But that's only two calls. Meanwhile that 3rd and goal, we clearly didn't get into the endzone but the refs gave us the TD after review.
And I'm sure MSU fans could nitpick other big blown calls.
An yeah, O'Neill had a fantastic game, made a ton of great kicks, including an 80-yard rugby punt. But this game wont be remembered for those, it will be remembered for that last play of the game.
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The targeting call was ridiculous before they replayed it, and even after the replay they threw him out. It made me furious.
You're right. MSU has nothing to gloat over. They didn't deserve the win at all, in my opinion. I don't know if that's my angering bias talking, or rational thought. Either way, I believe the statistics were near even disregarding the penalties, and Michigan still leaned into outplaying MSU.
What also infuriates me is that there are many, many angry fans sending hate-mail, death threats, etc. to the punter. He made a mistake. The thing that would have won us that game, if anything, was out special teams. He made one very bad mistake, yes, but so does everyone. The crude nature of people like that makes me not want to be a part of any fan-base. It's horribly immature, and irrational.
I don't think the refs were biased, just honest mistakes that hurt both teams.
The big one though was the most blatant illegal contact I've ever seen on that infamous final call, but it's not surprising the refs wouldn't call such a trivial penalty on the final play of the game, since refs tend to hate deciding games (which is stupid. By choosing not to throw an obvious flag you're deciding the game the same way as throwing a flag on a legal play. Both ways you're making a bad call that effects the outcome of the game)
It also bugs me how MSU is gloating about the win, this was one of the luckiest wins of all time.
You replay that game 1000 times, Michigan wins ~600, Cook engineers a game winning drive in 399 and that play happens once. And even then that's generous.
