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-- Michigan-Ohio State -- Missed the third quarter. When I saw Michigan was ahead, I wanted it to go ahead and pulverize Ohio State, send the Buckeyes for CFP purgatory. Opens it up for USC, which still has a lot of work to do.
-- I couldn't let Michael Mothershed, the worst of the lot among horrible Pac-12 refs, go into retirement without comment. He and his crew did UCLA-Cal yesterday. Biggest goof was NOT advancing the chains after calling a first down. What I saw was, it was third-and-5. The guy ran for 4 yards, but the line judge called it a first down. The announcers, etc., said it was first-and-10, but the sticks weren't moved. Turned out the chain gang were the only ones who had it right because it wasn't a first down. A play was run, then they stopped to try to figure it out. The ref analyst was baffled and said you can't take away a play. But they did.
On Cal's final play of the game, it was trying for a tying touchdown. The fourth-down pass fell incomplete, but there was an obvious facemask penalty on the guy rushing the passer. That is Mothershed call and he didn't make it. I guess he retired a play early.