sure luke probably fumbled
but also, spoon never committed dpi on his interception so i guess we're even now.
but also, spoon never committed dpi on his interception so i guess we're even now.
Illinois 50, Purdue 49 OT Postgame
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Agree. He’s shown he can be elite with elite talent. He would get that at Michigan.
Michigan accused Walter’s of stealing their signals
I think they got the call right based on available evidence, but man I thought that was game over. We are conditioned not to believe our eyes when it's a coin toss ruling.
Even more reason he's a proven "Michigan Man"
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
I find it hard to muster much sympathy on that point.
Well than that makes him a perfect fit
Eric Collins is hilarious, go watch his calls of the Hornets games. Dude is actually pretty funny especially when he actually IS a homer for someone.
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
One of the great hidden items about Bret making this program competitive and better, because the better team usually gets the benefit of the doubt when the video evidence is not 100% clear, and we are starting to be the better team more often now. See also the Seth Colman 'hit' out of bounds in the Nebraska game.
the referees are human , so they have real or perceived bias. you can’t deny that - but I’m not sure how & why , and your theory is one that could be true , but in years past Coleman (or our team ) gets called for that hit 9 out of 10 times .
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
Totally agree on the Coleman hit, and that was my point, we are getting some 'respect' (if that is the right word) from the officials today that we did not get a few years ago.
The unconscious bias is well-documented, and is not solely based on one factor; there are many reasons. The snip here is from a National Institutes of Health paper on the topic. I've highlighted the examples I feel are closest to my Michigan statements above.
I am not arguing here of a B1G conspiracy to keep the blue bloods blue (i.e. the pass interference call vs. Michigan that kept us out of the B1G championship a couple years ago). Rather this is just the unconscious bias that is similar to the ratings services nowadays - everyone that goes to Texas must be a four star, even if they weren't before Texas offered. That has been discussed here many times.
Meaning the Michigan (or Ohio State, or Oregon, etc.) player, on a disputed call and in the absence of clear video evidence otherwise, must have made the right decision / the better play / earned the outcome in his favor simply because he is a 'better' player by virtue of playing for the blue blood.
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