Am I the only one that thinks yesterday's Big 10 crew is bias against the Gophers? Isn't that Geers play covered by Article 2 Illegal contact within 5 yards rule by NCAA or HS. NFL has a different rule but in college when a guy is even with you, under 5 yards, you cannot grab, blast or hold at that point. The Buffalo linebacker just flat out ran straight into Geers knocking him over. For those listening on the radio, did the radio guys call this play out. I was at the game and I noticed contact but didn't think referee or side judge saw it. I don't think you can hit a guy like that once the offensive player and defender are to the same spit or hash mark. Once your even you can't grab or hit a dude otherwise every defender in College football would do it. I mean Iowa teaches grab ass and clutching all over the field and they get away with it. I thought the Geers play the side judge wasn't even looking and it happened in front of him. I thought on # 8 the Smith over ruled catch there was illegal contact to head and kneck area with that blow to the head on a defensive back, if not targeting it was a personal foul illegal contact to a defenseless receiver. I know these referees overlap with calling a lot of games, but that Big 10 crew with yesterday's head referee seems to always be involved in controversial calls when it comes to fouls comitted against the Gophers. It wasn't obvious but the Buffal defender committed either illegal contact or Holding against Geers. That play is a foul in College it's not the same rule as the NFL. A lot of NFL people would say no foul or penalty, but in college that play is a penalty by the definition in the rule book. I thought yesterday's crew had some bad misses, refs have a tough job but they didn't give Gophers the Big 10 treatment you usually see of a home team. Can someone post the footage if they have it of the play? Disagree if you want but I thought live that play was fishy and wrong.
