"Big 10 Refs are bad and they should feel bad" (Basketball Edition)
All I have to say has been said in the title.
Wow.
Sorry your potentially awesome game was painfully taken away from you, Ace. On behalf of the MGoBlog community, we hope you'll feel better soon.
January 10th, 2018 at 12:32 AM ^
You have been here for a whopping month dude..........and the reason this place hasn't been the greatest recently is because of all the nonstop trolls joining constantly
January 10th, 2018 at 9:55 AM ^
He has been here far longer than a month. How do people not see this?
January 10th, 2018 at 11:05 AM ^
Timmmaay, I really just don't think that every new account that has been created since the MSU loss is WD trolling the board...
January 10th, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^
WD has become greater than just a single person. WD is an idea. WD is that mischievous little pixie that lives inside all of us, yearning to create havoc wherever it goes. WD is a modern day warrior. Catch the mist, catch the myth, catch the mystery, catch the drift.
January 10th, 2018 at 1:18 PM ^
That was my point. Obviously
January 9th, 2018 at 11:22 PM ^
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January 9th, 2018 at 11:39 PM ^
too early.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:22 PM ^
Monster freaks aren't supposed to get the phantom calls. WTF is Mo supposed to do with the refs protecting Haas like the secret service?
January 9th, 2018 at 11:22 PM ^
IBD baby!
January 9th, 2018 at 11:22 PM ^
On the bright side, our team is legit and will be good for a few years with all these youngs guys (Livers, Poole, Z, Brooks, Teske).
Ok. Back to raging. FUCK THE BIG TEN. GO CHOKE ON SOME BUCKEYES DELANEY.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:22 PM ^
must have been at the game. Was probably breathing too hard for the refs / Delaney's liking.
This is getting quite absurd.
Leave the fucking conference. Fuck em.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:23 PM ^
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January 9th, 2018 at 11:30 PM ^
I always wondered why they never call it this way because it is actually touching the possessing player last -- like you said, phsyics -- but totally agree it makes no sense to all of a sudden switch how you call this in the biggest possession of the game.
And the calls against Wagner were terrible but to decide the game with an overturned call like that is just the worst. This is supposed to be fun -- let the players decide the game on the court!
January 9th, 2018 at 11:41 PM ^
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January 9th, 2018 at 11:29 PM ^
You don't inbound at halfcourt in college. NBA rule.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:48 PM ^
because 1) it forces you to make a pass to get the ball in play (which we're usually terrible at) and 2) it's better for the defense to be able to regroup and figure out their strategy than for the offense which should know all it's plays already and can call them as they please.
Matthews went a little early, Mathias made a good play on it, but that call stands without an argument any other time of the game.
January 10th, 2018 at 9:37 AM ^
If offensively we already knew our play, we failed miserably at executing it. Down by one, lofting a half court, hailmary isn't a play.
I agree we suck at inbounding, but I also think 4 seconds is enough time to get a better look than what we ended up taking.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:23 PM ^
I have never seen such a ticky tack foul called in that situation. Just bizarre, especially for the home team to get boned like that. The NCAA should take some pride in its product and hire some full time, professional referees, because the amateurs they use now are ruining both major sports.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:29 PM ^
January 9th, 2018 at 11:34 PM ^
January 9th, 2018 at 11:38 PM ^
Especially in a tie game. When it's a tie they seem content to let the game play out and go to OT. I am pretty surprised that they called that foul in that situation.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:49 PM ^
I am shocked. As Stringer said, it never gets called, especially not on the home team.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:49 PM ^
I am shocked. As Stringer said, it never gets called, especially not on the home team.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:29 PM ^
Unfortunately Gene Steratore wouldn't be considered an amateur. He has been around for years, coaching football and basketball in numerous major games. He just happens to be one of the shitty Big Ten refs who makes calls like an amateur
January 9th, 2018 at 11:33 PM ^
He's a NFL ref. He has no business officiating high level basketball.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:43 PM ^
He's the same dickhead who used that index card in the Cowboys game to call a first down. The NFL had to come down and tell him to never do that again. Unfortunately, the big ten is not remotely interested in improving their product. Eff Delaney!
January 9th, 2018 at 11:48 PM ^
The index card episode was pathetic. At that point it was clear the referees were trying to get the Cowgirls in the playoffs. Gene has a history of being a one-sided referee and should be shown the door.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:24 PM ^
January 9th, 2018 at 11:24 PM ^
January 9th, 2018 at 11:24 PM ^
Do we need to pay officials to call the game evenly?
January 9th, 2018 at 11:24 PM ^
Gene was brutal tonight. The refs decided they did not want to play overtime, so they just ended it there. Terrible ending to an otherwise great game.
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January 9th, 2018 at 11:31 PM ^
The better question is how did an idiot like you get 1400+ mgopoints?
January 9th, 2018 at 11:34 PM ^
January 9th, 2018 at 11:36 PM ^
edit.
Can't say anything nice...
January 9th, 2018 at 11:39 PM ^
the FUCK word
January 9th, 2018 at 11:24 PM ^
January 9th, 2018 at 11:25 PM ^
If you're going to call that touch foul on Wagner in the final seconds, how do you not call the foul on Purdue at the other end?
January 9th, 2018 at 11:25 PM ^
January 9th, 2018 at 11:33 PM ^
haha if Beilien had gone "George Brett with the pine tar" this would almost have been worth it
January 9th, 2018 at 11:42 PM ^
January 10th, 2018 at 1:32 AM ^
refusing to let play continue just made me laugh so hard I cried. That would be just about as hilarious as the "imaginary grenade" minor league manager.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:26 PM ^
As a certified basketball official, I can say replay sucks and the reversal call on Matthews was horrible. Instant replay takes away the speed of the game and importance for refs to do their job. Show that play to any person at game speed it is UM ball. That one kid from Purdue who kept hitting threes kept pushing off screens that could’ve been called, then with no indisputible evidence they overturned the possession to Purdue's. That hook foul was a tricky tack foul that was a correct call to make, but still they were awful.