Worst Calls Ever -- to Go Against MIchigan
Mine is the Charles White "fumble" TD . . . there are so many that could be listed. This one falls #10 on the ESPN List of Worst Calls Ever in All Sports
lhttp://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/worstcalls/010730.html
February 26th, 2015 at 8:35 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
State's homer timekeeper give State one last play, which results in a TD pass to TJ Duckett as a Michigan pass rusher is literally held back from behind and is prevented from tackling Smoker. Not as bad as the Desmond trip, but sticks in my craw more.
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February 26th, 2015 at 8:35 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 8:42 AM ^
This is like trying to remeber every time you got dumped or cheated on, oh the agony! Its ok though cause you always end up with a hot nice girl in the end (Harbaugh and Championships). Nice guys do finish first....sometimes...
I regret clicking on this thread.
Thanks for bringing up the bad memory
February 26th, 2015 at 8:36 AM ^
I have two - Charles White's fumble and the phantom holding call in the 1990 Rose Bowl robbing Bo of a win in his last game. Unfortunately there are no pictures of something that didnt happen so no pictures of somebody NOT holding. But there are great pics of a fumble......
Ball clearly and obviously loose on the THREE yard line.
Big 10 ref on left signalling MIchigan ball - Pac 10 ref on right cheating
February 26th, 2015 at 8:40 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 8:40 AM ^
And we lost 25-23.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:02 AM ^
The ball never made it past the 3 yard line. In fact, I think it's still sitting there.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:46 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 2:34 PM ^
I met Ty Willingham the next spring when my high school lacrosse team played a game at ND and then went to their lacrosse game. I was the only guy on the team who had the guts to go up and talk to him.
I told him we were gonna kill them the next year (which turned out to be true 38-0) and told him the refs gave them that game on the bad fumble call.
So Willingham aks me, "what angle did you have on that call?" and I said, "the angle they showed on TV where it was really obvious that it was a fumble way before he got to the endzone." Willingham just laughs and says (jokingly), "bad angle! bad angle!"
He was a really nice and personable guy the time that I met him (and easy to talk to for a shy high school junior) in spite of not being a very good coach at ND.
February 26th, 2015 at 8:46 AM ^
just sitting there while the play was still going on! "hey Ref, doesn't he need to bring that with him????"
February 26th, 2015 at 9:10 AM ^
I couldn't help but think of that when they (IIRC) awarded Notre Dame the ball after the Henne QB sneak attempt in 2005. Like they could tell what the hell happened in that pile.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^
threw an interception to USC's Ronnie Lott in the first series. Both teams had great defenses. Offensively, Michigan outgained the Trojans 233 yards to 157. USC had only 23 yards passing in the game.
Also, there's an interview with USC's junior quarterback Paul McDonald after the game. He said that he's never been hit so hard in any game before. He's probably referring to Michigan's D all game long including a bone shattering sack by Tom Seabron #91 in the pic above.
The 1977 and 1979 Rose Bowls are big reasons why John Robinson respected Bo and his Michigan football teams so much. They knocked out his star TB (Ricky Bell) in the '77 game. And almost took his QBs head off in the '79 game.
February 26th, 2015 at 5:23 PM ^
But you are mistaken. The referee signaling Michigan Ball, I do not know, but the asswipe in the foreground signaling touchdown, I do know, that is Gilbert Marchman, former Big Ten referee, and he was the one who adamently called it a touchdown on the play overruling the other referees. Unfortunately, he was actually promoted to a higher position not long after this abomination, and served in the Big until 2006 which has always led me to question both the integrity and competence of the BIg, and everyone associated with it.
February 26th, 2015 at 8:37 AM ^
The White fumble-td was an atrocious call, but the no-call on the Desmond Howard trip is right up there since (a) it cost us a W against Sparty and (b) it happened on our own field.
February 26th, 2015 at 8:47 AM ^
If we get that call and win the game, we probably don't come out flat and beat Iowa the next week. We didn't lose another game after that and would have likely played Washington in the Rose Bowl still as the #1 team in the country. I don't know if we would've won that game because Washington blasted Iowa, but it would've been nice to play for the MNC in Moeller's first year.
February 26th, 2015 at 8:38 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 8:46 AM ^
it could have gone iether way. . . but yes that was deflating
February 26th, 2015 at 8:58 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 9:19 AM ^
There was a play where Malaluga hit UCLA's QB head to head and about 3 feet out of bounds a week later. Result many HE GOT JACKED type highlights, no penalty called.
Also, in the 2013 Game, Touissant was hit a mile out of bounds on OUR sideline, again no call.
February 26th, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^
For not pitching a bitch about it, for if you calmly accept getting screwed, then you will get screwed all day.
February 26th, 2015 at 8:59 AM ^
I gotta say, if it was our QB and an OSU linebacker, I would be pissed if we didn't get that call.
February 26th, 2015 at 9:18 AM ^
I think the fact that he led with the crown of his helmet and hit Smith in the earhole is the reason why it got flagged moreso than it being out of bounds. Smith was still in bounds when the initial contact occurred. Had Crable hit him below the shoulder pads, I am not sure that gets flagged and who know how that game plays out from there. It was obviously a crucial play but it was definitely correctly called.
February 26th, 2015 at 9:57 AM ^
Crable was 6 inches taller than Smith. He would've had to get on his knees to hit him below the shoulder pads.
He caught him with shoulder on shoulder and helmet on helmet, but didn't launch at him, and this was before the helmet-to-helmet stuff was an enforcement priority.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:35 AM ^
on the helmet to helmet part. It's amazing how much the game, and how it's called, has changed. The Taylor - Stephenson hit in the 97 PSU game comes to mind. A penalty wasn't even considered on that play and it was in no way dirty. Today there would be a suspension for Taylor (not that it would have changed anything).
still, Crable could have just given Smith a shove to ensure he was out of bounds and we have a damned good shot at winning that game.
February 26th, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^
What made that call worse was a similar hit in the USC-UCLA game later in the same day. There was no call on that play and the commentators praised "the great hit".
We were hosed!
February 26th, 2015 at 12:17 PM ^
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February 26th, 2015 at 8:39 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 9:50 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 8:42 AM ^
Whoever made the call to the Appalachian State AD...
February 26th, 2015 at 8:44 AM ^
This is like trying to remeber every time you got dumped or cheated on, oh the agony! Its ok though cause you always end up with a hot nice girl in the end (Harbaugh and Championships). Nice guys do finish first....sometimes...
I regret clicking on this thread.
Thanks for bringing up the bad memory
February 26th, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^
Some bad memories, but also reminders of how many big games and exciting moments there have been. It's great to be a Michigan fan/alum, despite the past 7 years in football.
February 26th, 2015 at 8:46 AM ^
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February 26th, 2015 at 8:50 AM ^
The call from Les Miles' agent to Bill Martin
/s
February 26th, 2015 at 8:55 AM ^
Room full of fraternity brothers all watching. State fans all jumping around. Pretty sure I smacked one in his melon.
February 26th, 2015 at 3:25 PM ^
I was sitting on the goal line, about 15 rows up. I was an incoherent mess for a couple hours after the game, mumbling, "he tackled him in the endzone," over and over, wildly lashing out at random State fans we passed on the way from the stadium to Cottage Inn. It still hurts. That was a national championship caliber team.
February 26th, 2015 at 8:54 AM ^
Clockgate.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:32 AM ^
I was thinking that, too but it wasn't really a "call" on the field. It did, however, lead to a policy change.
February 26th, 2015 at 8:55 AM ^
"no catch for TD against Iowa in 2011
February 26th, 2015 at 8:57 AM ^
2001 MSU football and Burke vs Louisville.
February 26th, 2015 at 9:00 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 1:26 PM ^
Heh, "rediculous" - I see what you did there.
February 26th, 2015 at 9:00 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 9:13 AM ^
After that, I quit believing we could ever get a fair game played in south bend.
February 26th, 2015 at 9:24 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 11:47 AM ^
Yep, that's what happened. I remember it was right before the half and taking that 7 points off the board would've been huge. But, what I also remember is how nightmarish the rest of that game was. Michigan played pretty horribly and really didn't deserve to win. But, who knows what happens if that call doesnt stand...
February 26th, 2015 at 9:14 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 9:33 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 9:20 AM ^
Michigan committed a costly error when receiver Tyrece Butler fumbled at his own 24 and Holiday scored on a three-yard run with 23 seconds left in the half. Holiday appeared to fumble (ON THE TWO YARD LINE) before reaching the end zone, but the officials still signaled a touchdown.