Why Does Michigan Have to Win In Spite of Officiating?
Why does Michigan get the short end of the stick with officiating when it reaches the championship level of any sport? I'm talking basketball, football, softball. Are we simply too nice to the refs? Why are other schools getting better calls than us at this level?
Wouldn't it be nice to get a fair shake for once?
This isnt bitter at all....
EVERY EVERY EVERY fanbase asks this question. The answer is because refs are humans and humans are capable of things like declaring Darboh's catch not a catch and stuff.
Charles White's touchdown...
No interference on MSU in the endzone for Desmond....
My mother has said that Michigan always gets the bum deal on officiating for at least 40 years now. I used to think she was paranoid.....
Lloyd getting and extra second on the clock vs PSU causing them to miss out on a possible NC.
It goes both ways.
...after JoePa asked for time to be put back on the clock...
USC started the 2005 season ranked #1. Texas started the season ranked #2. They both went undefeated and stayed 1 & 2 in the polls the entire season. Even if Penn State had finished the regular season undefeated, they wouldn't have jumped the preseason #1 or #2 undefeated teams. There would have been three undefeated teams, and USC and Texas would still have played in the championship game. At best, after the BCS games, Penn State could have finished undefeated and #2 ahead of USC, but they were going to be like Auburn 2004...outside looking in.
Has there been a BTN "Elite" program on that team yet? Because I want to see it. They finished #3 in the country, beating Florida State in the Orange Bowl. That's elite.
Watching the Illinois Basketball version of that program, the year Michigan won the National Championship was just the greatest. "Flying Illini!" romp through the Big Ten, What a GREAT TEAM!, Maybe the Best EVER?, Look at all these GUYS Certainly the BEST of the ER-- ARGGHHGHH!!!AHHLGHH!AHHH!! Wrecked by Michigan in the tournament. Not even the best on your own show.
This, and because it's never a good call when it goes against your team.
Also, how does the OP ignore hockey? Because if I had a dollar for every horrific call against Michigan in a hockey one-and-done situation...
I just don't know hockey. If it's true add it to the list.
Michigan's last 3 NCAA Tournament appearances have literally all gone the same way.
Waving off the good goal horseshit that eventually costs Michigan in overtime by a score of 3-2.
3-2 OT has been an evil score as of late with Michigan Hockey. It wasn't always like that as Michigan's last 2 National Championships were won 3-2 in OT.
Sure wish it was last 3...I'm still never over that game and never will be. Don't care if Michigan wins the next 2 National Championships.
I'm still not over that ball rolling off the rim against Indiana in 2013 and that costing us the B1G Championship. Even though Michigan went to the Final Four that year and killed the B1G a year later, that one getting away still bothers me.
You just summarized one of the greatest burdens we bear as we get older, and that is the challenge to unburden ourselves of our past failures and challenges, which drags us down. For most it isn't easy at all, especially about the things they care about the most.
This was at the root of whatever popularity Scientology had, in the way it purportedly helped people get "clear," i.e., unburdened of their past.
Meditation is apparently also about training your mind to focus on the "now" and let go of the past to relieve stress.
Well, the failures and challenges of a sports team I didn't play on should never be considered my failures and challenges.
Is to dominate the game to the point where a blown call can't affect the outcome. That doesn't happen too often.
So yeah, it sucks, but there's not a lot you can do about it.
Not Duke
I'd still like to see an investigation into the bank accounts of some of these referees/umpires, just to see if the Bagmen have been visiting them too.
Was simply better than we were today. Basketball game vs Ville' a few years ago the refs weren't too great though.
They were the absolute worst in the 2011 Hockey National Championship game that Michigan lost 3-3.
The worst losses are the ones that are ties.
The number of teams that I irrationaly hate because of their good outings vs Michigan is too damn high.
That's OK, hating Florida is not irrational.
We Are . . . Penn State!!
Officiating did not leave 8 runners stranded in scoring position today.
They did not get timely hits.
That was the difference tonight, and even in Game 1. Could have/should have closed them out in Game 2.
Unfortunately, it did not happen.
No, but letting Florida step in front of pitches doesn't help either.
I'm curious about that. Florida had been doing that all year, and it was clear that the umps in the WCWS were going to let them keep doing it.
At some point, you have to get the message that this is how the game is going to be played, and Michigan should have followed suit and did it themselves. If they could.
Is that the kind of thing you can just decide to do in game 3 of a World Series, or do you have to "practice" it all year to be able to do it.
It looked like Wagner tried to do it, with pretty some good results. Could the rest of the team have been more aggressive in stepping in there when we needed base runners, or does it take a special person to just stand in there in the heat of battle after not doing it all year?
I was at the game, and sitting out in left field. I am nowhere near a softball expert, but even I could tell that it seemed like there were quite an odd number of Florida players getting hit...and that they didn't seem too concerned about getting out of the way. Definitely a couple times I was like "wait...she got hit?" because the batter wouldn't move but all of the sudden take a base. I could tell from 250 feet away. I don't know the rules but common sense would seem to me that you should make SOME attempt to get out of the way... but instead it almost looked like they were purposefully getting their elbows in the way of pitches.
Right - that stepping out in front of the plate and getting hit was incredible. But, also the strikes (both teams) that were called well wide of the strikezone. No wonder there are so few runs.
Because you touch yourself at night.
Kinda hard to shower without touching.
Shower after touching?
why confine touching to the night?
They were pretty awful this entire World Series. Not just the championship series, either.
Fans of all 8 teams will agree that this clownshow crew screwed them at least once during this WCWS.
so they sucked for the whole series..ok. it was even. its still not the reason they lost.
they made crucial errors in crucial moments......their best player played like a beast and as much as I love Sierra Romero, she needed to play like a beast and she just wasn't able to, that was the main difference in what happened.
that shouldn't get lost in the shuffle.
But yes, she can and will play better than that.
If we get the pitching, we should have a monster 2016.
that shouldn't get lost in the shuffle.
But yes, she can and will play better than that.
If we get the pitching, we should have a monster 2016.
Shut up, hater.
All announcers are against my team and are obviously rooting against them.
All refs are full of shit when they make a call against my team.
Every call a ref makes against my team's opponent is correct every single time.
In road games, the opponent has obviously done something to the playing surface to give them an unfair advantage.
Every opponent has a bullshit, gimmicky style of play and they are cheaters and should get the NCAA death penalty because they are obviously cheating.
