Comments on: Reader mail: On Gardner, Buckeyes & the refs

By: sbuel2

sbuel2 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:14:27 +0000

I think that Adams was covering Bell the entire game and you have to admit his flop that was originally flagged and then waved off might have given the ref a mindset so what looked bad, like his arm on Bells chest while Bell is falling down was probably enough to draw the foul. By the way Adams’ flop was Number 1 on ESPN Funnies plays of the week on Saturday morning. He seemed to be the agreessor pushing Bell and when Bell put up his hands for some space, took an overly dramatic flop that was flagged. Pretty funny how long it took him to fall down and so dramatic, is he a theater major?

There were bad calls the entire game on both sides of the coin. Adams was doing his fair share of pushing and shoving the entire game but the flop???? I believe the ref was human and if you watched the video the hand seemed to be a push from one direction.

You have to play the entire game and not whine about the refs. They are the one thing you cannot change. If your player has been acting throughout the game, anything questionable at the end will be called.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:41:02 +0000

travis, NEB is a much better team? So MSU would have been up 31-14 if not for a horrible call, yeah they’re a whole lot better, next time try to keep up.

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:56:46 +0000

MSU fans….GET OVER IT!!! You got bad calls that went your way in that game too. Stop complaining and go on. Nebraska is a much better team

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:13:35 +0000

If it would have been a high or low hit, that’s one thing, but it was a solid legal hit, and bell would have caught up to dennard, that adams would have been asked why he let a guy fly by him instead of blocking him, just another bad call in a game of bad calls for both teams really.

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:53:52 +0000

I know it’s football but you can’t do a hit like that when the player is trailing the play by 20 yards in today’s game with all the emphasis on player safety. Bell was never in the play from the very start and Adams got called for what amounted two unnecessary roughness. If a Nebraska player had done that play, after the initially being mad at the refs, I would question the need of making that stupid decision. But it sounds like Adams is getting a pass because it was a “bad” call.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:42:58 +0000

Zach, it’s football. With Bell’s speed and with Dennard having to stop and go to elude tacklers, I have no doubt Bell would have caught up to him with Adams blocking him. Come on bud, it was a clean hit, didn’t hit him too high or too low, it was solid.

By: Zack

Zack — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:08:36 +0000

It’s not that at all. It’s the way that he blocked Bell, there was absolutely no need for Bell to be blocked that way if he was 20 yards behind the play and halfway across the field. Unnecessary roughness. Adams put himself in a postion to have a penalty called on him, that’s his fault. With the emphasis on player safety you can’t T off a guy in that position (again 20 yards behind the play and about or more than halfway across the field).

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:15:11 +0000

OK Zack, next time Adams can just ask Bell not to chase Dennard, this is football, and that was a real weak call. 31-14 and the game is over, but the P.I. call might have been even worse.

By: Zack

Zack — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:40:10 +0000

And you’re crazy for still arguing it. It’s the fact that Bell was trailing the play by about 20 yards and not making a hard attempt at chasing. IF bell was closer to the play then that block is legal. You’re also neglecting the fact that Bell was running the same route/in the same area on Dennard’s first int, which led to the tackle. He was on the other side of the field on this play. Ask why Adams felt the need to throw a block the way he did instead of just engaging Bell if he was worried about Bell catching him from behind. Bottom line is if you throw the block like Adams did, you’re going to get a penalty.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:25:51 +0000

Michigan State had 2 touchdown drives happen because of a late hit call on 3rd down and a pass interference call on 3rd and 11. Both teams got jobbed on calls going both ways.