I am not saying it wasn’t a screw job . OP claimed there was 1second on the clock when the WM kid touched the ball. There is absolutely no public replay anywhere that shows that . I told him the BIGs explanation. That what I was replying to that he was full of **** .
Disgusting scene in Ann Arbor
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Even with the internet there can be a second delay in electronic communication. I ran in to a deal with an online livestock sale site where there was a lag in my click versus their asking price. Not a big deal. 250 bucks but it pissed me off. I still think this was way too coincidental.
If Western Michigan was on offense there is zero chance any time would be added on, refs would call it zero and run off the field.
ngl, seems they cheated...but just another case of college football being a chaotic mess where nobody seems to follow rules. Two different clocks...stadium, and telecast...not synced. How the stadium review team clock isn't the same one as the telecast...I can't figure out. No reason really to cheat for michigan...it didn't win them the game, nor would this game have knocked them out of the playoffs.
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They used to sell t-shirts in Iowa City b4 Iowa games vs Michigan that said…”Ann Arbor is a wh*re”.
If Michigan continues to play like they did last night…they will lose 3 or 4 games this year.
The issue was whether, in 2009, the refs had the right to look at that play based on the rules. Remember, only “egregious” errors could be reversed at the time.
Same thing could be said about Notre Dame two years ago. They made the playoffs. I just don't see the motive of cheating to get Michigan a play which has less than a 10% chance of success. Coincidence..sure. And even faking it, or lying about it. To get Michigan a meaningless win? There just isn't logical motive.
You aren't getting an offensive pass interference call against the home team, during the last drive, in front of 110k people cheering for the home team. It is a rare call anyway, and it happens all the time earlier in the game. If you want to beat a top team, at their home stadium...you need to score a td at the end not go up by 5...four field goals should never get it done.
I'd argue that what you need to win in any football game is more points when the clock hits zero and the final play is blown dead.
WMU checked all three boxes, the disembodied still photo of a microwave clock in a manufactured "review" video notwithstanding.
And simping for michigan is certainly a choice.
College Football has ZERO integrity or accountability left in 2026.
It's sad imo because I felt like back in the day it was the sport that that had the most of both of those.
It's sad imo because I felt like back in the day it was the sport that that had the most of both of those.
Michigan ( The school and basically the state, for different reasons ) is a cesspool. It seems to breed corruption. Stank follows it 24-7. The Spy Gate thing, The coach ( Moore ) who was laying the wood to a staffer, the Robert Anderson abuse case. No program is Lilly white, but this program seems to draw a lot of flies. When you add it all up, it is almost as bad ( but not quite in my book ) as Ped State.
The picture of one second on a clock was so bogus it was laughable and the big ten claims to be high standards and supposedly high academics and show a lame picture like that
They were originally going with this one until someone pointed out the obvious.
Which is why non-conference games should not be officiated by the either team’s officials.
ANN ARBOR — In one of the most remarkable technological breakthroughs of the past millennium, scientists at the University of Michigan have successfully traveled backwards in time by one second.
Long thought to be outside the realm of possibility, the dream of time travel became a reality on Saturday night as the University of Michigan lab managed to turn the clocks back for one second.
"Wait, where did that second come from? No, that's impossible," said passersby, noting the time change in a very large, illuminated clock. "The only way is if there is some sort of rupture in the space-time continuum. It's the only explanation."
At publishing time, the scientists had announced that weirdly, their time machine only works so far when the University of Michigan is losing.
--- The Babylon Bee
but i digress
Long thought to be outside the realm of possibility, the dream of time travel became a reality on Saturday night as the University of Michigan lab managed to turn the clocks back for one second.
"Wait, where did that second come from? No, that's impossible," said passersby, noting the time change in a very large, illuminated clock. "The only way is if there is some sort of rupture in the space-time continuum. It's the only explanation."
At publishing time, the scientists had announced that weirdly, their time machine only works so far when the University of Michigan is losing.
--- The Babylon Bee
but i digress
They synced the clocks right before the first hail mary attempt.
go to 14:40
it was literally synced before the first hail Mary attempt
Just seems like a waste of a cheat...they aren't going to get away with that again.
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With gambling involved sure they will. Plus this was their brand team. This isn't the first time the Big ****** another team for them or Ohio St. **** 2 years ago they called the gophers for offsides on an onside they recovered against them.
Correct. Same thing here. BUT, shouldn't the game clock be the official clock vs some clock in pango pango ( yes I know it's Chicago...which is known for it's honesty and purity). The review should have been using the TV view/clock or atleast made darn sure that their clock was synched on the umpteen times the clock stops during a game. AMPLE opportunity for them to buzz and tell clock operator to add a second because we're not right or make the adjustment/resynch on their end. That would seem to be standard checklist 101 for replay booth. MAKE SURE CLOCK IS RIGHT...
If I followed this story correctly, the issue was that the replay that viewers saw during the broadcast, and which was circulated on social media millions of times, could not be relied upon as accurate. The statement from the B1G was almost nonsensical, and the comment during halftime of the UW-WSU game by NBC was equally unhelpful.
I finally read an article last night that tried to explain what happened - which was that the B1G always knew there could be 'discrepancies' between their replay and what was shown on television. Maybe this was the first time that discrepancy actually impacted a result. But the B1G evidently did not want to come right out and say you can't trust the clock you see on television because it would make NBC look bad (and NBC pays a boatload of cash to the B1G). And NBC only wanted to go as far as saying they are not the official timekeepers. So two vague statements from the B1G and NBC just made the entire thing look suspect, even it there were legitimately :01 left on the clock.
I finally read an article last night that tried to explain what happened - which was that the B1G always knew there could be 'discrepancies' between their replay and what was shown on television. Maybe this was the first time that discrepancy actually impacted a result. But the B1G evidently did not want to come right out and say you can't trust the clock you see on television because it would make NBC look bad (and NBC pays a boatload of cash to the B1G). And NBC only wanted to go as far as saying they are not the official timekeepers. So two vague statements from the B1G and NBC just made the entire thing look suspect, even it there were legitimately :01 left on the clock.
NBC broadcast clock was synced with the game clock in Michigan stadium. The rules analysts said so . He said he just assumed the review center clock would also be. The thing that makes no sense is when they have a review during the game and sometimes the official will say clock operator reset the clock to 8:13 . At that point how can all clocks not be in sync . It comes down to this they gave Michigan a mulligan and they got a hole in one .
Yep the rules analysts said he would assume all clocks would be in sync with each other.
Yep something is not adding up . If the review center clock is not in sync with stadium clock as many times as it starts and stops during a game by the end of the game you would think there would be more than 1second difference ?
Has there ever been a game actually overturned and the result changed … other than going back to take negate wins like cheating Ferentz or Cover-up specialist Paterno?
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