I have heard the name Carollo but was he part of this whole review process?
Labas looked decent in our bowel game, considering it was his first start or maybe first playing time. Think he has a pretty good 40 time, and was mobile enough to avoid what would have been sacks for Petras or Hill. Don’t know why Ferentz always finds a shit QB then sticks with him like his life depends on it???
The offense was beyond bad in that game except for the first drive which probably had a bunch of scripted plays that the offense practiced a bunch during the week. And then even at that the play calling on the first drive at the 5 yard line was terrible, no counter action plays to offset the defense's eagerness to make a play, nothing.
Because the BIG or the networks did not want us winning the West. They decided they had an opening to screw us and took it.
C'mon HG#77, stay with us. I love to watch great defense and this defense and our special teams. I just hope the offense can run the ball like they did against WMich, MSU, and Wisky along with connecting on some passes like the first drive against Minny.
They didn’t think anything was wrong. Why was it reviewed, did Minnesota coach call for one? Can’t believe he would know this obscure rule, he would more likely be challenging if he stin bounds?
Maybe Brian doesn't want Labas to play. If he does well then everybody will be asking why he wasn't playing sooner.
Apparently an official wasn't sure if he stepped out of bounds so that's why they let it play out. Then, during the review, they started looking at the signals and whether there was an invalid fair catch signal.
It's as if they want to try and prove everyone wrong! Even at the expense of the kids who deserve a shot vs the mediocrity to bad play that continues to be ineffective and not showing progress!
But in the Wisconsin vs. Northwestern call the refs on the field made the call. Review wasn't used.
Maybe not as confusing but quie a few as controversial as in the Jim Bain-Purdue phantom foul, the Purdue player undercutting an in the air Andre Woolridge giving him no where to come down and calling it an Iowa turnover, the last second FG at MSU that Fry and the hawks and many fans said was good but was not, oh my there are many.
I think he's saying the same ref stopped the play last year when he thought Campbell stepped out of bounds and cost us a touchdown. The normal procedure is let the play continue and let review process determine whether the play should be overturned.
You really have to question why Kirk is so opposed to a mobile qb. It's a positive in so many ways, why has he dictated that we don't want that kind of qb?
I realize that. My comment was in reference to O'Dey's explanation after citing the invalid fair catch rule, about letting it play out. That was a stupid thing for him to say, as there is no reason to let an invalid fair catch "play out". Sorry if I wasn't more clear.
It's a horsesh** loophole technicality for a rule, that they need to change.
Wow. I had posted something in another thread based on the return man, but if this is really how the rule reads, then on every future punt, Kirk needs to have 11 guys on the sideline each spying one of the return team members during the kick. “Coach, I saw 52 swing his right arm a few times.” Then challenge that sh!t. “Iowa is challenging that number 52 on the receiving team made an invalid fair catch signal.” Every damned kick that’s returned, regardless of the net result. Mock this crooked conference and their crooked Nebber zebras.
By ANYONE on the return team.
The on-site replay official, who apparently made the final call, is a Wisconsin guy. Seems like all three of them have something in common.
We can only speculate on what the driving force behind this call was, but, I feel fairly confident in that if Cooper had fielded it and gotten tackled after a 5 yard gain, or 10 yards, or even 20, it wouldn't have been called. That is what "playing it out means." But shit got real when he scored a touchdown and whatever motivation they have was more important than all of the backlash that they have received and will continue to receive. I don't see how any of this is positive in any way for them, thus, there has to be more to the story.
So, when they review touchdowns they can look to see if there was holding on the offense? Then call the touchdown back?
The guy can't throw any more accurately than I can. He can certainly throw it a lot farther but he has no idea where it is going when he throws it.
Quite simply, he wasn’t “waving” his arm. All waving involves arm movement but not all arm movement is waving. I thought that was a basic understanding among semi-educated people. Well . . . err, neverimind.
Right, and the motions of his arm (with attached hand) were the same throughout the entire play all the way to the endzone.
Damn, if only the Minnesota punt coverage team hadn't been using helicopters to advance towards the returner at the time then maybe the refs allow Coop's arm movements to be seen as legal and allow the TD to stand.
Complete and utter gopher sh1t by the B1G, NCAA and Collegiate Officiating Consortium to protect one of their worst officials, one who has made numerous “controversial” calls in his career and at one time even was suspended.
The only egregious thing is our offense. If we were competent on Offense that game would have been won by 20pts.
Bill Carollo is coordinator of the Collegiate Officiating Consortium - Football, which includes the B1G, MAC and Missouri Valley. As such he functions as coordinator of officials for the B1G.
