Iowa won thanks to cheating refs

Alexandre
Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:01:11 +0000

res ipsa, I appreciate your sense of fair play. It certainly sounds cooler to rise above accusing some schmuck of being a cheat. But I am sorry,Hemmingway’s catch was a TD. The college football rule is simple. If the WR does not drop the ball and his knee or foot is inbound before the ball hits the ground, it is a TD. In Hemingway’s case, the ball remained in his hands until it hit the ground. It did not wobble or drop, it remained with his hands until it hit the ground. In football, the ground cannot cause a fumble. Since Hemingway’s knee was inbound before the ball hit the ground, it was a TD. The ref saw it as did everybody in the nation. As such, one can only assume that he cheated. And why would a ref who cheated against Michigan in one call cheat in favor of Michigan in another? That would not make sense. When calls favored Michigan (such as the Vincent Smith TD), they were reversed. When calls favored Iowa (such as the Hemingway incomplete pass and a couple of daylight pass interference), they stood.

It is bad enough that Michigan does not have depth to support Hoke’s brand of football. We are playing a bunch of hurt players and a bunch of freshmen on the road against a good team such as Iowa. Having the refs on somebody’s payroll to cheat against us does not help.