in favor of M in my life
Really felt Purdue was screwed time and again
Really felt Purdue was screwed time and again
As a Michigan fan, thought that was the worst officiating I have seen
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Thanks.
But, we still have to execute.
UM executed when it counted.
Still, be on notice: We're coming for you.
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Agree. Maybe someday we'll have some talent, and could overcome that.
not sure what the "fraud" is.
This is a helluva Purdue team to watch.
Brohm is no fraud.
The Purdue effort was no fraud.
There's something to be proud of on that field!
Thanks for posting.....Now let me say M Defense was just down right scarey they are so good!
Thanks but we have some dickheads here who just don't get it. Check out the posts by the fool blockm2.
They are fast at all positions. LB play for them is unreal. Took away a lot of what Purdue does well.
Solid game. You guys have an insane defense that was too much for us. But the targeting penalties have to be amended. Just can't have the ejection plus out for the first half of the next game. Just ridiculous.
We had almost
No chance to win but would like to see those targeting calls called both ways
Agree 100% I can understand the personal foul, but to eject a player there needs to be something of obvious intent to injure. You can knock a guy into the bench late out of bounds and it's 15 yards. Make incidental contact with the helmet of a receiver or QB because he ducks his head and you're sitting out a game. Makes no sense.
the original poster is not a Wolve fan, good grief, it's his first post and he is busting our board about the officiating bitching.
The officials didn't beat Purdue. 9 years of apathy beat Purdue. Yeah, I thought some call went against the boilers, but the targeting and late hits were legit. I'll let better posters fill in, but until the hazel guys cycle out and the brohm guys cycle in...Purdue fans have to wait awhile. Still, Michigan had all it could handle today.
Ha ! Yes they were. Go back and watch without your unbiased glasses. Did they mean to ? Doubt it, but did they ? Yes. Careful when you pass around the word idiot, not thinking you are some kind of Mensa...
Thanks.Michigan would have won anyway,but I don't know how Anthrop could have his helmet knocked off with no call.And I thought that was roughing the punter.The Wolverines are awesome on defense.
it really came down to one play. we had michigan deep in its own territory 3rd and long(purdue up 10-7) and had the qb trapped around the goal and let him somehow escape for a first down throw. they then went down the field and scored, game over. how we had a qb surrounded and let him go is beyond me
and all the other plays before it?
They didn't have a bearing?
The game doesn't occur in a vacuum. One changed play early, and that play doesn't matter as much.
Target is a verb. It implies an intentional act. From the dictionary: "select as an object of attention or attack. "two men were targeted by the attackers"
synonyms: pick out, single out
When two helmets hit each other, that is not automaticly targeting.
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Fine verbiage on your part. Please quote the ncaa rule book for targeting...then, you might have something.
I saw a play where the Michigan player, number 10, ran down the field with a WR. He pushed the WR down after the play then got into his face as he was getting up and taunted him. All of this after the whistle. The refs had to separate 10. All he got was a talking to. I saw Anthrop get his helmet knocked off with no call. There was also another taunting missed when a bigger Michigan guy pushed the Purdue player down and after the play got in his face and made a hand gesture, similar to a throat cut but much lower, after the play with no call. Then I saw Purdue not get a pass interference call (although it should have been a holding regardless) because it wasn't catchable. Then they had one for Michigan when the throw was 20 yards over the receivers head and they called it. The play early in the first when the receiver was ruled down short of the first down, when replay showed it looked like he wasn't down. That was just some of the awful calls. I didn't see any missed the other way.
The first targeting penalty was bogus. It was high only because the Michigan player went low. The Purdue guy hit high, but didn't aim for the head or lead with the crown of his helmet. It was an awful call and a momentum shift. The second targeting was according to the rule. Crown of the helmet was above the shoulders. Not intentional, but it's the rules. There was also a late hit out of bounds that was legit against Purdue.
It wasn't just some calls that were bad. They continually messed the spot of the ball and had to adjust it atleast twice that I remember. Those refs were embarrassingly bad. After that targeting call when Michigan marched down the field and scored a touchdown, it was over. The fight was gone and Purdue players were afraid to hit the Michigan players.
Michigan was the better football team, but it ridiculous when the Refing was that bad. Several bad calls resulted in scores or Purdue having to punt when they should have had a first down. Those are impossible to put a value on.
That was the worst reffed game in any sport that I have seen in a very very long time.
The first targeting penalty was bogus. It was high only because the Michigan player went low. The Purdue guy hit high, but didn't aim for the head or lead with the crown of his helmet. It was an awful call and a momentum shift. The second targeting was according to the rule. Crown of the helmet was above the shoulders. Not intentional, but it's the rules. There was also a late hit out of bounds that was legit against Purdue.
It wasn't just some calls that were bad. They continually messed the spot of the ball and had to adjust it atleast twice that I remember. Those refs were embarrassingly bad. After that targeting call when Michigan marched down the field and scored a touchdown, it was over. The fight was gone and Purdue players were afraid to hit the Michigan players.
Michigan was the better football team, but it ridiculous when the Refing was that bad. Several bad calls resulted in scores or Purdue having to punt when they should have had a first down. Those are impossible to put a value on.
That was the worst reffed game in any sport that I have seen in a very very long time.
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Purdue never gets calls their way! For some reason Purdue has to put up with a few bad calls almost every game.
LOL. Give me a break. For every call you claim cost you, there is one that went against Michigan as well. Let's not even talk about the all the dirty play from Purdue. A bunch of chop blocks (only 2 called), textbook targeting (No, they shouldn't be ejected), and that punk ass push way out of bounds (now that player deserved to be ejected). You guys are headed in the right direction and I think Brohm will have you competing for the division in 2-3 years, but the whining about the officiating is ridiculous. Especially when you gain TEN yards the 2nd half.
You clearly didn't watch the same game. Purdue got two chop block calls against and Michigan got one. One of the targeting calls was to the rules, I acknowledged it. The other was complete BS and everybody knew it. Also, Anthrop had his helmet taken off in what should have been a targeting call that was missed. The punk ass push way out of bounds was a continuation and it was barely out of bounds. Michigan got away with so many specific plays that I mentioned in the previous post and that wasn't even all of them. That was just off he top of my head remembering. You didn't list a specific missed call that went Purdue's way. Not one.
I acknowledged Michigan was a better team. There was no denying that. Number 10 on defense was a monster. But there is no way with a straight face you can claim that game was called evenly or was well officiated. Even simple things like spotting the ball were difficult. That was the worst officiated game that I have seen in a long time. Even the Michigan fans I sat next too stated the officials were terrible. Saying otherwise makes you a troll or really stupid. The thread was even started by somebody who as far as I can tell is a Michigan fan.
I absolutely hate when teams get favorable calls for no real reason (other than maybe reputation)
There were at least a couple of PI non calls , I saw 2 M personal fouls not called , and a couple of blatant holds that weren't called
They had no problem calling those penalties on Purdue
You have a great coach, and was very impressed with the effort
Good things in store for you
Glad it will be a while before we play you again
I agree
Targeting has to go
Fine to give the personal foul, but to eject the player AND hold them out for the 1st 1/2 of the next game rots
It is a very subjective call
I have been a M fan for 50 years
I have never seen such a tilted field in regards to officiating favoring M
We(M fans) bitch all the time about how screwed we get by the refs, This just really stuck out to me as the opposite- seemed about as bad as how M was screwed when they played Ohio State last year
The word "targeting" implies that a player is intentionally aiming to hit an opponent in the head with his helmet. The refs are calling it such that whenever two helmets hit each other, the tackler is guilty of targeting. I understand the need to reduce concussions but the current rule is absurd.
Purdue is just as good as Michigan problem Purdue had on offense yesterday was having no running game with both running backs out that made the difference. When you have no Run game and you rely on the pass the whole game they can key on that and don't have to worry about the running game. If Jones & Fuller was healthy our offense I think would have been a hell of a lot better.
All in all it was an exciting game for three and a half quarters go boilers can't wait to see what this team looks like 2 years down the road.
To all the fans who went to the game great job let's keep the the games at home sold out. That makes a big difference in recruiting I will be going to a couple games this year.
While you may view it as "absurd" it is still the rule. It's easily correctable as well by just teaching the tackler to aim for the numbers. Simple as that.
However, there needs to be some consistency in the rule being called and the resulting ejection of players. From one game to the next you can have it called a plethora of different ways. Hell, it was not called consistently between the two teams on the field in our game.
Okay we know it's the rule but sometimes helmets are going to collide whether you like it or not. The only penalty that should have been called was that late hit out of bounds. The other two was b******* if you're going in to tackle somebody and they start to go down are bend down any slight way you're going to hit him in the head and that's how one of those penalties was
But not blaming it on that why we lost the game we just wore down in the second half with no running game that was to be expected. Offense couldn't stay on the field long enough to give the defense a break due to not having a run game that's why we lost.
Purdue has nothing to be ashamed of they played a good game especially on defense for most of the game.
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