Retiring B1G official Dan Capron sat down with Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune. He spoke of Jim Harbaugh and the J.T. Barrett spot.
On J.T. Barrett’s spot
Of course the ruling on the field was that he made the line to gain (on fourth-and-1) and it was going to be a first down. The buzzers went off and it got kicked up to replay. I don’t know why the network didn’t have a camera right on the yard line. It was broadcasting malpractice. Because there was no camera on the yard line, there wasn’t a good angle to make the determination on an excruciatingly close call. I’m talking about within an inch. So replay couldn’t get a read on it, and they did what they’re supposed to do. The ruling on the field stands.
By the way, the line judge who made that call is Brian Bolinger from Indiana. That was his last Big Ten game because the next year he started in the NFL. Pretty damn good.
Notice Capron’s continued mention of where the officials are from. That’s because Michigan fans drubbed up some conspiracy theories about some of the game’s officials being from Ohio and making calls to benefit the Buckeyes. That has since been debunked, but it’s just another example of the length some Wolverine fans went to drum up controversy that simply wasn’t there.
There is one point of the interview that isn’t so kind to former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer. Capron likened Meyer to a coach that wanted nothing to do with the officials and even went as far as being aloof and running away from communication.
Next … Capron talks about what it was like to work with Urban Meyer
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