Or 60-something years ago. Two of the refs were born in Ohio and are lifelong OSU fans.
Again, if the Big10 assigned an Ann Arbor crew to a game at the Big House and they made a series of questionable calls (or non calls) that cost Ohio a game, you're a fool if you think Buckeye fans wouldn't scream bloody murder. If ALL the bad calls went one way, they'd riot.
Deductive reasoning. Right. Tell me about deductive reasoning. I am making (mostly) arguments based on facts and reasoning. There are some others here who aren't making arguments at all, and are merely trolling and taunting. Here's reasoning:
Barrett's left hand was on the 15 yard line. His right hand, with the ball, was at least a foot behind his outstretched left hand. The ball never progressed forward beyond the blocker's backside. The blocker's backside was behind the 15 yard line. No first down. Game over. Or should have been.
Before that, the back judge did not throw a DPI flag on Ohio on a play that was similar to (actually worse than) an earlier play in which he did throw a flag on Michigan. That ref is a lifelong OSU fan. The same ref made other questionable calls/non calls, every one in OSU's favor. It's not unreasonable to allege bias, intentional or not. It's certainly not unreasonable to say neither OSU fans nor Michigan fans should be assigned to officiate UM-OSU games.
See? Facts. Reasoning. Analysis. Opinion. In the correct order. No name calling, taunting or malicious innuendo.
A lot of flaws.
a) People said that UM fans were whiny prior to the game. They have proven this out. Once you have something that can be predicted and is reliable, it becomes fact.
b) Stop with the "Ohio people would whine too!" stuff. You don't understand how silly you sound.
c) Barrett's left hand was not on the 15, it was well beyond it from the closest angle. Just stop.
d) I explained the PI and you never responded. You honestly don't understand PI, but more importantly you fail to comprehend how many subjective calls are made in any given game. Whining about holding and PI are ludicrous, and you were complaining about both while ignoring it when someone took the time to point out that you were wrong.
e) You keep saying that MI was the better team, but they weren't. From the 3rd quarter on tOSU beat the ever loving crap out of UM and while tOSU struggled in the first half, UM was shredded in the second.
f) Yes, it is absolutely reasonable for people from in state to referee a game. Your claim that it introduces bias is insane. MLB umpires call games in which their childhood teams play all the time. Same with basketball. Same with the NFL. This is something you have built up in your head to mean something, and anyone who has ever been in a situation where ethics are involved recognizes how off the rails you are in your "analysis."
You and the clown army have continued to whine and whine about calls that were, at worst, close. You have been presented with facts repeatedly, ranging from the ludicrous whining about the hands to the face call, to evidence that Harbaugh threw his play sheet onto the field, to an explanation of what PI is. You have had multiple posters - even Michigan fans!! - come in and say "you guys are being ludicrous."
And yet you continue. So you are mocked. If you can't handle that then maybe message boarding isn't for you.
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