Spielman still talks about that game. I live in Dayton Ohio and I remember it like yesterday. What ever happened to those Refs? Were they fired because they should have been.
I have friends that were florida fans that were pissed off, not only at the thought that their team may have paid off the refs, but at the sheer fact that they won the game in the most unfair way possible. This whole game was a disgrace, there were other calls missed as well.
It's one thing when the announcers are calling out the bad calls but it's a completely different tone when the fans of the team that won this type of game are calling out these bad calls.
At first you’re like ok it’s rarely called on an offensive player but then u see the play and it’s like, did the ref just expose that they were betting against Iowa?!
Obviously rigged??? I mean a horribly called game I'll agree with but rigged. Come on now rigging games is a crime serviceable by prison so calling it rigged is a strong accusation.
Florida was the beneficiary of some horrible calls a few years later against Arkansas. Was so bad the officials got suspended. But Tebow/Fla was protected.
@@DWM2309 They literally called a facemask on the dude who got his mask yanked. I have no idea how you fuck that up unless you're deliberately trying to screw the other team
Hawkeye fan here. The refs in that game were from the Sun Belt conference and the NCAA has banned all of those refs from that game from officiating a Bowl game ever again. The Sun Belt conference was also banned from officiating with ANY crew for 5 years.
Joe Berven Texas fan here and I have to say that was the worst officiating I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. It’s great that the officiating crew from the Sunbelt conference got banned for this. This was outright ridiculous. When the play by play commentators are getting pissed off and in shock you know something is wrong with this picture. Someone got rich in Vegas
I love how even the commentators were getting pissed...I also feel big penalties that potentially change outcomes of games at pivotal moments should be reviewable.
Best use of the "let's just play flag football, no more tackling" line I've ever heard. Usually it's some cranky old guy complaining about the existence of rules designed for player safety. Spielman, however, was right on the money. This was a normal tackle that got kinda close to the head, and you can see the official thinking for a beat before deciding to throw the flag.
Why do I keep clicking on this every time it shows up in my recommended? One of the only videos on TH-cam that genuinely affects my mood after I put my phone down.
As a Cyclone fan who watched this game. I smirked part of the time thinking, "I like how the commentators think Iowa will get a break against a big name school like Florida." I wanted Iowa to win. This game was one of the worst officiated games of all time.
I remember this game well, as I watched it. Let me state that I am a Tennessee fan, my son is a Gator fan. I am not a fan of either Iowa, or Florida. To this day, I still remember that horrible facemask call, which still defies logic. How a ref can call a facemask penalty on the wrong person, is simply incredible. I remember telling my son about what a terrible call that was, and how his Gators got breaks the entire game. Also, the off-sides on the onside kick recovery. That entire game, Iowa had call after call, go against them, in a game they deserved to win. I agree...this was the worst officiated game in history. Florida always seems to get these...The "catch" which wasn't, against Tennessee, etc. But for an entire game, this one takes the blue ribbon for bad officiating.
Could not agree more. This buckeye fan has never seen anything like it. It was as if the refs had simply pre-ordained that Florida was the better team and so what was the point in actually calling things fair? Iowa though, was having none of it and kept playing hard.
@@mikeyoungblood1642 I'm getting sick and tired of you "woke heads" sports is not rigged it's entertainment so they go with the best narratives. People take sports almost religiously that's why people say "rigged" like what🤣 not understanding they're watching entertainment almost like a reality TV show.
@@mikeyoungblood1642 think, two years later Florida wins the natty. They had to build up Florida's championship journey narrative. It's all entertainment nothing more. Stop taking sports seriously 🤣🤣
The helmet to helmet that was not a helmet to helmet hit was funny because of how the announcer called, throw flags on everyone That's it no more tackling. That was hilarious. And yes this was probably the worst officiated game in the history of any sport.
This ranks up there with the officiating at the 2022 Alabama vs Tennessee game. After a performance like this, the refs should be banned from calling another game. Looks like a payoff for somebody somewhere.
No question whatsoever there was a payoff and the game was fixed. Bad calls happen but not like that. That was rigged. One call makes it obvious. 12 men on the field is a call that officials watch like hawks. The referee 5 feet from the 12th man running off of the field not calling it is so ridiculous you have to laugh at someone who doesn't think it was rigged. The only question is: "How much money did they make off of it?" 5 more ridiculous calls just add to the joke.
Rolo Tamase it's possible (don't know for sure) that he passed on calling the 12 people on the field because the official determined that the extra person did not interfere with the play. As for the face mask, well, there's no excuse for getting that call wrong. 15 yards going the wrong way does make me wonder what went on behind the scenes before this game. Did the league commissioner tell the officials to call the game this way? Did the head referee simply decide to tell his crew to call it as such? If the commissioner is at fault, then he or she was hopefully banned for life after this travesty. If the head ref was ah fault, then he definitely should never officiate any sporting events of any kind at any level in any way ever again.
it doesn't matter if the 12th man didint interfere in the play, ITS A PENALTY! There's no leway in the rule that allows an official to determine if the player did or did not effect play, IRRELEVANT! The wrong face mask call may be the worst call ever made. I don't understand why 88 just accepted it and did not go nuts, that was very strange.
@@dansugardude2655 I've seen many 12 men on the field calls where the player running out of bounds has literally only 1 toe inbounds. Cut the BS please!!!
I don't know if they did, but the NCAA should have looked into their bank accounts and other assets, or hire some (former) FBI agents with experience of tracking "under the radar" money.
Did anyone notice who the coach was in that game for Florida? That's right, the chosen one himself. Urban Meyer. Just like the calls he gets at OSU now. The guy is a good coach, but I've never seen a coach get so many favored calls. It's like he has 6 assistant coaches in every game. They are all wearing stripes.
As a missouri fan I am very touchy about horrible officiating and how it can ruin a game (the 5th down vs. colorado, the "kick" vs. nebraska) and in the case it is so incredibly bad that it looks as though the refs had a large sum of money at stake on this game. This game should torn from the sporting history book and the refs never allowed near a football field again.
As a FSU fan this made me sick to my stomache and I feel bad for Iowa. Heres to hoping you guys destroy Penn State this weekend. Iowa is what i consider one of the most underrated teams in the nation.
I was watching this wondering how in the hell an officiating crew could be so blatantly bias, then I saw/remembered that Urban Meyer was Florida’s coach at the time. We know he has a limitless checkbook. Absolute disgrace not just to college football, but to all sports in general.
I knew it would be Ron Cherry's crew before I even watched the video. His crew and Dave Witvoet's crew in the Big10 are the 2 worst officiating crews in college football and it isn't even close.
I have said this before, and I will say this again, they should make offsides on kick offs reviewable. It cost Iowa the game here, and UNC the game many years ago when they played Clemson in the ACC Championship.
Jeff B It's a shame when terrible officiating steals these great plays and accomplishments from student athletes that may never get a chance to play on the higher level. I don't usually use it as an excuse but in this case I have to agree worst officiating I have ever seen
Buckeye fan here. Holy shit I remember this game like it was yesterday. How could I not with all those horrible calls. At the time I was wondering if I was overreacting to all of it but I wasn't. Those bad calls were real. I actually thought the Iowa fans were going to riot at the end of the game.
I feel bad for Iowa fans now. If I were one I would have went damn near crazy during this game. Props for staying in the game though, considering you were playing 2 teams at one time.
this goes on at every alabama or auburn home game! it is so bad that official complaints were filed several times. schools have gone as far as to request that officials from the state of alabama not be allowed to call the games!
Oh my god were those refs paid off in that game? 3, 4 and 6 have to be some of the most brutal calls I've ever seen, and the fact that every call was made against Iowa makes that look extremely suspicious.
The coordinator of the CUSA refs admitted that 5 calls were under review. He specifically cited the onside kick penalty. 1)The rule at the time of this game was if the receiver was in bounds, catches the ball in the air, and the defender pushes him out of bounds, he would be called in bounds. 2)Roughing the kicker - first off, the ref called "running into the kicker" not "roughing" the former is a 5 yard penalty the latter is a 15 yarder. The kicker landed on the defender, not a penalty.
On the very first call, I’m not sure there is a force-out rule in college as there is in the pros (The reasoning being that you only need to get 1 foot in); but part of his body landed inbounds anyway so it was a catch.
Just to clarify on #1...at the time this game was played, if a receiver is to have caught the ball and is forced out while in the air, it is a reception. He clearly would have come down 2 yards in bounds. And he maintained possesion throughout...no he did not drop it chmoski. Later on they did away with the force out rule. These were Conference USA officials who either didn't play with the same rules as the rest of the country or the fix was in.
The dead giveaway was the sideline warning call. That was a set-up if they needed to call it later in the game, it would have actually cost Iowa yards.
What's sad is that Iowa got totally jipped and they still almost came back and tied the game. I wonder what Myer was thinking that whole game. I can't even imagine what it would have been like to be an Iowa fan during this game.
The calls in this game are so bad it's actually laughable. You know it's bad when the announcers, who are supposed to be objectionable to everything, are discussing it and going "WTF? Are you serious?"
Remember watching this game when I was 12 years old. One of the saddest days of my young life being a lifelong hawks fan. When they called that offside on the kickoff, that almost hurt as much as Bartman interfering with Alou in the 03' NLCS. No lie, I thought they were gonna tie it. Woulda had the ball of Florida's 48 with 1:22 left.. Tate coulda got in in for sure. :( oh well..
Truly disgusting I'm an SEC fan but this is highway robbery I remember this game couldn't believe my eyes and ears I heard that this game has been analyzed by hundreds of different referees committee members and so on and such forth truly unbelievable game clearly these guys hated Iowa in the Big ten but like I said on another comment Terry these guys are just like you and me they have their favorite teams and they have their teams that they can't stand it goes that way in all sports they are all referees and umpires are supposed to take an oath of non-partisanship but it doesn't work that way all the time it's the same way with announcers of games but just remember like I just said the umpires the referees they have their favorite teams and the teams they don't like or can't stand the most unbelievably bad called game in the history of not just college football of all sports combined
I'm a Gator fan and even I think these were bad calls (especially the "facemask" call). I was even at that game and couldn't believe the ref's bias toward us.
I was pretty young during this game but if i remember right, there were newspapers and articles with the headline of "Florida's 12th man." my mom was RAGING at the tv
What they need to do is "hold" the official's pay for the game until the NCAA has reviewed the game they officiated. If they don't pass, they don't get paid for that game. No hotel reimbursement, car rental, nothing! Its not rocket science. That would be a sure way to keep them honest and from tilting odds on games when there's so much money involved. There is no way they would have passed with this game! Of course....the NCAA was probably the people telling the officials how to call the game anyway.
FYI - there is no push out rule in college football when catching a pass near the sideline, and it looks like (to me) that the Iowa players helmet is breaking the plane on that onside kick
How many unreal calls go against one team before someone seeing this that Iowa was robbed bad Check out Face Mask and Onside kick at end despite it Iowa came all the way back and had a chance to win Even Chris Spielma said it was unreal and he is no fan of Iowa
Estel Walker shit anyone with a brain knew that this game was terribly officiated. That penalty with facemask to facemask was gonna be called regardless due to somewhat of a late hit, but that facemask penalty on Iowa's WR Solomon?? Ohh boy WTF was that?? Yep someone got rich that day..
Man I never watched this game. Some of the worst calls I have ever seen. 12 men on the field?? Come on ref, WTF? I hate it went the Ref controls the outcome of a game. Damn Florida refs
This makes me seethe with rage to this day. I will never rout for Florida or Urban Meyer under any circumstances for the rest of my life because of this game. And I still don't know what happened to these refs after this scam.
To those wondering if these officials were fired, they were. I believe 6 lost their jobs. I know wikipedia as well as another sports news site stated they did.
I remember getting up on New Years Day and turning this game on. I saw everyone of these bad calls but kept wondering if they really were or were things just that close! They really that bad and I remember the Iowa fans looked they were ready to storm the field and tackle the refs. I've never seen fans anywhere that upset and rightly so. Recall that Iowa had completely demolished Florida the year before so you had to wonder if the refs were trying like hell to allow the Gators vengeance. In any case this game was the worst anybody had ever seen as far as officiating went. I think even Florida's fans were stunned.
Referee union trying to explain away the calls: Call #1: "He landed out of bounds, it's incomplete, you don't know where he would have landed if he'd come down." Call #2: "There are too many players to see, so obviously the ref made the right call". Call #3: "Concussions are a big problem in football, that's why the helmet-to-helmet rule is in place." Call #4: "Grow up you baby." Call #5: "Oh he got the first down without the penalty, the fact that you complain about the missed call means you're just trying to find calls you don't like." Call #6: "Mark Emerrrrrrt! They're abusing the officials!" Listen, I'm one of the first people who gets mad when someone disrespects the ref for a tough call, they're (usually) doing the best they can. But it's not a one-way street. The flip side is that there's gotta be some official accountability.
Willie Boyd did you even watch the damn video? The ONLY questionable call was the catch out of bounds. Id say 50/50 he gets his foot down if not carried out. But the REST OF THIS LIST YOU HAVE IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! Say what you will someone got paid !
I think all three of you are confused... these calls were ALL terrible (as New Username said, MAYBE the first call, the out-of-bounds one, has a point). The refs messed them up. The defending comments (e.g. "There are too many players to see, so obviously the ref made the right call") do not reflect how I see it, they're meant to mock the calls (which is why I put them in quotation marks)
Just to clear up the push rule... The NFL had a push out rule, the NCAA never did. The NCAA has a carry out rule. This rule is only applied when a player catches the ball in the air and is "obviously held before being carried in any direction". the play in question is clearly a push and was ruled correctly by the ref.
Was there an investigation into this absolute atrocity?! I don't even remember hearing anything about this and the evidence is overwhelming that, at the very least, something's not right with all the bad calls, blatantly bad calls, going against only the 1 team!
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I like how the announcers just keep getting more and more pissed off.
There's nothing to like about this video and the officiating
chris spielman is pretty much always pissed off.
If the announcers are pissed, you know it's really fucked up.
Spielman still talks about that game. I live in Dayton Ohio and I remember it like yesterday. What ever happened to those Refs? Were they fired because they should have been.
@@gregj831 They retired on the money they made betting on the same game.
I have friends that were florida fans that were pissed off, not only at the thought that their team may have paid off the refs, but at the sheer fact that they won the game in the most unfair way possible. This whole game was a disgrace, there were other calls missed as well.
Very true statement
Agree- there were some bad calls/no calls for PI in 1 st half
It's one thing when the announcers are calling out the bad calls but it's a completely different tone when the fans of the team that won this type of game are calling out these bad calls.
Facemask against the offense was priceless.
At first you’re like ok it’s rarely called on an offensive player but then u see the play and it’s like, did the ref just expose that they were betting against Iowa?!
The most obviously rigged game by the officials I have ever seen. That was absolutely pathetic and it was STILL close.
Obviously rigged??? I mean a horribly called game I'll agree with but rigged. Come on now rigging games is a crime serviceable by prison so calling it rigged is a strong accusation.
Florida was the beneficiary of some horrible calls a few years later against Arkansas. Was so bad the officials got suspended. But Tebow/Fla was protected.
No question but that the horrific officiating gave the game to Florida.
@@DWM2309 They literally called a facemask on the dude who got his mask yanked. I have no idea how you fuck that up unless you're deliberately trying to screw the other team
There should have been an investigation. Never seen anything like it, that I can recall. But to question their own would open a can of worms.
Im not even an Iowa fan, and I cannot watch this. It makes my skin crawl.
Hawkeye fan here. The refs in that game were from the Sun Belt conference and the NCAA has banned all of those refs from that game from officiating a Bowl game ever again. The Sun Belt conference was also banned from officiating with ANY crew for 5 years.
Florida fan here. Terrible calls, and damn, Sun Belt refs suck xD
Joe Berven Texas fan here and I have to say that was the worst officiating I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. It’s great that the officiating crew from the Sunbelt conference got banned for this. This was outright ridiculous. When the play by play commentators are getting pissed off and in shock you know something is wrong with this picture. Someone got rich in Vegas
good as they should
That would have drove me crazy watching it
I figured they were ACC refs.
I love how even the commentators were getting pissed...I also feel big penalties that potentially change outcomes of games at pivotal moments should be reviewable.
God I love Spielman commentating, his anger is noticeable and hilarious. I couldn't imagine being next to him in the booth, "NO MORE TACKLING!"
Best use of the "let's just play flag football, no more tackling" line I've ever heard. Usually it's some cranky old guy complaining about the existence of rules designed for player safety. Spielman, however, was right on the money. This was a normal tackle that got kinda close to the head, and you can see the official thinking for a beat before deciding to throw the flag.
That's really getting close to criminal ineptitude...
This crew had absolutely no business at all on a football field! They couldn't officiated a Pop Warner game.
Why do I keep clicking on this every time it shows up in my recommended? One of the only videos on TH-cam that genuinely affects my mood after I put my phone down.
First 3 are questionable. Last 3 definitely make it clear refs had it out for Iowa.
Jamal Carter the 12 man on field penalty was probably let go because the extra player did not interfere with the play.
So? You see that call made countless times a year. Teams hurry to snap it when they see guys running off just to get a flag.
@@dansugardude2655 Because he didn't interfere with the play?? Please show us where it says that in the rule book! Lame excuse, dude!
None of them were questionable. They were all patently terrible calls.
@@dansugardude2655 this guy obviously doesn’t know anything about football
The refs definitely got paid off to secure a bowl win for Urban Meyer and his legacy.
JakeGraceAndGlory clueless, lmao. Nothing to do with Urban
As a Cyclone fan who watched this game. I smirked part of the time thinking, "I like how the commentators think Iowa will get a break against a big name school like Florida." I wanted Iowa to win. This game was one of the worst officiated games of all time.
I'm a Gator fan, but what were these calls LOL.
I remember this game well, as I watched it. Let me state that I am a Tennessee fan, my son is a Gator fan. I am not a fan of either Iowa, or Florida. To this day, I still remember that horrible facemask call, which still defies logic. How a ref can call a facemask penalty on the wrong person, is simply incredible. I remember telling my son about what a terrible call that was, and how his Gators got breaks the entire game. Also, the off-sides on the onside kick recovery. That entire game, Iowa had call after call, go against them, in a game they deserved to win. I agree...this was the worst officiated game in history. Florida always seems to get these...The "catch" which wasn't, against Tennessee, etc. But for an entire game, this one takes the blue ribbon for bad officiating.
Could not agree more. This buckeye fan has never seen anything like it. It was as if the refs had simply pre-ordained that Florida was the better team and so what was the point in actually calling things fair? Iowa though, was having none of it and kept playing hard.
I’m really sorry to hear your son is a Florida fan. My condolences😂😂
Rigged game.
Nobody in their right mind could argue those calls weren't intentional.
I agree completely. This buckeye fan has never seen anything like that before or since.
Yeah let’s rig the outback bowl lol
@@willhopson1277 ever heard of gambling and betting on sports?
@@mikeyoungblood1642 I'm getting sick and tired of you "woke heads" sports is not rigged it's entertainment so they go with the best narratives. People take sports almost religiously that's why people say "rigged" like what🤣 not understanding they're watching entertainment almost like a reality TV show.
@@mikeyoungblood1642 think, two years later Florida wins the natty. They had to build up Florida's championship journey narrative. It's all entertainment nothing more. Stop taking sports seriously 🤣🤣
Someone had money on this game
this video pissed me off so much about their calling.
I remember how pissed I was after this game
Gators must had paid that ref or he had a bet on the side. 😂
the whole florida team probably sucked him off before the game
I was gonna say it's just a salty Iowa fan, but this was just bad.
The helmet to helmet that was not a helmet to helmet hit was funny because of how the announcer called, throw flags on everyone That's it no more tackling. That was hilarious. And yes this was probably the worst officiated game in the history of any sport.
Ill always remember this game for the onside kick but i was 10 so thats all i remember. This game was much worse than I thought
grow up
and then pop of
pip squeak
what is your mom doing?
Puffytaco=fattwat
Was expecting a bunch of calls from different games. But all these calls in the same game against the same team? Somethings not right here!
This ranks up there with the officiating at the 2022 Alabama vs Tennessee game. After a performance like this, the refs should be banned from calling another game. Looks like a payoff for somebody somewhere.
what kinda shit is that?? Really hope those refs got fired.
SteveRocksOut stfu bitch
SteveRocksOut they probably got a nice payday for that
Man iowa almost beat the Florida Refs
No question whatsoever there was a payoff and the game was fixed. Bad calls happen but not like that. That was rigged. One call makes it obvious. 12 men on the field is a call that officials watch like hawks. The referee 5 feet from the 12th man running off of the field not calling it is so ridiculous you have to laugh at someone who doesn't think it was rigged. The only question is: "How much money did they make off of it?" 5 more ridiculous calls just add to the joke.
Ya seriously
Rolo Tamase it's possible (don't know for sure) that he passed on calling the 12 people on the field because the official determined that the extra person did not interfere with the play.
As for the face mask, well, there's no excuse for getting that call wrong.
15 yards going the wrong way does make me wonder what went on behind the scenes before this game. Did the league commissioner tell the officials to call the game this way? Did the head referee simply decide to tell his crew to call it as such? If the commissioner is at fault, then he or she was hopefully banned for life after this travesty. If the head ref was ah fault, then he definitely should never officiate any sporting events of any kind at any level in any way ever again.
it doesn't matter if the 12th man didint interfere in the play, ITS A PENALTY! There's no leway in the rule that allows an official to determine if the player did or did not effect play, IRRELEVANT! The wrong face mask call may be the worst call ever made. I don't understand why 88 just accepted it and did not go nuts, that was very strange.
@@dansugardude2655 I've seen many 12 men on the field calls where the player running out of bounds has literally only 1 toe inbounds. Cut the BS please!!!
I don't know if they did, but the NCAA should have looked into their bank accounts and other assets, or hire some (former) FBI agents with experience of tracking "under the radar" money.
I bet whoever was in charge of making sure Florida won was shitting themselves when Iowa still almost won anyway.
Did anyone notice who the coach was in that game for Florida? That's right, the chosen one himself. Urban Meyer. Just like the calls he gets at OSU now. The guy is a good coach, but I've never seen a coach get so many favored calls. It's like he has 6 assistant coaches in every game. They are all wearing stripes.
lol true. This is coming from a Florida fan
so true
I remember this game. It was ridiculous and clearly bias and I’m not a fan of either team.
I think the ref was trying to fix the game... All of those calls were just down right horrible
As a missouri fan I am very touchy about horrible officiating and how it can ruin a game (the 5th down vs. colorado, the "kick" vs. nebraska) and in the case it is so incredibly bad that it looks as though the refs had a large sum of money at stake on this game. This game should torn from the sporting history book and the refs never allowed near a football field again.
This must be the same crew that did the NFC Championship Game with this Rams and the Saints
Whats even more incredible is that Iowa was called for 8 penalties and Florida had none
It's not enough for the SEC teams to be at home, they also need the referees to rig the game in order to beat Iowa.
They weren''t SEC refs...
Never said they were
Iowa sucks dude!!! No one needs any help beating there ass.
How's LSU doing in their conference race this year?
Daniel Allen obviously Florida did lol
Now Iowa gets a rematch this year
JRClutch and got destroyed go gators
Iowa lost ha
JRClutch go state
Isaiah Fisher at least we made a bowl game that year
holy crap, as a HAWKEYES I have never seen this, that was insane bad calls. Especially the offsides at the end when Iowa would have tied it! WOW
Iowa vs Florida has to be the most rigged game in College Football history
As a FSU fan this made me sick to my stomache and I feel bad for Iowa. Heres to hoping you guys destroy Penn State this weekend. Iowa is what i consider one of the most underrated teams in the nation.
you can hear the announcer noticing it more and more. going from "thats certainly an arguement Iowa could make" to "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?"
I don't like Iowa but those refs were on every drug imaginable.
Beesweet Eugene
This type of stuff is an embarrassment to the sport.
I was watching this wondering how in the hell an officiating crew could be so blatantly bias, then I saw/remembered that Urban Meyer was Florida’s coach at the time. We know he has a limitless checkbook. Absolute disgrace not just to college football, but to all sports in general.
12 men on the field was so sweet cause the ref was right in from of him lol.
Iowa fans are so used to this. Just wtch our game againt NW this last saterday
There is nothing in the same universe as this game when it comes to officiating. NOTHING!!!
I knew it would be Ron Cherry's crew before I even watched the video.
His crew and Dave Witvoet's crew in the Big10 are the 2 worst officiating crews in college football and it isn't even close.
I have said this before, and I will say this again, they should make offsides on kick offs reviewable. It cost Iowa the game here, and UNC the game many years ago when they played Clemson in the ACC Championship.
One of my favorite quotes by Spielman. "That's it, no more tackling!"
'Worst officiating?' That was clearly just a sham.
Jeff B
It's a shame when terrible officiating steals these great plays and accomplishments from student athletes that may never get a chance to play on the higher level. I don't usually use it as an excuse but in this case I have to agree worst officiating I have ever seen
Buckeye fan here. Holy shit I remember this game like it was yesterday. How could I not with all those horrible calls. At the time I was wondering if I was overreacting to all of it but I wasn't. Those bad calls were real. I actually thought the Iowa fans were going to riot at the end of the game.
I feel bad for Iowa fans now. If I were one I would have went damn near crazy during this game. Props for staying in the game though, considering you were playing 2 teams at one time.
this goes on at every alabama or auburn home game! it is so bad that official complaints were filed several times. schools have gone as far as to request that officials from the state of alabama not be allowed to call the games!
I remember this game well. This is what happens when you let small conference officials work a game that is way over their head.
The refs had a contract with the SEC....
"Yes sir, the check is in the mail...."
Anytime I see games like this, I’ve gotta wonder what the betting was like and how much did the ref’s get paid…
Why is Ron Cherry in so many of these bad calls.
that facemask call is by far the worst call i have ever seen in any sport. thats where it goes from "bad game from the ref" to "who paid them off?"
that's sec for u cheat to win
Oh my god were those refs paid off in that game? 3, 4 and 6 have to be some of the most brutal calls I've ever seen, and the fact that every call was made against Iowa makes that look extremely suspicious.
anyone get the names of those guys. 10 years of aggression ready to dish out
I am amazed by how many kids just don't know that the forceout was a rule for a longggg time, I'm only 18 and I remember it.
The coordinator of the CUSA refs admitted that 5 calls were under review. He specifically cited the onside kick penalty. 1)The rule at the time of this game was if the receiver was in bounds, catches the ball in the air, and the defender pushes him out of bounds, he would be called in bounds.
2)Roughing the kicker - first off, the ref called "running into the kicker" not "roughing" the former is a 5 yard penalty the latter is a 15 yarder. The kicker landed on the defender, not a penalty.
On the very first call, I’m not sure there is a force-out rule in college as there is in the pros (The reasoning being that you only need to get 1 foot in); but part of his body landed inbounds anyway so it was a catch.
Just to clarify on #1...at the time this game was played, if a receiver is to have caught the ball and is forced out while in the air, it is a reception. He clearly would have come down 2 yards in bounds. And he maintained possesion throughout...no he did not drop it chmoski. Later on they did away with the force out rule. These were Conference USA officials who either didn't play with the same rules as the rest of the country or the fix was in.
The dead giveaway was the sideline warning call. That was a set-up if they needed to call it later in the game, it would have actually cost Iowa yards.
What's sad is that Iowa got totally jipped and they still almost came back and tied the game. I wonder what Myer was thinking that whole game. I can't even imagine what it would have been like to be an Iowa fan during this game.
There was another call missed when Dallas Baker went out of bounds and then came back in to catch a touchdown and put Flordia up 24-7.
The calls in this game are so bad it's actually laughable. You know it's bad when the announcers, who are supposed to be objectionable to everything, are discussing it and going "WTF? Are you serious?"
Remember watching this game when I was 12 years old. One of the saddest days of my young life being a lifelong hawks fan. When they called that offside on the kickoff, that almost hurt as much as Bartman interfering with Alou in the 03' NLCS. No lie, I thought they were gonna tie it. Woulda had the ball of Florida's 48 with 1:22 left.. Tate coulda got in in for sure. :( oh well..
Truly disgusting I'm an SEC fan but this is highway robbery I remember this game couldn't believe my eyes and ears I heard that this game has been analyzed by hundreds of different referees committee members and so on and such forth truly unbelievable game clearly these guys hated Iowa in the Big ten but like I said on another comment Terry these guys are just like you and me they have their favorite teams and they have their teams that they can't stand it goes that way in all sports they are all referees and umpires are supposed to take an oath of non-partisanship but it doesn't work that way all the time it's the same way with announcers of games but just remember like I just said the umpires the referees they have their favorite teams and the teams they don't like or can't stand the most unbelievably bad called game in the history of not just college football of all sports combined
Another Meyer team getting the win because of horrible calls
ruben contreras Go ahead and give one more example you dumb fuck lmao
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" I'd be pissed to if I was the announcer, watched an absolutely terrible officiating game
I'm a Gator fan and even I think these were bad calls (especially the "facemask" call). I was even at that game and couldn't believe the ref's bias toward us.
I was pretty young during this game but if i remember right, there were newspapers and articles with the headline of "Florida's 12th man." my mom was RAGING at the tv
I'm willing to venture refs had money on the game or were getting paid.
They admitted it too. After this game the NCAA put 5 calls under review
The first call could go either way,but every call after that tells me someone was getting paid.
so many bad calls in the same game? At Florida...not surprising.
What they need to do is "hold" the official's pay for the game until the NCAA has reviewed the game they officiated. If they don't pass, they don't get paid for that game. No hotel reimbursement, car rental, nothing! Its not rocket science. That would be a sure way to keep them honest and from tilting odds on games when there's so much money involved. There is no way they would have passed with this game! Of course....the NCAA was probably the people telling the officials how to call the game anyway.
This makes you think someone was getting a payday...That is outrageous
FYI - there is no push out rule in college football when catching a pass near the sideline, and it looks like (to me) that the Iowa players helmet is breaking the plane on that onside kick
How many unreal calls go against one team before someone seeing this that Iowa was robbed bad Check out Face Mask and Onside kick at end despite it Iowa came all the way back and had a chance to win Even Chris Spielma said it was unreal and he is no fan of Iowa
Estel Walker shit anyone with a brain knew that this game was terribly officiated. That penalty with facemask to facemask was gonna be called regardless due to somewhat of a late hit, but that facemask penalty on Iowa's WR Solomon?? Ohh boy WTF was that?? Yep someone got rich that day..
Man I never watched this game. Some of the worst calls I have ever seen. 12 men on the field?? Come on ref, WTF? I hate it went the Ref controls the outcome of a game. Damn Florida refs
I almost threw my TV out the window for this game
I'm a sec fan but that couldn't have been anymore rigged
i love how even the announcer's are upset.
This makes me seethe with rage to this day. I will never rout for Florida or Urban Meyer under any circumstances for the rest of my life because of this game. And I still don't know what happened to these refs after this scam.
To those wondering if these officials were fired, they were. I believe 6 lost their jobs. I know wikipedia as well as another sports news site stated they did.
Iowa got revenge on Urban Meyer 55-24 in 2017.
Wow.. I'm not a fan of either of these teams but you went up and above to prove your point...
that was some of the worst football calls I've ever seen
I remember getting up on New Years Day and turning this game on. I saw everyone of these bad calls but kept wondering if they really were or were things just that close! They really that bad and I remember the Iowa fans looked they were ready to storm the field and tackle the refs. I've never seen fans anywhere that upset and rightly so. Recall that Iowa had completely demolished Florida the year before so you had to wonder if the refs were trying like hell to allow the Gators vengeance. In any case this game was the worst anybody had ever seen as far as officiating went. I think even Florida's fans were stunned.
All refs in this game needed to be fired
Referee union trying to explain away the calls:
Call #1: "He landed out of bounds, it's incomplete, you don't know where he would have landed if he'd come down."
Call #2: "There are too many players to see, so obviously the ref made the right call".
Call #3: "Concussions are a big problem in football, that's why the helmet-to-helmet rule is in place."
Call #4: "Grow up you baby."
Call #5: "Oh he got the first down without the penalty, the fact that you complain about the missed call means you're just trying to find calls you don't like."
Call #6: "Mark Emerrrrrrt! They're abusing the officials!"
Listen, I'm one of the first people who gets mad when someone disrespects the ref for a tough call, they're (usually) doing the best they can. But it's not a one-way street. The flip side is that there's gotta be some official accountability.
You are a dipshit.. Wow
You can say grow up all you want but the face mask penalty was a horrible, unacceptable call.
Willie Boyd did you even watch the damn video?
The ONLY questionable call was the catch out of bounds. Id say 50/50 he gets his foot down if not carried out.
But the REST OF THIS LIST YOU HAVE IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!
Say what you will someone got paid !
I think all three of you are confused... these calls were ALL terrible (as New Username said, MAYBE the first call, the out-of-bounds one, has a point). The refs messed them up. The defending comments (e.g. "There are too many players to see, so obviously the ref made the right call") do not reflect how I see it, they're meant to mock the calls (which is why I put them in quotation marks)
Just to clear up the push rule... The NFL had a push out rule, the NCAA never did. The NCAA has a carry out rule. This rule is only applied when a player catches the ball in the air and is "obviously held before being carried in any direction". the play in question is clearly a push and was ruled correctly by the ref.
Was there an investigation into this absolute atrocity?! I don't even remember hearing anything about this and the evidence is overwhelming that, at the very least, something's not right with all the bad calls, blatantly bad calls, going against only the 1 team!
And this is why the Big Ten is tired of having to play the SEC in bowl games in the South. Ridiculous