ESPN pundits aren't buying Big Ten's reason for clock fiasco: 'Nonsense'

Comments

1. Ethan: Clock management has always been a sensitive topic in the Big Ten. This looks like a cop-out to me
2. Ashen Cinder: That's one blown call if I've ever seen it - Michigan was already clear on their sideline when the official stopped play
3. Lucas: Come on Dan and Stephen A., that's just standard procedure. It wasn't even close, the game was over. 👎
4. Noraokafor: understand why they're upset, but come on, the kids were literally dying to get back out there 😊
5. Noelyangxo: What would've been the harm in letting the clock tick down to 0 on their own?
6. Milan: Orlovsky's got a point about the flag being waved so quickly, I mean, come on
7. Junelarsenxo: seems like they're trying to justify a weird call that changed the outcome. shoulda just stuck with the stoppage time
8. Velvet Rune: i get why they're calling foul but isn't the bigger issue just how bad their stoppage rule is?
9. Lucasrossi: this feels like the same lazy conference bias we see in NCAA tourneys
10. Ravi: like they're shocked Michigan got another chance with 5 seconds left
11. Bruno: I'd believe that if the B10 had consistently applied this rule throughout their other games too. They made an exception here
12. Kai: Dan Orlovsky sounds about right on this one
13. Cobalt Warden: definitely didn't agree with the clock fiasco call, but one play isn't gonna win you the league
14. Ashen Signal: Dan Orlovsky calling it nonsense is rich, he's got a lot to say about officiating after that infamous Colts-Bengals game in 2020
15. Tranzoe: Smith's face says it all. The fix was in whether they liked it or not
16. Aiden: clock management in B1G games is consistently subpar
17. Dusk Raven: come on, that one play wasn't going to swing the whole outcome of the game
18. Aidenh: Big Ten's reasoning sounds like they wanted to keep Michigan in the story another week
19. Hollow Sparrow: saw some pretty egregious clock management last weekend too - this is just getting predictable
20. Onyx Corvid: not exactly sure why they're surprised, it's always about the conference getting more eyeballs on their product
21. Zoer: That one final play was a huge momentum swing - I still think it paid off
22. Adam: I'm surprised they didn't mention the obvious issue here - a clear case of a 5-minute review delay in a one-possession game
23. Cipher Wolf: clock management is an art and I'd believe this if one team was clearly robbed, but both teams made mistakes
24. Nova: definitely thought the refs were getting ahead of themselves there, seems pretty obvious in retrospect though
25. Iris: Dan Orlovsky's facial expressions alone are proof that wasn't some routine call, still would've liked to see the full review
26. Mayarossixo: it makes more sense now that they didn't review the booth officials' calls
27. Echo Pulse: can't believe they're still trying to spin this as some kind of 'momentous' decision
28. Nina Berg: you'd think they'd know better than to try and spin this one

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