM ^
Close but not worst ever. The drive killing holding call in the 4th qtr. of the 1990 Rose Bowl was worse and likely cost Michigan the game. The ref who threw that flag later admitted he didn’t see anything.
September 30th, 2018 at 10:30 PM ^
Right, I had forgotten about the non-existant holding penalty on the Gilette fake punt in Bo's last game. That was back when the game was done with split crews and after the game, a Big Ten ref heard the Pac 10 refs laughing about how they had thrown the game intentionally.