Big Ten officials

[Dukeslater21]

That looked like a Big Ten basketball game in which the defense is allowed to mug the offense with impunity. And the greatest example of all was absolutely egregious, one of the worst no-calls I've ever seen at any level of football in decades of playing, coaching, and watching the game. You know the one. The ISU defender grabs Ragaini's jersey, pulls him to the ground, and then stands there and catches McNamara's long pass. That's just plain BS. Instead of a long gain for the Hawkeyes, it becomes an ISU "interception." Instead of setting up a scoring drive, ISU has the ball. It could have turned the game around.

The announcers kept saying the officials "were letting them play." Sure. Just like they do in Big Ten basketball. LOL

Incidental contact is one thing, but literally tackling the receiver and then "intercepting" the ball is plainly against the rules. How you don't call that is beyond me. Which is why coaches should have TWO challenges per half to contest bad calls. That play takes 1 second to review and set right. So either give the coaches a chance to rectify obvious blunders, or improve the officiating to at least middle school level.

 

[KuwaitHawk]

Would a B12 crew called that PI? Is fact that it was a B10 crew “give benefit of the doubt “ to the non-B10 home team?

 

[DetroitHawkeye]

The announcers kept saying the officials "were letting them play." Sure. Just like they do in Big Ten basketball. LOL

Not just that, but one of the announcer kept on saying 'the strike zone was being called the same for both teams.' Maybe so, but just because the officials went all Angel Hernandez yesterday doesn't make it ok! On Cade's INT, the closest official to the play appeared to be about 20 yards away, slightly behind the play, and in the center of the field. I don't think anyone was in a better position to make the call, unfortunately. I'm sure if somebody has access to the All 22 angle they'll have a better sense of just how badly out of range the officials were on that play.

 

[Cidhawkeye]

Not just that, but one of the announcer kept on saying 'the strike zone was being called the same for both teams.' Maybe so, but just because the officials went all Angel Hernandez yesterday doesn't make it ok! On Cade's INT, the closest official to the play appeared to be about 20 yards away, slightly behind the play, and in the center of the field. I don't think anyone was in a better position to make the call, unfortunately. I'm sure if somebody has access to the All 22 angle they'll have a better sense of just how badly out of range the officials were on that play.

They probably weren’t expecting Iowa to throw deep and to a WR…..

 

[Dukeslater21]

Would a B12 crew called that PI? Is fact that it was a B10 crew “give benefit of the doubt “ to the non-B10 home team?

"Benefit of the doubt"? Did you watch the game? There was no "doubt" involved. It was textbook PI and the officials, who were from the Big Ten, ignored it. Simple as that.

 

[toddhawk]

Why is this a surprise to anyone? Every other year we watch the Big12 send officials into Iowa City and they are horrible. But that shouldn’t be a surprise anybody and why would they give us a break. But we see B1G officials every week. Does anyone really think they are going to be any better than what we see? It’s just one of the many facets of this “rivalry” that I detest.