Iowa Hawkeyes OC Brian Ferentz was rightfully furious on the Iowa sidelines after his Hawkeyes have been wronged on a name within the second half of the Large Ten Championship Sport towards Michigan on Saturday evening at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.
Iowa had the ball at their 12 down 10-0 to the Wolverines early within the third quarter. Hawkeyes quarterback Deacon Hill regarded to throw the ball however had his arm hit by Michigan DB Mike Sainristil.
The officers initially thought it was an incomplete cross and blew their whistle. Nevertheless, after FOX got here again from a business, we realized that the officers had modified their thoughts upon a evaluate and dominated the play a fumble. In addition they gave possession to Michigan on the Iowa 6.
The ruling of a fumble and alter of possession was the demise knell for Iowa, which received shutout 26-0. The decision had Ferentz livid.
It’s laborious responsible him.
There have been three causes to be upset. One, not solely was that not a fumble, there wasn’t even sufficient proof to overturn the decision. Two, the officers had blown their whistle after the ball got here out however nonetheless gave Michigan possession. Three, that gave Michigan the ball close to the top zone and successfully made it too large of a spot for Iowa to beat.
Michigan has now received three straight Large Ten championships outright. They’ve overwhelmed Iowa by a mixed rating of 68-3 in Large Ten Championship video games (the Wolverines beat the Hawkeyes 42-3 in 2021).
