Control What You Can Control

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I have farts cooler than this post.  

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Everyone is disappointed in the outcome. Your post isn't wrong but neither are the Ref snowflakes.  Some of these calls / no calls do absolutely swing the outcome. 

If a strip-sack TD isn't overturned, Michigan wins.  If a 1st down at the 2 isn't pushed back by a phantom hold, Michigan probably wins.  If a non-called defensive hold is called, Michigan probably wins.

I mean, yes, Michigan could have done a better job across the board, and certainly could have played better on defense.  But to just throw out bad officiating is complaining about your kid not getting clean because he took a bath in a mud puddle.

This argument boils down to “officiating can only be complained about if the team plays perfectly.”

Stupid.

It’s a no win situation when it comes to complaining about officiating. Let’s say we won today even though the officiating was one sided, people would say it didn’t affect the outcome and officiating is just poor across the board. If you lose, it’s just an excuse for most people. People can point to numerous things we did or didn’t do in the game that would have changed the game but don’t want to point to officials changing the game themselves. I think it should be obvious today that we didn’t get the fair shake when it came to the officials or the announcers. 

The officials didn't settle for FGs on four trips deep into Spartan territory. 

Well, actually they had a lot to do with three of those field goals.

-The first came after Anthony was called for a phantom hold, which negated a first down inside the 5.

-The third came after the replay booth overturned Hutchinson's TD.  We got the ball back with just enough time to kick a FG before half.

-The last came after they swallowed their whistle on a 3rd-down pass where Johnson was clearly knocked off balance before the ball came.

Michigan controls what it does by settling for field goals which nets the same results in big games over and over. 

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