Who makes these incredible rules decisions on what is reviewable? An offside on an onside kick try not being reviewable is the perfect opportunity for a corrupt official. So is nearly any other play that they know is not reviewable. They all should be.
Agree 100%. When it comes to Ohio State and Michigan, IU has always had questionable calls go against them.
I get your point but I think it's very unlikely Michigan will be undefeated in conference play in mid-November. Their offense is one-dimensional (no passing game) and they're very beatable. I could see them losing to one or more of at Washington, at Illinois and home to Oregon.
It was 1979. Late-October. My first real taste as a kid that UM/Bo (along with OSU) played by a different set of rules than the rest of the league. It was so obvious a call because UM was out of TOs, and not one of the 6 refs had the guts to throw a flag. Game wasn’t on tv (few were back then), but was listening to the radio call by Don Fischer with my dad.
Unfortunately, doing that wasn't against the rules at the time, so no penalty could be called. As much as I hate to admit it, it was a brilliant play by the kid. In spite of that, all we had to do was not give up a huge play for a touchdown on the next play. It's also worth noting that the game would have ended in a tie, not a Hoosier win.
Wasn’t that the play that got Lynch so pissed he chucked his gum all the way across the Pacific?
This is such a tired argument. Ohio State beat us. They would have owned the tiebreaker. They could have rolled out 22 engineering students and lost 222-0 to Michigan and still earned a spot in the B1G championship game.
Yes, I was there for the game. We got nothing except respect from Michigan fans leaving the game.
Zero chance we get into the playoffs with 2 losses. Zero.
?? While I agree with you, we need to be 11-1 to get into the playoffs, Where did I mention anything about the playoff in what you quoted and replied to??
One of the worst calls I've ever seen. Didn't that also survive a replay review?
I do recall that it was reviewed for less than a minute. no way They were going to overturn that call in front of 100,000 plus Michigan Fans. I remember I wrote something about the length of the review contrasting that with the review We received at Iowa earlier in the year that lasted 20 minutes and overturned a touchdown that would have given Us a 27-10 lead in the third quarter. At Michigan it was like They didn't want to make any effort to find evidence to overturn, while at Iowa They wanted to take the time to find every reason to overturn the call.
I can actually see a scenario where, even at 11-1, IU might get passed over for the playoff. Especially if enough other B1G and SEC teams finish 11-1 or even 10-2.
Exactly. It states that “offsides” isn’t reviewable. Why can’t they just change that offsides on kickoffs is reviewable?
