For the Hawks to lose? Very happy for the win, but got no breaks on several calls. I remember Brian Ferentz on the side lines giving it to the refs. Even if the fix was in, we said screw it and won the game anyway.
Was the fix in yesterday?
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If the fix was in, someone is in big trouble.
Sure. Paranoia is associated with a lot of illnesses and drug abuse. I hear it also goes along with a football teams fans and a 9-0 record.
Yeah....I'm sure the bookies were desperate to fix an Iowa vs. Indiana football game. 
Yeah....I'm sure the bookies were desperate to fix an Iowa vs. Indiana football game.
So, you're saying there wasn't big money involved?
Yeah....I'm sure the bookies were desperate to fix an Iowa vs. Indiana football game.
It's EXACTLY the kind of game bookies would fix.
(I don't personally believe they did.)
What's up with every spot (or nearly every) being a half to a full yard off? It was terrible. We almost made it a drinking game at our gathering. The guy would start about a half yard off and walk to the location on the field where it would lose another quarter to a half yard. It was nearly every single play.
What is the review process for these officials? Those officials need some remedial instruction or need to be reassigned. I know it's a tough job and the only time people single them out is if they miss a call but the degree and consistency of "being off" needs to be examined. I'm not suggesting something like the OP, that it's intentional, just incompetence.
What is the review process for these officials? Those officials need some remedial instruction or need to be reassigned. I know it's a tough job and the only time people single them out is if they miss a call but the degree and consistency of "being off" needs to be examined. I'm not suggesting something like the OP, that it's intentional, just incompetence.
I was switching back and forth between your game and another. Saw a couple of really horrible spots in your game, but also saw Beathard fumble while scoring that very easily could have been called differently (although whatever the original call, it couldn't have been reversed by the review).
In the world of paranoia, the conference would be trying to help, not hurt, Iowa. It's 'way better for the conference to have two unbeaten teams playing in the championship game.
In the world of paranoia, the conference would be trying to help, not hurt, Iowa. It's 'way better for the conference to have two unbeaten teams playing in the championship game.
There were definitely two spots in consecutive series that went against us, and the line judge was off by a full yard in both cases. First, he marked us a yard short of what was a 1st down where Jermenic Smith had gone out of bounds. On the next series, he gave IU a 1st down by marking them at least 1/2 hard ahead when they were clearly short. I'm sure these calls have been discussed elsewhere but haven't seen it. In any case, two very odd and obviously incorrect spots, both of which clearly helped IU. I don't suspect any kind of conspiracy by any means, but you rarely see spots that far off, and for two to occur in close succession, one ending an Iowa drive and the next one keeping an IU drive alive, was certainly strange.
The refs were bad. I saw some bad calls against both teams but a few more against Iowa. It looked like Brian Ferentz wanted to fight the refs.
I have seen more bad officiating this year than normal across college football. That ACC crew that did the Pitt game was beyond bad as evidenced by the way the screwed up the Miami Duke game.
I have seen more bad officiating this year than normal across college football. That ACC crew that did the Pitt game was beyond bad as evidenced by the way the screwed up the Miami Duke game.
I saw a game once where there were offsetting 15-yard penalties and the offense ended up gaining a yard. And no, it wasn't one of those situations where one was a spot foul or it was near the goal line. The morons just didn't realize they'd stepped it off wrong.
I mentioned this in another thread. But had CJs play been wrongly overturned, it would have been Iowa ball, 3rd and goal with 1 timeout at the 1 foot line. So while it's nice to have it stand up without any fuss, you would have still liked our chances to punch it in anyway.
They kept showing the review from the near side. That camera was not stationary. When they showed the stationary camera from the far sideline, CJ was definitely in. But, they showed it once and the announcers never mentioned it
It was uncomfortable how much CJ's groin came up on that broadcast.
No it wasn't, i realize some of the spots where iffy, but its college football officiating. They will make some mistakes at times. I thought it was a pretty good called game. They got the big train wreck (targeting call) right. They also did catch Iowa guys holding at times.
I thought it was a pretty decent game, IU offense was one of the best we will see all year.
I thought it was a pretty decent game, IU offense was one of the best we will see all year.
It could have been worse, we could have had the announcers from a few weeks ago. "Beathard sticks his hands in the butt of his 23 year old center, rolls out out on his 21 year old, almost 22 year old groin which is injured and throws to his 22 year old receiver VandeBerg"
I don't have that much of a problem with Bama being in the top 4 now because the will almost certainly be a one-loss team in the playoffs and it might as well be them. If hey got in over an undefeated (13-0) Iowa then I think all hell would break loose but I don't see that happening. I tell you one thing, I watched them play Saturday night and Iowa or any undefeated team would have their hands full with them.
Nope. Could very easily have been Indiana's ball on the 20. Depends on what the official thought he saw. It looked to me like he fumbled it out of the end zone. Of course, my position wasn't the greatest
Seriously, very similar to a play earlier this season when an ISU receiver reached out with the ball in an attempt to score and it came out of his hand as it crossed the goal. If that had been called a TD, it wouldn't have been overruled, either.
Nope. Could very easily have been Indiana's ball on the 20. Depends on what the official thought he saw. It looked to me like he fumbled it out of the end zone. Of course, my position wasn't the greatest
Seriously, very similar to a play earlier this season when an ISU receiver reached out with the ball in an attempt to score and it came out of his hand as it crossed the goal. If that had been called a TD, it wouldn't have been overruled, either.
I don't think it would be possible to call it a touch-back. The ball traveled sideways and partially backwards when it was hit. If they were going to say the ball was punched backwards out of the end-zone, then they would have to admit it was in the end-zone to be punched backward. Thus a touchdown.
I agree that the officiating was terrible, from spots to holding calls, but the most shocking was that Howard's knee hit the ground on what I think was the fourth down conversion before their last score, and they didn't even replay it. In the brief view ESPN gave, it look like it hit the ground. Did anyone see that.
Fwiw, the two holding calls were correct. The second one kinda ticky tack though. But he was pulling the DLs jersey at the shoulder pad upward.
If that turned into a drinking game every time they said groin--we'd be dead...
