Anyone who states with certainty that this was or was not a first down based on the available replays should be dismissed.
You have a right to your own opinion. You don't have a right to your own facts.
FACT: It was called a first down on the field.
FACT: The replays available to the referees in real time were at best inconclusive.
FACT: Ohio State didn't score on the play. Xichigan could have played defense and stopped them instead of doing the matador.
Oh, and there's this:
You can see JT's hand in front of his face. In his hand is the ball. Both are over the 15 yard line.
Carry on.
I would not. I've been saying all year Speight sucks and Hoke left some bad QBs and Offensive Linemen. Kyle Kalis is a joke and will be a late round draft pick. He was whipped that entire game. Hopefully the new players come in are an improvement.
Props for that. You have stuck to your guns.
The best OLinemen oddly is Mason Cole and underclassmen. Kyle Kalis is trash. Another 5 star bust from Hoke. A lot of those players Hoke had were soft but thankfully that defense wasn't as fragile. Hoke's offensive players were a soft ass joke. They were the worst Oline in the country his last two years. Harbaugh did a great job making them a decent unit. Just look at Derrick Green for instance. He should be another Dalvin Cook, but is just a soft ass bitch. DeVeon has somewhat panned out but is just not that talented.
Fuck you. Being pissed about refs blowing a game-deciding call is justified.
Fact: the refs got the call wrong.
Fact: This was a fake image. There was no TV angle that matches this. Check out the angle of the hash marks. Not only are they distorted, but if this was an real image it would have required a camera in such an outrageous spot up and above the play. OSU fans are so desperate to prove their point they're photoshopping things. Sad really.
Here's an actual picture taken from the sidelines
Now follow the body parts down. None of them, except the hand, are over the line.
It's amazing that Harbaugh's recruit a 3 star like Evans is INSTANTLY better than any other RB on the roster Hoke left him, including all 4 stars and a 5 star bust no longer with the team. What a goddamn joke that sorry excuse for a coach was.
Fuck you, again. I'm sure there's some great irony that I don't know about where you're sitting in a trailer, or shitty down river house, while insinuating I live with my mother.
Fact: the refs got the call wrong.
Fact: This was a fake image. There was no TV angle that matches this. Check out the angle of the hash marks. Not only are they distorted, but if this was an real image it would have required a camera in such an outrageous spot up and above the play. OSU fans are so desperate to prove their point they're photoshopping things. Sad really.
Here's an actual picture taken from the sidelines
Now follow the body parts down. None of them, except the hand, are over the line. It also gives us great context of where the ball is on other replays that show he's not over the line.
Never. I'm digging in on this one.
It's a great angle, because it not only shows the ball well before the line but also provides additional context to the other video angles. Best of all, we didn't need to alter it in order for it to prove our point.
My issue with Speight is that he had the talent around him and still fucked up. He failed Harbaugh but it's also due to Hoke never developing anyone either.
