UMich v Iowa - pass play called a fumble

[blion72]

UMich leading 10-0 and Iowa has ball inside their 10. Pass play is close to being a fumble or incomplete. Play is called incomplete and whistle blows, so nobody chases ball. Then a UMich guy picks up the ball and handles to ref. Play is reviewed and turned into a fumble but since whistle blew play stops. Refs then call fumble and recovery by guy who picks up ball. Iowa complains and gets a sideline PF for half the distance penalty. This gave UM and easy TD.

Iowa was not going to win this game (we beat them 31-0), but do not understand how this could be turned into a fumble.

anyone understand the rule? i would think since whistle blew there cannot be a review.

 

[MrTailgate]

That was hilarious and utterly ridiculous. You can see the ref blowing the whistle and saying incomplete. You can call it a fumble all day every day, but the clear recovery is the MI guy picking the ball up after the whistle blew and handing it to the ref. It’s not the fumble, it’s the recovery which you didn’t have. You’re right, Iowa got screwed but they were never going to score anyway.

 

[Bvillebaron]

That was hilarious and utterly ridiculous. You can see the ref blowing the whistle and saying incomplete. You can call it a fumble all day every day, but the clear recovery is the MI guy picking the ball up after the whistle blew and handing it to the ref. It’s not the fumble, it’s the recovery which you didn’t have. You’re right, Iowa got screwed but they were never going to score anyway.

Despise Michigan but after seeing the initial replay I thought it looked closer than I originally thought. Having said that I couldn’t believe they reversed the call. On second thought I should have known better; hard to imagine a close call being reversed in Michigan’s favor.

 

[blion72]

That was hilarious and utterly ridiculous. You can see the ref blowing the whistle and saying incomplete. You can call it a fumble all day every day, but the clear recovery is the MI guy picking the ball up after the whistle blew and handing it to the ref. It’s not the fumble, it’s the recovery which you didn’t have. You’re right, Iowa got screwed but they were never going to score anyway.

that is what i thought. i did not know you could reverse a call given a whistle blew. i did not know it was even reviewable. When I asked the Bing search engine, it said it was NOT reviewable.

 

[Big_O]

I absolutely laughed at that decision. B10 officiating at its best. The referines strike again. Not surprising at all after witnessing all the sh!+ calls that have gone against Penn State since joining the B10. It’s calls like this I expect to see in any B10 game PSU plays in.

 

[ManxomeLion]

UMich leading 10-0 and Iowa has ball inside their 10. Pass play is close to being a fumble or incomplete. Play is called incomplete and whistle blows, so nobody chases ball. Then a UMich guy picks up the ball and handles to ref. Play is reviewed and turned into a fumble but since whistle blew play stops. Refs then call fumble and recovery by guy who picks up ball. Iowa complains and gets a sideline PF for half the distance penalty. This gave UM and easy TD.

Iowa was not going to win this game (we beat them 31-0), but do not understand how this could be turned into a fumble.

anyone understand the rule? i would think since whistle blew there cannot be a review.

Yeah, one of the worst calls I've seen by a Big officiating crew in a while and that is saying something. It would have been fine had they not blown the call dead with the whistle, ruled a fumble and let it stand or reverse it. The issue isn't nearly as much whether the hand/arm was going forward as it was the fact that they blew the whistle then the ball was recovered. Stopped watching after that as Iowa technically had life down 10-0 but down three scores....never.
I'm curious how the new blood in the conference is going to be treated by the officiating in their new conference. They're going to have to "adjust". Witovet and Honig may be gone, but if the scheduling and UM penalties are an indication, the big two culture lives on.

 

[Erial_Lion]

Michigan recovered the fumble in the continuing action of the play. Calling it a fumble and giving it to Michigan was the correct call.

 

[Woodpecker]

That will have interesting ramifications with both teams scrambling to recover balls after plays are whistled dead.

 

[Erial_Lion]

That will have interesting ramifications with both teams scrambling to recover balls after plays are whistled dead.

It’s been a rule for several years, at both the college and pro level.