Dropped passes?

[Go Gophers Rah]

Can anyone give me the numbers on dropped passes that should have been caught (who, how many, etc.)? This seems like somthing that could be easily remedied.

 

[golfinggopher]

I watched the game again yesterday after the Vikings game and I don't know how many there were (8-10 maybe?) but man they all came at crucial times. Everytime we were driving we would drop a pass. Eric Lair, Brandon Green, McKnight, Decker, etc....The other thing that killed us were penalties (many which I didn't see) and the refs had some brutal calls. The game was out of hand at the time, but that pass interference that wasn't called on the last interception was brutal. I know Spielman is a Buckeye homer, but he had the audacity to say it was a good play. That was horrible! Also, Brandon Green was interfered with and a no call and BPT made a nice play that was called.

All of this is not an excuse, but those refs were brutal. I played some of these plays over and over again on DVR, and they were terrible calls-period. Let's hope we get some home cooking against MSU on Halloween!

 

[GophersInIowa]

I know refs make mistakes as they are human, but does't it seem that refs/umps are making more bad calls now than ever before? I think in football, they've made it so tough with all these extra rules to "protect" the players. Like the bad call in the Florida-Arakansas game that got the refs suspended. It was a terrible call and I'm not defending them, but that is going to happen when they're told to protect the players so much. Anyone see the iowa-michigan st. game? Guy for michigan st. crushes an iowa player. The ia player is on the ground hurt so they throw a flag. It was shoulder to shoulder contact.

 

[Ole]

I know refs make mistakes as they are human, but does't it seem that refs/umps are making more bad calls now than ever before? I think in football, they've made it so tough with all these extra rules to "protect" the players. Like the bad call in the Florida-Arakansas game that got the refs suspended. It was a terrible call and I'm not defending them, but that is going to happen when they're told to protect the players so much. Anyone see the iowa-michigan st. game? Guy for michigan st. crushes an iowa player. The ia player is on the ground hurt so they throw a flag. It was shoulder to shoulder contact.

I'm of the opinion that as soon as the NFL started to overprotect their QB's and skill players the game of football became a game of favorites, get big name skill guys and you will always get the call. Until they stop protecting QB's and Wr's the game will never be fair for teams without "name recognized guys" Unfortunately this seems to have filtered down to college, now it's necessary to constantly protect players instead of letting the game play out. On the Decker TD catch vs Cal, I was tailgating with a former player, OL from the 70's, he said if that had happened on one of his teams, there would be retribution on the field and it would be over. Now refs decide to throw BS flags(see yesterday, stoudemire interference, Small late hit) neither should have been called, both could have been settled on the field.

 

[thailleagle]

Can't really put the false starts or chop blocks on the Refs.......

 

[RodentRampage]

There's too much subjectivity. Maybe the NCAA should put out a video of what is and what isn't an infraction and make all the refs watch it. Whatever the rules are, there needs to be consistency.