I'm sure I'm biased but it definitely seemed like the Iowa OLine got away with a lot of holds
F*** The Refs!
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Questionable officiating calls are just part of football at every level. Fans that lose immediately whine about “bad” calls which is exactly what I have Iowa fans always go to when ISU wins. I expect our Special Teams coach will get an earful from CMC concerning why our punt receiver was reaching for the ball, he should have not been near that ball.
As I have shared now multiple times in the last couple days, it was very clearly catch interference by iowa. Not kind of. Not well, it was close and I could see it being called both ways. No, it was very clear and obvious catch interference. It's an easy call 100 times out of 100. Which is why the official three the flag instantly. He saw it, noticed it, correctly and instantly reacted with a flag because it was such an easy and obvious thing to call.
The decision for another official to run in and huddle with that official, and then decide to pick up the flag, making it so there is no official penalty on record, was very purposeful. They know specifically what situations are reviewable and are not reviewable.
Iowa was extremely desperate and it was clear they were on the verge of an ass beating. So "fate" intervened. Funny the timing!
Call me a pessimist or a negative strategist, but that first down call for Iowa where the ref 'left' his position to stop aggressive post play activity and (corrected after watching the replay) he dropped his bean bag well before the yard to gain. Oddly, however, when he got back he just picked it up. There must be some rule that says if you have to leave your position, you defer judgement to another ref. But, if that's the case, why even drop your bean bag? A very odd sequence of events.
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I mean this is an ultra biased take on everything verging into a conspiracy theory that the refs tried to rig the game because Iowa was "on the verge of an ass beating" in the first quarter of a 6-0 game.
I normally think it evens out, but it seemed every questionable call went their way on Saturday.
Meh. The kid called for a fair catch and when he did so there wasn't any one near him. He was concentrating on catching the ball when he was ran into.
To paraphrase Kirk, "In the Big 12, that would have been interference."
There was a play on Iowa's long third qtr drive where our DE clearly turned to run and the Iowa lineman had his jersey. No call and it couldn't have been more obvious. That could have been a huge play and kept points off the board.
He called fair catch and was in perfect position to catch the ball until... checks notes... he was clearly interfered with.
You on not biased on that... they did get away with a TON of holds.
The issue I have with the whole kick catch interreference is that they got rid of the halo rule. Iowa absolutely coaches these guys to get as close as possible to make the receiver uncomfortable. I'm not saying the halo rule was perfect but the coverage teams are getting away with getting way too close IMO.
I don't necessarily disagree. Where I struggle is picking up the flag. The ref closest to the play saw interference. The replay didn't show anything that would disprove the original call of interference. So why do we have refs from worse angles convincing another ref that what he saw was wrong?
It was a close call but if I were an Iowa fan the one call I’d be pissed about is I did think that one pass to flat from Rocco was backwards and a 5 yard loss.
Everything else was Iowa favors all day including holding and pi major discrepancies depending on the team. Teams were chippy all game and at least the unsportsmanlike calls evened 1:1. On our unsportsmanlike it was clear Iowa players were chippy too, maybe same case on theirs, who knows.
The biggest favor they gifted Iowa was probably when Gron got stuffed and they gave him a 3rd down conversion for no reason.
FWIW it did look like it grazed X’s hand/wrist when they slowed it frame by frame. It was likely enough to make it “inconclusive”. I’m not a fan of 3 minute forensics on these reviews. Take a look and make a call.
That said, he was clearly interfered with by the Iowa player so it should’ve been a non issue.
That said, he was clearly interfered with by the Iowa player so it should’ve been a non issue.
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Rocco is standing on the 28-yard line when he turns to throw, the ball skips on the 29-yard line.
It's where the ball is released though, still forward and they got it right IMO, but it's pretty darn close.
Chains ARE technology you know
While 50/50 calls favored Iowa and I thought there were a few obvious holding calls on the Iowa OL that weren't called (especially the final 4th down play), stuff like that will happen. Mentally tough teams will overcome adversity. And this team is mentally tough
But we also didn't do ourselves favors. There were missed opportunities which had no impact on officiating. There were a few passes I thought were dropped or passes that I felt should had been caught in the first half that really would pulled Iowa State well ahead. Also, each time we scored a TD in the K-State game and the Iowa game the opponent scored a TD of their own on the ensuing possession. It's hard to build momentum when that occurs. Hopefully we can clean up those issues going forward.
And I would bet we will get a game with favorable calls. Just have to take advantage of the calls when they occur
But we also didn't do ourselves favors. There were missed opportunities which had no impact on officiating. There were a few passes I thought were dropped or passes that I felt should had been caught in the first half that really would pulled Iowa State well ahead. Also, each time we scored a TD in the K-State game and the Iowa game the opponent scored a TD of their own on the ensuing possession. It's hard to build momentum when that occurs. Hopefully we can clean up those issues going forward.
And I would bet we will get a game with favorable calls. Just have to take advantage of the calls when they occur
The hold on Iowa QB biggest run was obvious. We could not get separation from blocker because he was held until 2 million dollar boy got passed him.
