***OFFICIAL MINNESOTA AT MICHIGAN BATTLE FOR THE LITTLE BROWN JUG IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

[stocker08]

Just write your own letter that should be enough.

It's just easier to block people who have a surface level understanding of the game.

 

[cncmin]

I'll say this if that was Michigan that needed the onside kick, there is no way on this earth Big 10 officials throw that flag.

horrible call against a Minnesota team. Did we really expect that they wouldn’t protect the B1G brand? The bad call was as predictable as night turns to day.

 

[Tim from Rosemount]

Are we going to make it through this game without any good orgy puns? He really makes all the pieces of their offense come together.

 

[Tim from Rosemount]

horrible call against a Minnesota team. Did we really expect that they wouldn’t protect the B1G brand? The bad call was as predictable as night turns to day.

How come we always get jobbed against Michigan? They’re better than us so why do the refs give them another call?

 

[Tim from Rosemount]

This would have been a really interesting game if the Gophers had got 1-2 of the huge game changing breaks. The teams are about evenly meh from scrimmage.

Without the blocked punt and gift rip off fumble, we could’ve won the game.

 

[cheeseheadgophfan]

Oh and I would settle for a QB and coach that could beat Iowa.

Were you "settled" last year with PJ and AK?

 

[cncmin]

How come we always get jobbed against Michigan? They’re better than us so why do the refs give them another call?

Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Penn State….they are the big dogs and just like Miami last night, the refs will always favor and protect the big dogs. This crap has been going on for decades, and the increasingly massive amount of money going around the game does not help at all.

 

[Gopher Ally]

The Gophers were jobbed at the chance for an instant classic

 

[jovs]

Networks don't want Michigan losing that game. They need at least two amoung Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, or Oregon making the playoff.

 

[WAGopher]

If you watch the replay it looked like the ref had the flag out and held it until Minnesota recovered the onside, and then he threw it.

They also tried to takeaway DJs TD, but it was too obvious not to call.

 

[saintpaulguy]

boy, that looks like a bad bad call on replay.
Wolverines escaped with one today.

 

[Unregistered User]

If you watch the replay it looked like the ref had the flag out and held it until Minnesota recovered the onside, and then he threw it.

They also tried to takeaway DJs TD, but it was too obvious not to call.

Nah, I went to look at that, but he threw it after the ball went about 5 yards.

 

[WAGopher]

Nah, I went to look at that, but he threw it after the ball went about 5 yards.

You’re right. It was hard to see the flag after he pulled it out, and I thought he held it.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

We can blame the refs, but all those turnovers in the first half is what lost the game.

This take is just illogical. Things happen in games, it’s to be expected. I’ll watch 7 games this weekend and there will be turnovers in all of them. The extraordinary thing that happened in the game was the flag at the end.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

Nah, I went to look at that, but he threw it after the ball went about 5 yards.

He threw it really late (reached for it late too). But he did throw it before we recovered.

The only possible explanation is that he didn’t understand the rule.

I almost never complain about the refs, but taking this game out of the players’ hands because he either imagined or didn’t understand something is inexcusable.

 

[BTChamp]

Michigan beats us by 35 if we trade QBs. Brosmer is absolutely an average to above average P4 qb and played a great game today under constant duress and when Michigan knew we’d be throwing

Great post

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

Without the blocked punt and gift rip off fumble, we could’ve won the game.

We could’ve won if the ref didn’t live out his wolverine fan fiction at the end of the game.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

A day later and I’m still pissed about how that game ended and the opportunity that official yanked away from us.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

This whole thread is a wonderful gopher fan journey. Minds were lost and found and lost again. Thanks to everyone who participated!

 

[BronkosGhost]

It's just easier to block people who have a surface level understanding of the game.

Yeah it's always a good idea to block those you don't agree with. It's dangerous to have conversations with those of differing opinions.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

This whole thread is a wonderful gopher fan journey. Minds were lost and found and lost again. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Excellent Summation, Sire!

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Michigan beats us by 35 if we trade QBs. Brosmer is absolutely an average to above average P4 qb and played a great game today under constant duress and when Michigan knew we’d be throwing

Kinda of amazing that is the best (?) QB they can play; he would be an amazing LBer.

 

[Pompous Elitist]

A bad call on the inside kick is tough to take but 1st half turnovers and the conservative D approach on the series to allow Michigan to go up by 10 late the 4th quarter cost them the game.

Yeah, frustrating but should never have come down to an onside kick opportunity. If the player really did break the vertical plane (hard to see on angles we’ve seen) with his hand, arm, head prior to the kick that is incredibly chintzy as it is almost never called during regular play unless egregious. There are worse calls and no calls in every game. Like the Dejean thing, it unfortunately was a high leverage play that would have gone in our favor and given us a shot to win. Personally, I’m more upset about the defensive calls that necessitated it in the first place.