Buckeye fan here. I remember this game. Who could ever forget it. Never in my life had I ever seen a game where the referees were trying everything and anything to help a team to win. It was so bad during this game that I was beginning to wonder if Iowa's Coach and AD weren't going to pull the team?
I have seen bad calls all my life. Refs are human and that is the truth and they will make bad calls. But to make so many obvious bad calls in one game leaves only one conclusion: Those refs were as crooked as a dog's hind leg.
i loved it when they called the offsides on an onside because 1) i have never seen that called in my life, and 2) it wasnt even offsides. i was seriously tearing up after that call. even the commentators started yelling because they couldnt believe it hahaa
@mongoose704 Agree one hundred percent! Penn State led 28-7 going into the 4th against Indiana, put the backups in, soon it was 35-14, then the third stringers allowed a TD with 1:48 left to make it 35-21, then on a fluke play after burning timeouts to get the ball back from our fourth stringers, guys that never played before allowed a TD and 2 point conversion on the final play of the game to make it 35-29, physically unwinnable for Indiana, but still, PSU drops to #2 in the Coaches Poll.
Absolute worst refs in the history of football as a sport. They should of been made to publically apologize to the University of Iowa and the Football team.
I'm usually not one to complain about referees, since the refs are only human and make mistakes, but this is one of those games that just was as crooked as can be. Other games I thought were laden with bad calls were the Penn State vs Michigan games in 2002 and 2005, although I've seen a couple others with seriously bad calls in them. However, this game takes the cake. I had never seen worse officiating in all my life than this game.
I was there and i actually know one of the refs who called that game. They really had money on it is what he told me. 2 refs were retiring after that game he said. Look it up 2 refs never called another game. I wonder who placed there bet for them
@MVillani1985 Exactly. The television about got tossed I was so livid. I have the gane recorded and even Mike Tomczak, who has absolutely zero love for Iowa having competed against us, was going ballistic about the bad calls.
This is hilarious, as a Florida fan. That game was complete bullshit, and I completely agreed with Iowa fans demanding a rematch in a subsequent Outback Bowl. That said- Iowa got their Outback Bowl rematch, and lost 30-3.
I think he's trying to tell you that even though those calls were wrong, they wouldn't have affected the game, since Florida had the momentum. Right. An offsides call on an onside kick that Iowa got, and could have used to win, didn't affect the game.
I think the most egregious was the Clinton Solomon penalty - I can see the offside as being just an honest (if stupid) mistake. Clinton Solomon wasn't even a judgment call. That was straight-up wrong.
Even though it was bad enough that Penn State dropped to #2 in the AP after beating Ohio State 63-14 (reserves played most of the second half) compared to Nebraska beating Colorado 24-7. PSU definitely should've shared, and plus, I think PSU would've beaten Nebraska. Huskers fans always say that Colorado had a bunch of NFL talent, so they must've been PSU's equals, then I point out 1994 Ohio State, loaded like a baked potato with NFL talent, but still beaten 63-14, and they hate that.
@MVillani1985 Agreed wholeheartedly. Other screwjobs. USC and Iowa in the Orange Bowl. Before the game the officials announced they would protect the QBs considering our D-Line knocked out 9 QBs for the year and set a school record for sacks. Banks was mobile, Palmer wasn't. The protection? After 3 quick sacks we were flagged five times in the 2nd quarter for defensive offsides, none legit & killed our pass rush. USC scored 30 points after that mostly through the air. USC not flagged.
I remember that last call wow that was horeshit I wish I could see the audio feedback. The announcer was pissed hes like this game is too fast for these refs
@mongoose704 I think Penn State would have matched up well most likely, since PSU has always been good against the run. But it would have been a pretty close game, although I think PSU would've won a super close one, the Huskers would have likely held the ball for over 40 minutes due to their time consuming drives and PSU's quick strike offense.
@somethinrather Quite frankly, I think most people remember the bad calls......hence why the video of the bad calls has almost 50,000 views. Everybody and their mom knows Iowa was screwed and I'm not even an Iowa fan.
@mongoose704 I think conference USA refs should be banned from officiating a game outside of their own conference. They make Big East refs (who tired hard to make the Syracuse vs PSU game as close as possible) seem fair and impartial by comparison.
@mongoose704 Man, that would have been a sweet matchup, Penn State vs Nebraska. And even if we give them that Nebraska was the better team with Frazier (which I doubt because teams improve, look at 93 vs 94 PSU, same team), their guarantee still is bunk because, we don't know because they never played, and two, the better team doens't always win, but that's what's exciting about football. However, regardless of who was BETTER on PAPER, it would've been an amazing matchup for the ages.
@MVillani1985 But the worst screwjob I saw wasn't by a ref, it was by the pollsters in 1994. I still say you shared the 1994 national title, official records be damned. No disrespect for Osborne and that Nebraska team intended though. It wasn't their fault. Even the coaches poll punished Paterno for being a class act and doing the right thing against Indiana by not running the score up. That was inexplicable. I expect the media poll to be ignorant but not the coaches poll.
@MVillani1985 And I can count a few no calls for holding on your offensive line in our last two games but holding calls can often go missed. Not once did I ever feel that the refs were trying to job us. Honest mistakes. There is no way those were honest mistakes in the Outback Bowl. Good grief they were glaring, especially when DJ Johnson got flung around by his facemask and then flagged for PI, and the no call on the 12 men on the field...and...ah foerget it I am getting PISSED!
@MVillani1985 Some point out that Nebraska lost the #1 ranking early on due to losing Frazier. It's a good point but I see absolutely no argument that Nebraska should have been ranked ahead of Penn State at the end of the season. PSU vs Nebraska? Wow. Nebraska's defensive line in which all four starters would win consensus All America honors in their career vs Bucky Greeley, Jeff Hartings, Marco Rivera, Andre Johnson, Keith Conlin...the real key to your offense.
also, didnt the NCAA change the rules regarding refs because of this game? these were C USA refs, and after this game they changed it so there must be refs from th conferences of both schools now. is that right?
@mongoose704 There were only a handful of games I'd seen like that. Two of them involve PSU vs Michigan, one involves PSU playing OSU, Michigan in the 2005 Alamo Bowl gett hosed (karma perhaps but still not fair), but this certainly was the worst. I think Florida should be forced to forfiet this game, and I'm usually not this pissed about bad calls (for example, the sliding catch ruled a no-catch with PSU vs Iowa last year, I can understand the honest mistake, since refs are humans).
@mongoose704 Which is exactly why USC couldn't do anything of signifficance in the first half and were vastly outplayed by Iowa. How about that BS false start at the 1? Could've been 17-10 Iowa at halftime. Then in the second half, the Iowa defense is afraid to pass rush and Carson Palmer unsurprisingly picks apart the leashed Iowa defense. Should've been a closer game than it was.
@MVillani1985 It might boil down to how the schemes match up. I am very curious to know how your defensive schemes and philosophies match up to the '94 version of Nebraska's triple option with Frazier and Phillips.
@mongoose704 Like I said, against us, even though at times it seems like it was fortune that had a hand in the game's fate, Iowa has always won fair and square (although there was a really bad call in the 2002 game, but that doesn't compare to some of the biggest screw jobs I've seen). But I think Dave Witvoet and crew are known for trying their best to have the calls go Michigan's and Ohio State's way (for example, in the 2009 game, what should've been a safety was called a touchback).
this must be tim tebow talking. doesnt know shit about anything. what was the score at the start of the 4th quarter? like 31 to 7. with one minute to go it was 24 to 31 how is that not a sign of momentum in iowas favor? the helmet to helmet was a bull shit call. the offside was a bull shit call. the 12th man was a bull shit no call..
"Please don't hurt a quarterback"
Brilliant.
You put the hell yeah in what the hell were you thinking 😂
Buckeye fan here. I remember this game. Who could ever forget it. Never in my life had I ever seen a game where the referees were trying everything and anything to help a team to win. It was so bad during this game that I was beginning to wonder if Iowa's Coach and AD weren't going to pull the team?
I have seen bad calls all my life. Refs are human and that is the truth and they will make bad calls. But to make so many obvious bad calls in one game leaves only one conclusion: Those refs were as crooked as a dog's hind leg.
Those refs are so blind they couldn't even see a bomb going off in a nitroglycerin plant.
This game still hurts.
i loved it when they called the offsides on an onside because 1) i have never seen that called in my life, and 2) it wasnt even offsides. i was seriously tearing up after that call. even the commentators started yelling because they couldnt believe it hahaa
@mongoose704 Agree one hundred percent! Penn State led 28-7 going into the 4th against Indiana, put the backups in, soon it was 35-14, then the third stringers allowed a TD with 1:48 left to make it 35-21, then on a fluke play after burning timeouts to get the ball back from our fourth stringers, guys that never played before allowed a TD and 2 point conversion on the final play of the game to make it 35-29, physically unwinnable for Indiana, but still, PSU drops to #2 in the Coaches Poll.
@HawkeyeNation1 Conference USA gave us a full apology on behalf of their officials as well.
@mongoose704 It was actually Clinton Solomon.
Absolute worst refs in the history of football as a sport. They should of been made to publically apologize to the University of Iowa and the Football team.
I agree with nacyaz, brings up a lot of anger, lets get em this year, GO HAWKS!
I'm usually not one to complain about referees, since the refs are only human and make mistakes, but this is one of those games that just was as crooked as can be. Other games I thought were laden with bad calls were the Penn State vs Michigan games in 2002 and 2005, although I've seen a couple others with seriously bad calls in them. However, this game takes the cake. I had never seen worse officiating in all my life than this game.
Hawks didn't play all that great that day but the refs were a goddam joke. Remember Spielman (the announcer) during the game -- he was livid!
I was there and i actually know one of the refs who called that game. They really had money on it is what he told me. 2 refs were retiring after that game he said. Look it up 2 refs never called another game. I wonder who placed there bet for them
The only refs worse than this was the 2003 FSU-UF game crew.
@MVillani1985 Exactly. The television about got tossed I was so livid. I have the gane recorded and even Mike Tomczak, who has absolutely zero love for Iowa having competed against us, was going ballistic about the bad calls.
This is hilarious, as a Florida fan. That game was complete bullshit, and I completely agreed with Iowa fans demanding a rematch in a subsequent Outback Bowl. That said- Iowa got their Outback Bowl rematch, and lost 30-3.
I think he's trying to tell you that even though those calls were wrong, they wouldn't have affected the game, since Florida had the momentum. Right. An offsides call on an onside kick that Iowa got, and could have used to win, didn't affect the game.
I think the most egregious was the Clinton Solomon penalty - I can see the offside as being just an honest (if stupid) mistake. Clinton Solomon wasn't even a judgment call. That was straight-up wrong.
It's payback time! we're coming back from Tampa with a victory this time.
Even though it was bad enough that Penn State dropped to #2 in the AP after beating Ohio State 63-14 (reserves played most of the second half) compared to Nebraska beating Colorado 24-7. PSU definitely should've shared, and plus, I think PSU would've beaten Nebraska. Huskers fans always say that Colorado had a bunch of NFL talent, so they must've been PSU's equals, then I point out 1994 Ohio State, loaded like a baked potato with NFL talent, but still beaten 63-14, and they hate that.
STILL STINGS!!!!!
@MVillani1985 Agreed wholeheartedly. Other screwjobs. USC and Iowa in the Orange Bowl. Before the game the officials announced they would protect the QBs considering our D-Line knocked out 9 QBs for the year and set a school record for sacks. Banks was mobile, Palmer wasn't. The protection? After 3 quick sacks we were flagged five times in the 2nd quarter for defensive offsides, none legit & killed our pass rush. USC scored 30 points after that mostly through the air. USC not flagged.
I remember that last call wow that was horeshit I wish I could see the audio feedback. The announcer was pissed hes like this game is too fast for these refs
@mongoose704 I think Penn State would have matched up well most likely, since PSU has always been good against the run. But it would have been a pretty close game, although I think PSU would've won a super close one, the Huskers would have likely held the ball for over 40 minutes due to their time consuming drives and PSU's quick strike offense.
@somethinrather Quite frankly, I think most people remember the bad calls......hence why the video of the bad calls has almost 50,000 views. Everybody and their mom knows Iowa was screwed and I'm not even an Iowa fan.
@mongoose704 I think conference USA refs should be banned from officiating a game outside of their own conference. They make Big East refs (who tired hard to make the Syracuse vs PSU game as close as possible) seem fair and impartial by comparison.
@mongoose704 Man, that would have been a sweet matchup, Penn State vs Nebraska. And even if we give them that Nebraska was the better team with Frazier (which I doubt because teams improve, look at 93 vs 94 PSU, same team), their guarantee still is bunk because, we don't know because they never played, and two, the better team doens't always win, but that's what's exciting about football. However, regardless of who was BETTER on PAPER, it would've been an amazing matchup for the ages.
uuuuhhhhhh.. this was 2006. we smoked them in 04
@MVillani1985 But the worst screwjob I saw wasn't by a ref, it was by the pollsters in 1994. I still say you shared the 1994 national title, official records be damned. No disrespect for Osborne and that Nebraska team intended though. It wasn't their fault. Even the coaches poll punished Paterno for being a class act and doing the right thing against Indiana by not running the score up. That was inexplicable. I expect the media poll to be ignorant but not the coaches poll.
lol
@MVillani1985 Yeah I remember you getting jobbed out against Michigan. Let me guess: Dave Witvoet. He jobbed us out in '01 and '05 vs Michigan.
@mongoose704 Oops I mean the Nebraska I-Option.
@MVillani1985 And I can count a few no calls for holding on your offensive line in our last two games but holding calls can often go missed. Not once did I ever feel that the refs were trying to job us. Honest mistakes.
There is no way those were honest mistakes in the Outback Bowl. Good grief they were glaring, especially when DJ Johnson got flung around by his facemask and then flagged for PI, and the no call on the 12 men on the field...and...ah foerget it I am getting PISSED!
@MVillani1985 Some point out that Nebraska lost the #1 ranking early on due to losing Frazier. It's a good point but I see absolutely no argument that Nebraska should have been ranked ahead of Penn State at the end of the season.
PSU vs Nebraska? Wow. Nebraska's defensive line in which all four starters would win consensus All America honors in their career vs Bucky Greeley, Jeff Hartings, Marco Rivera, Andre Johnson, Keith Conlin...the real key to your offense.
@Moocow002 Yep I'm jealous of Penn State. I wish Iowa would have kicked my ass like they did penn states this year
also, didnt the NCAA change the rules regarding refs because of this game? these were C USA refs, and after this game they changed it so there must be refs from th conferences of both schools now. is that right?
@mongoose704 There were only a handful of games I'd seen like that. Two of them involve PSU vs Michigan, one involves PSU playing OSU, Michigan in the 2005 Alamo Bowl gett hosed (karma perhaps but still not fair), but this certainly was the worst. I think Florida should be forced to forfiet this game, and I'm usually not this pissed about bad calls (for example, the sliding catch ruled a no-catch with PSU vs Iowa last year, I can understand the honest mistake, since refs are humans).
@MrMecrob1 Jealous perhaps????
@mongoose704 Which is exactly why USC couldn't do anything of signifficance in the first half and were vastly outplayed by Iowa. How about that BS false start at the 1? Could've been 17-10 Iowa at halftime. Then in the second half, the Iowa defense is afraid to pass rush and Carson Palmer unsurprisingly picks apart the leashed Iowa defense. Should've been a closer game than it was.
@MVillani1985 It might boil down to how the schemes match up. I am very curious to know how your defensive schemes and philosophies match up to the '94 version of Nebraska's triple option with Frazier and Phillips.
I love this video lol. funny AND true, that game was an abomination. Go Hawks!!!
@mongoose704 Like I said, against us, even though at times it seems like it was fortune that had a hand in the game's fate, Iowa has always won fair and square (although there was a really bad call in the 2002 game, but that doesn't compare to some of the biggest screw jobs I've seen). But I think Dave Witvoet and crew are known for trying their best to have the calls go Michigan's and Ohio State's way (for example, in the 2009 game, what should've been a safety was called a touchback).
Why are penn state fans always commenting on Iowa's videos?
Would it be possible to maybe post more of the videos that you had on Scothawk.com?
Why does this video say 2004? This game was in 2006. F*** C-USA refs.
@AshtonCampbell0509 if your a gator fan you should just get the hell off of an iowa video. iowa owns you and iowa owned you in this game.
this must be tim tebow talking. doesnt know shit about anything. what was the score at the start of the 4th quarter? like 31 to 7. with one minute to go it was 24 to 31 how is that not a sign of momentum in iowas favor? the helmet to helmet was a bull shit call. the offside was a bull shit call. the 12th man was a bull shit no call..
typical hawk fans making excuses