October 8th, 2022 at 3:52 PM ^
Not their best game. Better luck next week.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:50 PM ^
This was an almost complete mule fucking! The pass interference call against michigan by the end zone in the first half....the referee was in the process of throwing the flag before any contact was even made. I thought the unsportsmanlike call against Indiana was terrible. Too many to list, but they were successful at preventing Michigan from covering the spread. Job complete
October 8th, 2022 at 3:53 PM ^
total 🤡 show
so Many bad calls - consistently calling every touch foul, but then somehow missing JJ getting crushed from behind helmet-to-helmet was terrible.
October 8th, 2022 at 3:56 PM ^
It ain't festivus.
That said, I think Klatt is overly generous with his "really struggling" assessment.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:24 PM ^
If by "really struggling" he actually meant "couldn't find their asses with a map and a flashlight," then I'll agree with his assessment.
October 8th, 2022 at 5:20 PM ^
For an announcer to come out and state that really shows how bad they were.
October 8th, 2022 at 6:49 PM ^
And he said it multiple times.
October 8th, 2022 at 3:57 PM ^
When the least-penalized team in the country ends up with 11 or whatever it was, you probably done wrong.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:39 PM ^
A couple weeks after the MOST penalized team in the country had 1 penalty for 5 yards against the same wrong team today...
October 8th, 2022 at 7:47 PM ^
I posted this in the game thread. Maryland with 24 penalties the two games before and after us. 1 in our game.
the ref that called the unsportsmanlike penalty may not see that he just ran his hand across his mask but you know what, the other 4 refs there can tell him. The finger sniff or whatever that is IS not a throat slash. Hell look up on the big screen.
October 9th, 2022 at 10:03 AM ^
Zero. Maryland was called for zero.
The refs threw the flag in the Maryland game because the Maryland center actually had the decency to call a screamingly obvious false start on himself. The only penalty called against Maryland vs. Michigan, was called by Maryland.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:57 PM ^
Granted Michigan was more undisciplined than normal today, but still…at least a few of those were terrible calls.
October 8th, 2022 at 3:59 PM ^
My favorite was the line judge running in from 20 yards away emphatically waiving off Schoon’s catch only to be overturned by replay.
October 8th, 2022 at 7:38 PM ^
This guy was probably doing squat thrusts all week in anticipation of making this call on national television.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:01 PM ^
Apparently targeting isn't a thing against Michigan
October 8th, 2022 at 4:05 PM ^
yeah, that was one of the worst officiated games I've watched. Pretty bad
October 8th, 2022 at 4:05 PM ^
Fucking horrible. If they end up in Ann Arbor for the game against the Spartans I may riot.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:06 PM ^
You… and every other person in EL, win or lose
October 8th, 2022 at 4:09 PM ^
It was so atrocious that I looked up the transcript of the old Referee Pittman skit from SNL. It pretty much reads like a postgame presser for this game:
October 8th, 2022 at 4:12 PM ^
When refs interject themselves into a game like this, its sad. This was a game full of shit calls and makeup calls… for both teams.
fuck those dudes they changed the narrative of the games
October 8th, 2022 at 4:16 PM ^
It didn’t matter, but I just can’t stand it when refs almost seem to make penalty calls to show their power. That is what I felt was the case when they called the unsportsmanlike conduct on Harrell. Just a terrible call all around. Other than that, this was a very sloppy game for Michigan. A lot they can work on cleaning up which should help them this week with focus.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:21 PM ^
My favorite was Harrell wipping the sweat off after a sack, then the old white ref throwing flag cause he cant tell the difference between cut throat and that.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:27 PM ^
What does the ref’s race (or age) have to do with anything relevant? Why don’t you leave race out of it and stick to football. It was a horrible football call.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:50 PM ^
Internet guy tries too hard to be edgy, forgets that casual racism isn't it.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:24 PM ^
That unsportsmanlike conduct call on Harrell was absolute garbage. The rulings on those types of penalties are so inconsistent to where I believe that if you’re going to call it, it needs to be so blatantly obvious that you can’t not call it.
Something like standing over the opposing player, shoving him down, etc.
That said, most of Michigan’s penalties were justified and deserved to be called. They played really sloppy today. Plain and simple.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:24 PM ^
Refs have been bad all year, but today is right up there with the crew that did our Maryland game.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:28 PM ^
Hopefully we won't be seeing THIS crew in Columbus! These guys were as bad as the medical support at Purdue's stadium.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:39 PM ^
College game; HS-level coaching. Didn't seem to favor one side or the other to any great degree. Bad even for B10 but by no means off the charts.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:44 PM ^
I don't know that I've seen two bad flags on one play like the roughing-the-passer and DPI calls. The Turner call looked like the referee's thinking was "well, it was kinda a late hit because the WR was knocked on his ass OOB" and "well, it was kinda interference because the WR got pushed while the ball was over his head" and "well, put them together there should be a penalty here." Really it was a shitty pass that hung the WR out to dry on the sidelines. I guess that doesn't get called if it's in front of Michigan's sideline.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:47 PM ^
My 9-year-old daughter was complaining without me inciting her. She was right. She has no idea how right she was. This was bad officiating. Not only because it destroyed the flow of the game and both offenses, but even the spots seemed to always be negative for Michigan.
Even the simplest spots were always called beyond conservatively. In most games, a run that gets you close to the first down just gets placed at the first down. In this game, a run that goes 0.5 yards beyond it was called 3rd and 1. How was the Corum TD, Schoonmaker TD, etc. not called? Now the no-targeting was insane. These are all Michigan offensive plays and we-do-not-run-tempo so they have no excuse.
But the refs weren't even the biggest problem with our offense (Iowa joke carry-over). We were almost our own worst enemy here. JJ needs minimal coaching and then to go out there and have fun. He doesn't seem to be enjoying himself or running a loose offense in his sophomore year. He is a superb game manager, agile runner, and amazing passer (under 15/20 yards). The rest will come if he just lets himself play a little looser, I believe. He needs his swagger back.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:52 PM ^
No call targeting against JJ was the worst. Not even a review. Those morons should be out of a job. But nothing will happen because B1G doesn't give a shit and UM won't stand up for themselves.
That unsportsmanlike penalty was another awful one.
UM did some stupid things that needed a flat. But IU was getting away with holds. Trash team and they will always be trash. I hope they lose every game rest of the way.
Refs sucked. Period.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:56 PM ^
Why do they insist on being noticed??? They were SO bad. Thankfully after being all in Indiana’s favor early, things changed a little and it was more even. But just…bad overall. They roughing the passer call was atrocious, though the DPI was correct anyway. The unsportsmanlike conduct was even worse, that’s just unacceptable. Bad spot on Bell reaching the ball out, he was close to the 1st down. Ridiculous to call that Schoonmaker reception incomplete, but thankfully replay fixed it. And it took FAR too lang for them to call the OPI on IU’s touchdown, but they did at least get it right. And then there was at least one time where IU subbed and the ref didn’t let Michigan sub. Gah just so so bad.
October 8th, 2022 at 5:23 PM ^
Serious question. Did I miss something with the 12-man penalty on Michigan defense? Didn't offense sub and then defense have to be given time to sub and get off?
October 8th, 2022 at 5:31 PM ^
You are correct, the refs suck.
Same with the unsportsmanlike call when Harrell got a sack and wiped his mouth (like he was done feasting) and the dumbass refs though he was doing a throat slash.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:58 PM ^
Both IU scoring drives continued on terrible calls. For all of the first half griping, could have been a 3 point half with 2 good calls (and IU not getting a short FG blocked past the line…shut out if you count the blocked FG as our good play)
October 8th, 2022 at 5:34 PM ^
One if the worst officiated games I have ever witnessed.
October 8th, 2022 at 5:51 PM ^
Thank FSM for Blake Corum. The way they were spotting the ball, any time Michigan needed a yard the refs demanded three, and Corum got them that and usually more.
October 8th, 2022 at 7:40 PM ^
Refs definitely in preseason form.
October 8th, 2022 at 8:45 PM ^
Trash
October 9th, 2022 at 12:53 AM ^
This is an honest question: in this day and age, why do we allow referees to have such immense impact on the games? The Harrell Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty for example. Why isn't the a referee in the booth that can review ANYTHING on video and overrule the on-field ref? If it's a headcount/$$ issue, remove someone from the field and have the ref in the booth assume those duties as well!