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"PJ Fleck told KFAN 1003 on Tuesday that the Big Ten admitted it made an officiating error and that targeting should have been called against Ransom. Had the call been made, Ransom would have probably been ejected and would miss the first half of the Oregon game this Saturday."


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Big Ten Admitted Incorrect Call In Minnesota vs. Ohio State

Minnesota fans were right. The Big Ten admitted on Tuesday it made a major officiating error in the Gophers' season opener versus Ohio State. In the fourth
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So what is the B1G Conference going to do about it?

Not calling a targeting penalty is, in my personal opinion, a negligently egregious action. It already showed that the officials place player safety and accurately officiating a game below the entertainment value of the game and the reputation of one of the participating teams.

The only real remedy for this situation would be to suspend Ransom for the first half of the Buckeye/Ducks game.
 

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Ewert86PC said:
"PJ Fleck told KFAN 1003 on Tuesday that the Big Ten admitted it made an officiating error and that targeting should have been called against Ransom. Had the call been made, Ransom would have probably been ejected and would miss the first half of the Oregon game this Saturday."


thespun.com

Big Ten Admitted Incorrect Call In Minnesota vs. Ohio State

Minnesota fans were right. The Big Ten admitted on Tuesday it made a major officiating error in the Gophers' season opener versus Ohio State. In the fourth
thespun.com thespun.com

So what is the B1G Conference going to do about it?

Not calling a targeting penalty is, in my personal opinion, a negligently egregious action. It already showed that the officials place player safety and accurately officiating a game below the entertainment value of the game and the reputation of one of the participating teams.

The only real remedy for this situation would be to suspend Ransom for the first half of the Buckeye/Ducks game.
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I would say that is acceptable although since he wasn't punished at all in the Gopher game maybe he should sit out the ENTIRE Oregon game!!! That was clearly targeting - I do not know how you can miss that call, you can see the receiver go completely limp and knocked unconscious. He clearly took a head shot - you just need to slow down the film and see where the contact came from.

EASY CALL!!!! And yes he should be suspended for the first half of the Oregon game even after the fact.
 

If I'm not mistaken, the NFL goes back through major calls and non-calls like this each week and assesses fines even if a flag wasn't thrown on the field. No reason CFB couldn't do something similar with targeting, but rather than fining players they could assess or revoke suspensions after taking a closer look at each play. So long as they did it by Monday evening, I think coaching staffs would have enough time to prepare either way. If CFB truly cares about player safety, fairness, etc., it's the least they could do. These half-hearted (and meaningless) apologies after the fact are stale.
 




I contend the B1G will show preference to teams who bring it prestige. In this case Ohio State or UofM.
 

Has Minnesota ever been the beneficiary of a "we made a mistake" comment from the Big Ten? I'm sure it has happened, as it's something only the team it happened against promotes, but I'm trying to think of one
 



I'm really surprised that, if the league is going to review these calls after the fact, there is no suspension. If the correct call had been made on the field, the player would be ineligible for the first half against Oregon. Now that the league has determined that was the correct call, I'd be curious to hear the rationale for not applying that punishment. Pro leagues review uncalled player safety calls for supplemental discipline all the time.
 

FireDaveLee said:
Has Minnesota ever been the beneficiary of a "we made a mistake" comment from the Big Ten? I'm sure it has happened, as it's something only the team it happened against promotes, but I'm trying to think of one
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I'm sure we have at some point or another but nobody in our fanbase would be hunting for league apologies for a call that went in our favor.
 

fmlizard said:
I accept officiating errors full speed.

I don't accept them when slowed down frame by frame with a bazillion camera angles available from a national 4K broadcast.
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I agree with you there. Live it is really tough for officials and it depends a ton on what angle they had at the time the incident happened.

But the replay booth has no excuse, especially on one that was as clear as the Ransom hit on MBS. I would hope the Big Ten office needing to issue an apology leads to a punishment of some kind for the replay operator in question since they are admitting that he messed up.

As for a retroactive suspension for the player, that would make a lot of sense but I don't know that they want to go down the road of punishing players after the fact.
 

Ransom should miss the first half of the Oregon game.

That's what the Big Ten would actually have to do to make this right.


Like hell they were ever going to do that. It's the reason they didn't call it in the first place.


They can throw out this lazy apology which doesn't mean jack shit, and walk off.
 



MNVCGUY said:
but I don't know that they want to go down the road of punishing players after the fact.
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Could they actually legally (I mean in the sense of the Big Ten bylaws) do it??

Morbidly curious, since I know they don't have even an flea's nutsack to actually pull the trigger.
 

The officiating crew on the field but especially those who review the play from multiple angles and in slow motion should be publicly admonished and put on probation.
Was there conscious or unconscious bias because of the upcoming OR game?
We will never know.
 

Plato said:
The officiating crew on the field but especially those who review the play from multiple angles and in slow motion should be publicly admonished and put on probation.
Was there conscious or unconscious bias because of the upcoming OR game?
We will never know.
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Totally disagree that the on field crew should be publicly admonished or punished. So much depends on what they could see at the time live.

Replay booth operator should receive a punishment of some kind. Doesn't have to be public though.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Totally disagree that the on field crew should be publicly admonished or punished. So much depends on what they could see at the time live.

Replay booth operator should receive a punishment of some kind. Doesn't have to be public though.
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The booth operator should have to work Purdue or Rutgers games for the rest of the season.
 



FireDaveLee said:
Has Minnesota ever been the beneficiary of a "we made a mistake" comment from the Big Ten? I'm sure it has happened, as it's something only the team it happened against promotes, but I'm trying to think of one
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if you ask Purdue they were 100% robbed
 

When a sport is all about B1G money it trickles down to every fabric of its identity. When the big money only include 4 teams making a playoff then each conference is left making decisions (officials are part of the conference) that benefit its end goal. We need an OSU to be undefeated and calling that targeting call against OSU does 2 things - #1 it give MN a chance (a small one) and #2 it hurts OSU vs. Oregon. That call was all about the $$$$. I don't blame OSU here the B1G needs to examine what its priorities are. They will ruin college football and B1G football if it becomes about getting OSU into the playoffs.
 



That’s a good start. It was blatant, textbook targeting. Sometimes there is some gray area with these. This one there was none. It’s like he didn’t actually look at the tape.

The “fumble” was wrong too. He never actually completed the catch because he was targeted.
 

I must say that all of this clearly favoring O$U was discouraging to me. Not sure how long I can hold out as a die-hard season ticket holder.

I can start watching NFL and WWE again I guess. Same concept.
 

Coaches complain they get fined. Officials screw up, they get another contract.
 

If the conference starts flipping through games and assessing after the fact penalties it will hurt the Gophers MUCH more than help them in any scenario.
 

MNVCGUY said:
I agree with you there. Live it is really tough for officials and it depends a ton on what angle they had at the time the incident happened.

But the replay booth has no excuse, especially on one that was as clear as the Ransom hit on MBS. I would hope the Big Ten office needing to issue an apology leads to a punishment of some kind for the replay operator in question since they are admitting that he messed up.

As for a retroactive suspension for the player, that would make a lot of sense but I don't know that they want to go down the road of punishing players after the fact.
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My memory could be a little fuzzy, but I swear I've seen the Big Ten issue suspensions after the fact in mens hockey. If that's the case, the conference already has precedence to do it.
 

tmvander said:
If the conference starts flipping through games and assessing after the fact penalties it will hurt the Gophers MUCH more than help them in any scenario.
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Not sure I follow. Why?
 

TNGophfan said:
Not sure I follow. Why?
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My guess is the assumption that they will be more likely make an example out of us than the marquee programs. Like when Kill/Claeys teams would get like 3 targeting calls per game.
 

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