Big Ten officiating is atrocious
16 penalties for 141 yards on Michigan and many of them of the dubious variety compared to 5 for 55 yards on IU. Multiple uncalled holds, multiple uncalled pick plays, multiple uncalled intentional groundings. Either big ten refs are incompetent or corrupt but the result is the same. Refs nearly handed IU the game. Not saying UM played perfect (they clearly didn't), but that was bad.
UPDATE: BTN just said the 16 penalties is an all time record.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:28 PM ^
I'm shocked we're complaining about the refs. Shocked I say!
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October 14th, 2017 at 4:32 PM ^
If IU coach and Purdue DC had a baby, the world will die of rage.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:29 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 4:34 PM ^
If there's a QB I miss on our roster, he hasn't played yet.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:35 PM ^
nope, not even a little
October 14th, 2017 at 4:38 PM ^
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October 14th, 2017 at 6:19 PM ^
"Nah" - Rand Paul
October 14th, 2017 at 4:39 PM ^
I miss Wilt's play from last year. Not necessarily this year - tough to see a difference between Wilt's offense and O'Korn's...
October 14th, 2017 at 4:45 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^
Considering his injured shoulder, the OSU game wasn't so bad... Remember that he couldn't throw the ball more than 20 yards in the air.
Some people... Jeez!!
October 14th, 2017 at 6:02 PM ^
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October 14th, 2017 at 4:32 PM ^
just rewatched the final play in OT, Lavert Hill stretches out Cobb's jersey for him. Nice to know the refs were looking elsewhere besides IU's best wideout.....whew.
October 14th, 2017 at 5:20 PM ^
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October 14th, 2017 at 4:41 PM ^
That call was made in the booth, and couldn't have been any more clear that he was still out of bounds when he caught the ball.
October 14th, 2017 at 6:12 PM ^
And they never showed enough of the play to make the claim that he was forced out of bounds in the first place. From what little I could see, it looked like he ran out of bounds on his own, so he shouldn't have been eligible to catch not matter what happened after that.
October 14th, 2017 at 5:07 PM ^
And it was fairly even in the 1st half at least. In the 2nd half, it was clearly favoring one team, and that team was not us...
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October 15th, 2017 at 11:35 AM ^
That wasn't roughing.
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October 14th, 2017 at 4:42 PM ^
No, it wasn't atrocious both ways. It was atrocious one way.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:37 PM ^
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October 14th, 2017 at 4:44 PM ^
But it's not typically bias. It's the fact that in every sport at the highest level pretty much the refs are the least prepared, least focused participants in the game.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:44 PM ^
That long pass to Crawford in the 3rd that fell incomplete. Fant held down Carwford's left arm such that it was behind his back when the ball dropped. So, with the ball getting close, the WR turns and jumps, raises his right hand for the ball, and leaves his left hand on his butt. Yeah, clean play. Whatever...
They showed one replay, and Huard talked about the need to make plays for 5 minutes. Brutal...
October 14th, 2017 at 5:15 PM ^
Definitely seem to have involved themselves in the game more than in the past. Last season was atrocious and they appeared to target Jim and our team. There are dubious calls this season but I can see why majority of the questionable infractions are flagged.
A player plays how he practices, and I suspect our pro-level coaches have been letting questionable techniques go and they may even be encouraging these at some positions given a coach's background. I've witnessed questionable calls against our opponents, too.
Today's 16 or whatever flags accepted and assessed against Michigan were hardly all bad calls by the officiating crew. Which should not be interpreted that I did not at times consider taking up zebra hunting just so I gain a bit of karmic revenge.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:49 PM ^
instead of simply spiking the ball on the snap, the IN QB just sailed the ball out of bounds - nowhere near a receiver, and obviously just downing the ball... silly question, but since he was still in the "pocket" ("tackle box") area - why was that not intentionally grounding?
the whole intentional grounding rule is rather kooky to me, a QB can take a snap and throw it into the ground - sure he's not bring pressured and throwing to avoid a sack...but he truly is 'intentionally grounding the ball'
silver-lining: if today's strategy was: 1) try to get PSU over-confident for next week's game, and/or 2) NOT to 'show PSU anything' (to plan/scheme for) with regard to UM's offense, ...i'd say mission accomplished.
October 14th, 2017 at 6:31 PM ^
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October 14th, 2017 at 4:51 PM ^
I guess I should consider an officiating snowflakes thread in the future, since we get a thread like this after nearly every conference game now. If nothing else, they rarely get as involved as the complaints about officiating during basketball season. I am simply trying to cut down on things to monitor so closely, that's all.
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