2 catches by Jaxson Smith-Njigba
They basically refused to show replays on 2 of his “receptions” on the crucial drive to end the 3rd qtr. Looked to me on the first the ball hit the ground and ended up in his other hand and on the other he flat out dropped the ball.
Like I said they refused to show a replay on both plays with the game hanging in the balance, any clarification???
November 27th, 2021 at 10:28 PM ^
No need - we beat Ohio, the refs, and the B1G. And man, it was glorious
November 27th, 2021 at 10:35 PM ^
Is it possible they took Schwarzel’s flag away? This game is his personal hell.
November 27th, 2021 at 10:32 PM ^
Our beat writers tweeted that they did show the replay of his 4th down catch on the scoreboard and while he temporarily lost control of the ball, it never hit the ground so it was a good catch. You’d like to see them review probably to be certain during a 4th down, but they got the call right according to those guys. Also and more importantly, we just freaking won big. Against Ohio State. To win the East. Why are we talking about the refs?
November 27th, 2021 at 10:37 PM ^
Agree on the 4th down catch. They showed about 10 replays in the stadium. He lost it, it bounced off Hawkins, and it landed right back in his hands. Good catch, right call.
November 27th, 2021 at 10:55 PM ^
Glad to hear they showed replays in the stadium. I laughed out loud at the one time they said "we're staying here" on a timeout because the lack of replays and amount of ad breaks made the viewing situation laughable at times. But fuck it, we won! Nothing else matters tonight!! GO BLUE!!!
November 27th, 2021 at 10:32 PM ^
We won. Don’t do that when we’ve won.
November 27th, 2021 at 10:43 PM ^
Be mad at Fox and their crappy broadcast for never showing replays on crucial plays. But naw man, no need for the "receptions" and all that, our beat writers were even saying they were catches.
Go enjoy it
November 27th, 2021 at 10:51 PM ^
The commercials were so fucking long and annoying
November 27th, 2021 at 11:45 PM ^
I paused DVR for 40 minutes and still went live before the end of the third quarter. I guess we all have bills to pay.
November 27th, 2021 at 10:43 PM ^
First, why are you complaining about this after a win. Second, I thought the refs did a good job of staying out of the way.
November 27th, 2021 at 10:45 PM ^
Agreed.
Thought Schoonmaker got away with a hold on Haskin’s outside TD run.
Michigan was due.
November 27th, 2021 at 11:08 PM ^
I think Wilson held on that play as well. We got one there. Of course they were holding Hutch and Ojabo all day. The 3rd and 19 should’ve been pass interference on us a year. Screw it all, we beat their ass any way you slice it!
November 27th, 2021 at 10:47 PM ^
Why are all you guys answering my thread and telling me to quit complaining. I didn’t complain or even mention the refs. Was just asking for clarification as the tv broadcast didn’t show a replay and they didn’t appear to be clear receptions. This is after all a blog to discuss you know Michigan football and the games. If you guys didn’t want to discuss the plays why click on the thread
November 27th, 2021 at 10:44 PM ^
I wanted a replay of the early throw to Donovan Edwards that was ruled incomplete and Fox never showed it. I am pretty sure they made the correct call (and duh....we won!!!!!) but I at least wanted to see how close it was.
I didn't think the calls on the two catches you mentioned were wrong. I honestly didn't see much to complain about either way. Holding was erratically called as always on both sides. Maybe we got away with some grabbing at CB but their guys made circus catches anyway.
November 27th, 2021 at 10:51 PM ^
I thought the same thing. Not a single review. Usually, they at least give us a review from the original angle, and ideally another angle, but nothing. Meanwhile, they show reviews of the most mundane plays.
November 27th, 2021 at 10:47 PM ^
As others have said, people in the stadium said both looked good on the replay.
I'd like to point out how great our corners and safeties played today. Moten and Moore both made great tackles in space. And our corners were in contact all day.
Great wide outs are going to make plays. Our dudes made it really hard on them and put em on the ground right after the catch.
Still on cloud 9. Go Blue!
November 27th, 2021 at 11:08 PM ^
They played better than we could have even imagined. I like all the DBs that play but didn’t expect them to hold up this well.
November 27th, 2021 at 10:48 PM ^
His ridiculous 1 hand catch around our defenders back was not a catch, it hit the ground...
that said, it was a clear PI on us.
Who cares, we won.
Fuck Ohio
November 27th, 2021 at 10:49 PM ^
Not gonna lie - even though that catch could hardly have come at a worse time (3rd and 19!), I wasn't even all that mad in the moment, just impressed, because it was a damn fine catch against very good coverage
Still, eff that loser and I hope he and his fellow scrubs had a long tearful bus ride back to their shithole campus.
November 27th, 2021 at 10:50 PM ^
We won.
November 27th, 2021 at 10:59 PM ^
For once, the officiating actually felt neutral. A lot of holds on our DEs and a few false starts that didn’t happen, but we had a few potential holds on runs that they let the go.
November 27th, 2021 at 11:05 PM ^
I'm amazed at the lack of replays by Fox. Every single football game shows replays of almost every single play, yet in a game like this they failed to show the most basic replays on key plays. I mean was this Fox's fourth string broadcast team? Is this the 1970's? They should be ashamed of themselves for the shitty broadcast. I guess they were too busy hyping the game and reminding us of Harbaugh's poor record against them. Furthermore, it did seem like the booth wasn't very active. But it's great to just say that it didn't matter, we win, Theee Ohio loses. On to the B1G Championship!
November 27th, 2021 at 11:07 PM ^
I wanted to see a replay of the potential kick interference by OSU on our guy right after they called one on us
November 27th, 2021 at 11:12 PM ^
Seemed like Henning got bumped and Harbaugh thought as much, lack of replays was frustrating just because you like to see and truly get a feel for how this game really is a game of inches.
November 28th, 2021 at 4:50 AM ^
Agree as the bump on Henning looked just as 'bad' as the meaningless bump they called on Green. We see endless Zapruder replays for some obvious penalties, but nothing on things like this that look questionable in a Very Big Game.... But we WON!
November 27th, 2021 at 11:54 PM ^
What's there to clarify?
They skip replays to show more ads.
Their sponsors aren't paying them for replays.
November 28th, 2021 at 12:43 AM ^
A) doesn’t matter
B) I just watched this (recorded) and at one point in the 3rd quarter I was thinking “this is sort of a makeup for 2016.” Granted OSU shot themselves in foot a number of times with false starts but the refs actually CALLED holding calls on OSU. We even got a gimme, which never happens, and they didn’t call shit on Michigans OL all game long. OSU has a lot more gripes against the refs/replay crew than Michigan does. Happily it’s for the first time in what feels like 30 years. It feels good to get a majority of the calls go our way.
November 28th, 2021 at 5:02 AM ^
Fox has been god awful all year on their broadcasts about showing replays quite honestly.
November 28th, 2021 at 11:53 AM ^
I watched games on CBS and ABC after the Michigan game. It sure was refreshing to see replays after most plays, some of them from multiple angles if there was anything interesting about the play. It's like they understand that fans are interested in what actually happens on the field.