Let's make an epic list of UM getting screwed by refs and officials... I'll start
Desmond getting blatantly tripped in the end zone with a #1 ranking on the line.
http://umgoblue.com/Old/HTML/Football/90/90UMMSU.htm
Spartan Bob giving MSU an extra second to throw the game winning TD.
Referee John Gravelese whistling dead an OT goal by Michigan that would have sent them to the Frozen Four over Miami.
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/i-have-friend-who-hockey-east-referee
"Michigan coach Red Berenson said he was not given a reason why Lynch's goal did not stand.
"That's a tough one to swallow," Berenson said. "There's a loose puck in the crease and the referee blew the whistle because he was calling a penalty on them and yet, we had control - or were about to have control - of the puck."
The disallowed goal was just part of a dominating overtime performance when the Wolverines - who appeared gassed for much of the third period - outshot Miami 20-6. Besides Lynch's controversial disallowed goal, Rust hit the crossbar with a shot - all part of a collection of chances the Wolverines had to end the game and move on to their 24th Frozen Four appearance."
Trey Burke making the cleanest, most beautiful block of a layup in NCAA history but gets whistled for a foul during a critical, end-of-game situation.
www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2013/4/9/4204318/final-four-2013-louisville-referee
The OSU-Michigan "Spot Game" and overall screw job in 2016 at the Shoe
Gene Steratore taking an incredible 4 minutes and 25 seconds of review time to say that there was "indisputable evidence" that Purdue hit the ball off Matthews hand to give the game to Purdue, and take away any chance a 33 win Michigan team had of winning a regular season B10 championship.
www.mlive.com/wolverines/2018/01/inside_the_final_seconds_of_mi.html
These are just the iconic memorable screw jobs. There are many atrocious moments that are forgotten because they occurred in the early stages of games where the outcome would boil down to plays and possessions much later in the game.
Plays like the phantom Higdon hold or the fake DPI against ND:
www.mlive.com/wolverines/2018/10/jim_harbaugh_big_ten_admitted_1.html
or the overturned Ronnie Bell catch:
These relatively insignificant bullshit calls against Michigan pre-populate in Google searches!
And will continue on. Look no further than last month when Juwan picked up his second technical foul of the season because he was fed up. This, following a two-game stretch where Michigan was on the other side of a FT attempt differential that totaled -27 (!) and 25 (!) in favor of Minnesota and Iowa respectively!
Of course that nothing compared to the -38 FT differential Michigan had to deal with vs. MSU in all 3 of its losses to them the year before. You know, the same year when referees Paul Szelc and Lewis Garrison ejected John Beilein for the first time in 4 decades because he raised two fingers at them for a blatant missed blocking call against Simpson at the end of first half of a game vs. PSU:
https://twitter.com/bigtennetwork/status/1095510426417274881?lang=en
It's fucked up people. Wake the fuck up.
The "common sense crowd" always makes themselves feel better (and you and I to some extent) by saying, "yeah but, we should have shot the ball better, and if the receivers wouldn't have dropped so many passes, and if Michigan would have just buried that breakaway..."
Screw that shit. B10 officials hate UM. And yes, it did start with Bo calling Delaney a crook. That grudge has been passed along for 4 decades now. And will carry on as long as Delaney appointees like Bill Carollo and Rick Boyages are able to hire and assign the same cancerous group of B10 officials to our games.
www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-08-16-9003080807-story.html
www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-12-sp-489-story.html
Only way to stop it is to unify as a fanbase and boo the hell out of the officials until everyone notices and starts talking about it. Sadly, the names of "John O'Neill" and "Dan Capron" and "Terry Wymer" and "DJ Carstensen" and "Paul Szelc" and "Lewis Garrison" don't resonate with 95% of our fans who'd like to believe there is no bias because referring is something they cannot control.
Boo and boo often. Get salty. Don't give a shit what the "Michigan fans are whiners" and "you gotta play above it" crowd has to say.
Please add to this list.
February 7th, 2020 at 10:06 AM ^
How about Mike Lantry's last kick in 1974 in Columbus? It still looks good to me on replay.
February 7th, 2020 at 12:38 PM ^
It was good. 100% good and called as such by the team announcing the game (which included Joe Paterno).
February 17th, 2020 at 8:54 AM ^
From postgame.com:
"He lined up on the far-right side of the field, and blasted the ball so high it was hard to tell if he'd made it. Ohio State fans who sat directly behind Lantry would write letters to Michigan coach Bo Schembechler asserting that Lantry's kick was good.
"But the referees waved it off. No good. As Schembechler later said of the game being played in Columbus, 'Those refs knew where they were reffing!""
February 9th, 2020 at 12:08 PM ^
Did you see Capron announced he’s retiring !
February 10th, 2020 at 8:51 AM ^
The 1998 Rose Bowl. If that game ends with Washington State buried in their own end, we have the national title to ourselves. Instead, the official puts the offensive pass interference flag back into his pocket and the ensuing “controversial” finish lets Nebraska sneak in for half the title.
February 23rd, 2020 at 12:43 PM ^
How about 2nd Q of that game when Charles Woodson intercepts Leaf with a great catch at their 30, one foot clearly in and is ruled out of bounds ? At the time we were were wiping our ass with them and I didn't think it would matter much since they didn't score, but the way we were playing at the time it is likely a touchdown that would be the dagger in the heart or at least a field goal.
February 10th, 2020 at 9:33 AM ^
Every single team gets bad calls against it.
Every. Single. Team.
But if you want to sit around and stew on the bad calls against Michigan, I guess... have fun with that? It seems really productive...
February 11th, 2020 at 12:59 AM ^
It's our lot in life. We were made to suffer.
February 15th, 2020 at 3:44 PM ^
play better
quit whining
February 15th, 2020 at 3:46 PM ^
The block foul on Burke was bad, but there was also an obvious goaltending at the beginning of that game that should have awarded M 2 points.
February 17th, 2020 at 8:56 AM ^
Exercise in fairness: could we do an opposite list where UM benefitted? Possible example: the 1989 NCAA basketball championship vs. Seton Hall. The foul against Rumeal Robinson was maybe a little ticky tacky.
But that is *all* I can think of in 45 years.
February 22nd, 2020 at 8:29 AM ^
You must be kidding!?!?
February 17th, 2020 at 12:59 PM ^
That whole stupid Alamo Bowl v Nebraska in 2008 I think. Charles White Phantom TD 1978(?)
February 20th, 2020 at 8:56 PM ^
The Charles White call was terrible.......but the screw-job we got from the Big Ten ADs in 1973 was abysmal.
February 22nd, 2020 at 8:23 AM ^
Excellent article. I was never so upset as I was when the game-winning FG of Michigan’s Mike Langtry was waved off in the closed end of Ohio Stadium as the two officials claimed the kick was “too high” to determine if it was good in 1974. There is no doubt they were intimidated by the raucous Ohio State fans sitting (standing) behind them..
Also, the denial of a Michigan touchdown on 4th and goal was very, very questionable in Ohio Stadium once again in 1954.
Yep, I saw ‘em both and it just deepened my love for Michigan Football.
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