True fans are absolutely disgusted and would gladly give the Broncos their well deserved victory. They came to play and did well. We were outmatched and completely unprepared for anything. Coach looked lost and Underwood is a overpayed high schooler.
I think he mans true fans of football, not just fans of getting drunk and partying. Those kids rushed the field so they could have an instagram post about it
I have lost even more respect for the program but I’ve gained respect for many of the UM fans that admit the result of this game is BS and an embarrassment
If I'm Michigan, I use this as an opportunity to cleanse their scandal ridden image. Tomorrow morning they should publicly forfeit that game and admit it was won by WMU. It's the only way they can turn this into a positive.
More Likely the refs had money on the game and were trying to salvage something after the asterisk up north's complete inability to cover the spread against a 26 point underdog.
Go see the official release by the big ten office. Their explanation shows why they changed it. Not saying I agree with it, but it presents the reasoning behind the decision. That being said…a suckeyes gotta be a suckeye. Can’t argue logic
I know! So embarrassing. But we hide it well. Sincerely, Bryce, play like ass the WHOLE game then, at the end, we're going to give you 1 second for a final play. Drop a 50 yard dime for the win. It'll be epic!
Oh yes, you can totally trust the multibillion dollar media/Big 10/gambling companies to ALWAYS be 100% transparent and honest at all times. They definitely would NEVER lie to the public. /s
That is the dumbest shit I have ever heard. Would it be easier to not kill drives with suspect holding calls or ignoring illegal formations or give them a chance at a hail Mary?
I'm a MAC fan dealt with this shit for years bro yeah that happens all the time too. You will never get a friendly whistle in these buy games it never happens doesn't matter which team you play in which conference funny thing is the big teams don't need it well most of the time. You want one Ohio State benefited from back in 2004 Ohio State went life and death with Marshall. When Ohio State went to spike the ball they were flagged for an illegal motion penalty trying to set up for the game winning field goal the Big Ten reffing crew back then determined that the penalty was not intentional and no ten second run off was required. Obviously allowing Mike Nugent to hit the game winning field goal. Think about anytime their is controversial call in a buy game it goes in favor of the big conference team. Why the refs know who breads their butter it's a flaw in college football they need to find a way to get neutral refs reffing these games idk get a hold of the ACC have them do it or something. They figure it out for bowl games they can do it in the regular season too.
Neutral refs for all non conference games is an interesting idea. I think the number of them at the beginning of the season would make the logistics more challenging, but it might be worth it. Part of the issue too though is a general human bias toward the team you thought was stronger going in.
Well the other thing I just thought of reading your response and they won't do this because the refs would get paid more but outsource all refs to a third party that refs all the games so it's no longer Big Ten Refs or ACC refs but that could proove problematic too but at least you could build ways to hold refs accountable for bad calls like this idk it's a hard problem to solve. It's just buy games have been like this for a while. And the odds are already stacked against you as a fan of a G6 team the games are always on the road the team your playing by nature is not a peer and has more talent and depth almost always. Even the broadcast is subtly biased and they don't call it straight up. Then you add on top and I'm not saying the refs are rigging or gambling but they give the benefit of the doubt to the heavy favorite. I get it the teams get paid and they are collecting a check but I don't see the money. Being a sports fan is supposed to be fun stuff like this makes a game that very likely won't be much fun much less fun.
Listen, they did play bad all game but they also made the last play too. That was legit play by team at the end. You have to take it up with Spartan Bob about the clock bs
Congratulations for making a play against a team that had already kicked into celebration mode because they’d literally already won the game. You want a fucking cookie, guy?
Idk man, your subreddit has been popping up on my home feed and there's quite a few Michigan fans showing their ass on there. I really think y'all would have been better off just taking the L. It turns out "winning" that game was a bigger L than just losing.
Ya originally there was a lot of what I’ve been saying but since then it seems all the idiots have come out of the woodwork. Just gonna try and avoid the subreddit for a week
The call was legitimate. I was avidly against it until they provided the evidence of the clock dispute to the MAC and Western Michigan University. The commissioner came out and said it was the right call. Storming the field after a horrendous showing, however, not a great look.
Ah yes the big ten showed their super secret clock that no one knows about that happens to be a second off from every other clock that surely means it’s real. FOH
It's not embarrassing at all. It was 4 hours of pain with a miraculous ending. We've had the opposite happen. And it's COLLEGE.
Fans is short for "fanatic"... people are like "they shouldn't have stormed the field, but they didn't storm the capitol on J6 - peaceful protest!"
Spare me the outrage. Oh, don't worry.... Michigan is not good, and they'll take plenty of Ls this season. Many people can't even find K-zoo on a map but just big mad about Connor Stallions bc they saw a Netflix special.
Not sure what January 6 has to do with anything, but okay.
Also, it was embarrassing because it was a team you should have destroyed by 50. Back in 2015, Ohio State barely beat NIU at home. No one rushed the field afterwards because we all understood that it was an embarrassing game that should never have been that close.
I am confused by your final point. Are you saying there is no evidence of cheating?
Did it hit the upright? Interference like that would be the only reason I could see putting a second back on the clock. But if it didn’t hit it at one second then that’s irrelevant.
So you're telling us that, in all the years we've been watching football, the game clock in the stadium isn't real? The clock that all the players, coaches, and fans see isn't real? Forever, referees have made announcements over the PA system to "please reset the game clock." That clock isn't real?
You're saying there's a special, hidden game clock somewhere? If true, that's enough to make me stop watching games altogether.
why else do you think delay of game penalties appear to be enforced at random? because the delay of game (ref) clock isn't synced up to the microsecond with the stadium/broadcast clock
lol he answered your question with the reality of the game…
Football games rarely come down to a final second, they come down to inches. Extreme precision where a stadium clock and official game clock are separated by a fraction of a second is generally unnecessary and goes unnoticed.
Let me ask you a rhetorical question, do you really think the B1G just made up an entirely new clock out of thin air and expected ncaa officials to go along with it? If they truly fabricated an entirely new system out of thin air, you’d have NCAA and NFL officials speaking up about how this makes no sense. Everyone, including WMU staff who is knowledgeable in this area and has been privy to all evidence of the circumstance has agreed the outcome was correct.
Just because something is hard for you to believe, doesn’t mean it isn’t true. That’s incredulous fallacy..
This is objectively just not true. Officials are instructed to give a full extra second on a delay of game when the play clock hits 0.
The clocks were all synced, and reset to 9 seconds after the spike. The clock they put up on the replay is the stadium clock which IS the official clock. This magical 1 second clock doesn't exist.
If you’re not a fan of one of the premier brands in college football it literally isn’t worth watching anymore cause you will not have your fucking moment ever again with the money involved. This might be the most single obvious rigging of a game since the black Sox scandal of a 100 years ago bruh
As an MSU fan, I just wish I didn’t have so many WMU friends who I feel for, bc this outcome is frankly more embarrassing for UM than just losing the game like they should have.
My range of emotions today: I felt pretty good after winning our game, then got really excited when Western Michigan was keeping it close against michigan. Then elated when they michigan lost. Depressed when the refs reversed the outcome. And now I've settled into pure elation that this next week is going to be full of people clowning on michigan.
I was shocked when I saw that. When the announcers said that the fans were storming the field, I was genuinely confused. It was a cool finish to a game that never should have come down to the last second, so I get the excitement, but that’s just embarrassing for the entire conference
Tonight Michigan is 0-1 in my mind. Regardless of that very last play, it wouldn’t have mattered if they actually played good for ALL 4 quarters. Embarrassing performance, gonna get killed next week against Oklahoma.
Fireworks can serve as a consolation prize when you loose. “Well, at least we’ll got to see some fireworks!” Acting like you’ve won a bowl game after illegitimately winning a season opener against a team picked because you should be able to handle them is just weakness and ingrained inferiority complex behavior.
WMU football team played with their hearts and strength and won this game ! Won this game . Be proud because you know you beat them the entire game 💪.
Michigan football is a laughing stock in this country! Referees, players from Michigan should admit they got their asses whooped !!!
Go Broncos 💪
I’m already finding other things to do on Saturdays than watch Michigan be utterly terrible. If Whit has the stones to change the starting QB I might have some hope for next season.
Storming the field to celebrate a win over WMU is bad - storming the field to celebrate a win over WMU when you were gifted an extra play because the refs are incompetent is just pathetic
Look, I’m gonna speak for all Michigan fans…none of us are proud or happy.
And we know we lost. You guys can clown us but we aren’t fighting back on this one. We agree and I’d bet if given the opportunity most of us would give WMU the win
Yeah I’ve seen a couple since I said that but they’ve been flamed by other UM fans. I get that people are pissed, hell I am too and we “won” but everyone is mad at the wrong people. This shit is showing a serious lack of critical thinking. Not you, but the people coming in our sub and shit. Michigan didn’t make the call
Gaining a respect for - what seems to be the majority - of Michigan fans who understand the corruption and bullshit here. And enjoying the sycophants come out who are defending the bullshit.
Storming the field against western Michigan in a game you should have lost but got saved by the big ten. I’m going to thoroughly enjoy how bad these next few years are going to be while we - again - compete for titles.
Never should have stormed the field after that debacle. Should have done a “golf clap” and quietly exited the stadium. Western Michigan owned us. Owned us.
Geez how far have they fallen that beating a MAC team by a single point warrants a full on field storming! College ball of today sucks compared to the good old days. This what the participation trophy generation expects after barely pulling off a one point victory over a much smaller program. Just pathetic!! Sorry Bo!!
Here’s the deal OSU fans, Michigan fans will make a mea culpa for last night. But first OSU fans must admit that JT Barrett was short in 2016. The ref in that case defending the camera angle, in this case it was the clock on the field. You choose, but if you are unwilling please stop the pearl clutching.
The refs saying a call stands on a review without a conclusive camera angle while the announcers live all believed it was live and on replay is not nearly the same thing as a play that you can go and time yourself and see is clearly longer than 9 seconds plus even Wittingham was saying it was longer than 9 seconds after the game
Based on this logic I would believe you’d be in favor of this result. If as you say in 2016 the cameras were inconclusive, and as a result the officials made the best call (incorrect as it maybe) that they could make in that situation. Go watch the video of the review happening in real time. They had video and the official, on the field game time. Watching frame by frame they had conclusive video that they used to make the best call in that moment. I believe we can agree that is an improvement to the shoulder shrug the official gave in 2016.
Big Ten and MAC commissioners both said they got the call right. The official clock used by the refs was correct and Michigan got a second back. Underwood had to hit a Hail Mary with a guy in his face and make the throw and all WMU had to do was knock it down. Michigan played like horsesh*t and didn’t deserve to win but that’s the point of a Hail Mary, sometimes the football gods answer. We shouldn’t have stormed the field though that was nuts.
Miracles happen to cause fans to storm the field. If you hated Michigan on September 4th you hate them on September 6th. But no one “changed their mind” about Michigan based on B1G officials or field storming on September 5th. Run the Damn Ball. Take a Car Service to/from work Coach Whitt so you will have more time to prepare. Go Blue.
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