Great game at the Alamo Bowl - Michigan 28, Nebraska 25, 6:49 left in the 4th

espn | 12/28/05 | Iam Notta Husker

[scott says]

Here Ya Go

[scott says]

In case you didn't find the list of ref crews on that site , here it is---
New Orleans (Arkansas St.-S. Mississippi) - Big East
GMAC (UTEP-Toledo) - SEC
Las Vegas (BYU-Cal) - C-USA
Poinsettia (Colorado St.-Navy) - MAC
Fort Worth (Kansas-Houston) - ACC
Hawaii (Central Florida-Nevada) - Mountain West
Motor City (Akron-Memphis) - Pac 10
Champs Sports (Clemson-Colorado) - Sun Belt
Insight (Arizona St.-Rutgers) - ACC
MPC Computers (Boise St.-Boston Coll.) - Big XII
Alamo (Michigan-Nebraska) - Sun Belt
Emerald (Utah-Ga. Tech) - MAC
Holiday (Oregon-Oklahoma) - Big Ten
Sun (Northwestern-UCLA) - WAC
Independence (S. Carolina-Missouri) - Pac 10
Music City (Minnesota-Virginia) - WAC
Peach (Miami-LSU) - Big XII
Meineke Car Care (S. Florida-N. Carolina St.) - Big Ten
Houston (Iowa St.-TCU) - Big East
Liberty (Tulsa-Fresno St.) - SEC
Cotton (Texas Tech-Alabama) - Mountain West
Outback (Iowa-Florida) - C-USA
Gator (Va. Tech-Louisville) - Big XII
Capital One (Auburn-Wisconsin) - ACC
Fiesta (Notre Dame-Ohio St.) - SEC
Sugar (Georgia-W. Virginia) - Pac 10
Orange (Penn St.-Florida St.) - Big East
Rose (Southern Cal-Texas) - Big Ten

[DugwayDuke]

"By rule no game can end on a defensive penalty, so Michigan still has one play left."

But the same is true for Michigan. Their players were also on the field. Offsetting penalties. I'm no rules expert but what happens then? Does the play stand or it's a do-over.?

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Ok - we have Mountain West. Do you have any info on them? Thanks for the list

[scott says]

I can't seem to find any info on the exact crew , names and such on that site. It is pretty interesting though, its an inside look at the refs---
Here is list of crew from last night---
Alamo Bowl

R-Jim Jackson
U-Rick Lowe
H-Cal McNeil
L-Pete Tao
S-Jeff Batts
F-Jamie Grant
B- Bill Sorah

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Something tells me none of those guy should visit Michigan anytime soon.......

[Husker8877]

I feel so bad for you, PhiKap, and WhyIs.

But mostly for you.

Sniff, sniff........

[Diddle E. Squat]

How ironic that Nebraska once again ends a season with a tainted victory handed to them by somebody, which ends up screwing Michigan again. First the writer's with a undeserving retirement gift in '97, and now incompetent refs.

Not Nebraska's fault that the ref's were so pathetic (and they also had some bad calls go against them), it was an impressive performance and comeback by the Cornhuskers. Virtually no chance that Michigan wins if the correct offsetting penalties were called after the final play. But what would have happened if Michigan had gotten the ball with the appropriate 1:30 left on the clock instead of :17 seconds? 2 timeouts having to be burned because idiot refs can't review critical close calls, then inexplicably taking an extra 10 seconds just standing over the ball instead of starting the snap clock. Not to mention the hold and pass interference no-call on the 4th down in the end zone. One or two of those happening is just the tough luck of football. 4 of them determining the game is pathetic.

For a Cornhusker to crow about this win is like a Dem pounding their chest over Gregorian's 'victory' in the WA gov.'s race (won after 3 recounts and 900 'found' ballots reversing the GOP's win.)

[Hatteras]

"...so when all those Nebraska players ran on the field while the play was still going, it had to be called as a penalty for too many men on the field."

I just viewed the clip on the ESPN website. Yes, Nebraska players and coaches ran onto the field but so did Michigan players and coaches. They even highlighted a couple of Michigan players who were on the field for the play and were standing there with hands on hips like they thought the game was over also.

With that said, I did watch the first half and a little into the second and thought the refs were horrible, (i.e. Michigan having to call a time out to allow the officals time to review the Nebraska non-catch in the endzone) but I also got a chuckle out of the color commentator, whoever he was, with a huge Michigan bias.

He was relatively calm when Nebraska had their first possesion and when Michigan got the ball for their first possession he was quite animated. At one point, he was talking about how the momentum had shifted and Michigan was taking control of the game and I looked up and it was 7-7 in the first quarter!

P.S. No dog in this fight or any bowl battle for that matter.

[andrew2527]

The color commentator was Kirk Herbstreet. He played Quarterback for Ohio State. I highly doubt he had a "Michigan bias."

[Husker8877]

Yeah, the Huskers have never had a win they deserved. All of the national championships and League titles over the years are tainted.

And the start of their comeback to prominence falls right into line as just another tainted victory.

Spoken like a true sore loser.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Naw, just keeping things in perspective. I didn't say they weren't good in '97 or '94, and IMHO they were undisputed champs in '95 when they pounded Spurrier's Florida (which was a joy to watch.)

But with the bogus system college football had of a beauty contest instead of playoffs, it is rare in any year to have an clearly undisputed mythical nat'l champion. I'm not convinced both USC and Texas would win out to meet in the title game in a 8, 12, or 16 team playoff system. Penn State might well have knocked one of them off (and I'm a Longhorn fan.)

[Husker8877]

Well said.