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Why must the tag line at the top of the page continue to be true?  I hate that the call was overturned but damnit, it was the right call.  Regardless of all the bs calls we've endured recently, at least this one was right in some manner.  I can't fault Beilein for calling timeout because who wouldn't given the circumstances.  I ask however, does that call get reviewed if he doesn't call timeout?  It didn't seem like the refs were immediately going to the table after the call.  Seems like they didn't have anything to do, so why not check the call.  Fiddle Sticks!!!  

I don't care who it went off of.  It's clearly off Matthews but if you can replay that then you can replay Matthias hitting Matthews hand.  If you can't change a foul call you can't overturn the change of posession caused by a foul. 

The refs need a lesson in some fucking sense.   At the least if you feel like you had to give the ball to Purdue because the letter of the law you would think you would havve the decency to swallow the whistle on the last 6 seconds to get it to OT.  

We are going to ignore Michigan's offense over the last 2 minutes and just blame the refs? Got it. 

I'm loving the way Simpson is playing.  

i hate it, and i always have, without exception.

yes, it ruins game flow.  yes, it changes calls that you know, when you are watching, are correct.  the catch / no catch crap (oh, look, the ball moved by half an inch when he hit the ground, so he didn't 'maintain possession' blah blah blah") is a perfect example, but the call last night is another.  nobody who has ever played the game would look at that and think it was off matthews.  period.  but there we were, waiting for the review of a play that passed the eye test in every regard.

no, what i hate about replay is that it takes away the human element of every game. i guess i'm an old fart (okay i KNOW i'm an old fart), but officials are part of the game, too, and i'd rather have them be 99% correct - and confident in their calls - than get to 100% but have officials not willing to make calls because they know every call is subject to this constant, pointless zaprudering.  i submit that nobody (including purdue fans, if they're being completely honest) could watch that play last night and think "well, at least they got it right, so the game was better."

30-some years ago in baseball, long before there was WAR or ERA+ or defensive zone ratings, there was some dawning realization that computers could not only do some cool stuff to baseball in terms of post-game and -season analysis, but also, maybe, during games.  as in, a computer sitting on the bench, with someone doing...stuff.  whatever.  i think steve boros was managing the a's, and there was chatter about how the a's were at the forefront of computer use in baseball. 

at the time, legendary fellow old fart bill james said to BAN them from the dugout (and i think he, too, used capitals for emphasis) because it took away the human element of the game.  obviously, bill james was a stathead, but he was smart enough to see that the game was fundamentally being played and officiated by humans, and when you take stuff away from the humans, the game gets a little less, you know, HUMAN.

i can't think of too many times i've ever said, "man, thank god for replay."

rant over, and like i said.  old fart.

also, get the hell off my lawn.

It's also doubly frustrating because this is all moot because if Matthews kicks it back to Wagner he has a WIDE open 3.  Or he can even drive the lane and dunk it because Matthews drove Haas so deep that he was likely out of the play.  Another chance missed.  These are the types of things that this team will learn from though.  And this team is worlds better from just a few weeks ago.

This is actually a good loss.  It was frustrating because they were so close but these are the types of L's I can handle.  They played pretty well and they played hard against a good team.  If this team comes with some fire , not many can step to it.  This performance was the best of the year so far.  

It's good to know they can hang with good teams (man Haas was decent but those guards Matthias and little Edwards were really good too - Dakich couldn't keep it in his pants when Edwards hit like relatively routine shots).  But bring some FIRE to East Lansing this weekend and steal one from those Spartan punks!  GO BLUE!!

I'm not looking at the refs or the outcome of the game.  It's the process of the game that I am focusing upon.  This was a hell of a game.  It could have been a blowout in the first half, but it wasn't.  This game proves that the rest of the season should wind up better than I would have thought at the start of the season.  This team can hang with anybody.  The future is bright.  That's how I see it.

I am in the heavy minority but this game is not on the refs. I never heard of a gentlemens agreement in basketball and nor do I believe there should be one. Sports should be black and white with as little grey area as possible.

The dude cleanly swiped all ball downward on Matthews and then Matthews hand pushed the ball sideways out of bounds. You can tell by the direction the ball sails out of bounds it was guided by Matthews hand. It sucked. But it happened. Leaving 6 seconds on the clock in that situation was a basketball sin on our part. Especially with Wagner open at the top of the key here.

We always struggle with inbounds plays and the end of this game was no exception. Zavier got burnt and had to foul a guy all in less than 2 seconds. Then having Wagner in rather than Teske was a questsionable decision. Wagner did foul their center. It was not an incorrect call. He hooked his hip and pulled him back. Huge careless mental mistake. 

Our last few offensive posssesions were terrible. Even immediately after a timeout we didn't set up an offense and chucked up a late shot clock brick.

Overall it was a great game and we have tons to be excited about. The last couple minutes of this game we have no one to blame but ourselves. We need to shoot better from the free throw line and hopefully someone steps up to be the go to guy when the game is on the line.

of the time, the ball is awarded to the offense.

Once again, wrecking the game we love.

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