Huskers SquareOffs

Coaches coach, players play, officials officiate. Nuff said.

The ref made a judgement call on whether he was forced out by contact and ruled that he was. Replay confirmed he was touched. Whether or not we feel like he was forced out has no bearing, it's up to the official. The ruling stands.

The ref called it as he saw it within the rules. This is a judgement call made in a split second.

It followed the rules....those that don't like it just want to find a reason for MSU to win

There was contact.. Until they come up with a better review on these controversial plays, the call stands!

if he was just touched, he had every right to go out and come back in. besides, check out 3:46 left to play, Moore gets his arm held right in front of the ref and there is no call. Would have been a touchdown for sure.

Officials called it by the rules.

Weather intended or not he was forced out of bounds.

The cornerback did what he was taught to do which squeezed the receiver out. Reilly made a great effort by reestablishing himself inbounds and caught the winning touchdown.

let the refs ref, the process played out as per rules set,

Ask 1982 Penn State's Mike McCloskey if it was a legal catch.

To me it clearly shows the defender making contact with the receiver and in my opinion the defender was running along side of the Rielly at an angle that was forcing him out of bounds. Like everyone is saying Nebraska has had it fair share of shady calls. Good call, live with it MSU.

If you look at the replay from a different angle, which was never shown by ESPN because they didn't have it, I am guessing....It is clear he was forced out by the MSU player...it wasn't incidental contact at all and he even fell into Reilly . The Ref made the right call

it is a judgement call. when a defensive player squeezes the sideline "urging" the offensive player out of bounds. if it is ruled forced out of bounds and their was contact it is the correct call. Mich St fans won't like it but they got away with calls we didn't like too so yes, I feel it was right.

The trajectory of the MSU player at the beginning of the play appears to be angling the NU player out of bonds by slight contact.

by the letter of the rule, it was the correct call. iintent or degree is not relevant. reilly went out due to contact, end of story. touchdown huskers

Any contact is contact. The rule doesn't say it has to be a hard push.

yes it should have. I watched the replay over and over again and the michigan st. player DID nudge him OUT OF BOUNDS. we dont make the rules we abide by them!

Rules clearly state any physical contact. Forced contact was never required, therefor it was obviously good,

Correct call

It was obvious. TD!!!!!

Why not?

He was clearly forced out

Seriously?

Yes defender angled receiver out of bounds and impeded the receivers ability to come back inbounds

The ref was right there, looking in real time.

It was a fair call. Every team has been screwed by a refs call at some point. (Anyone remember the last second added on for the Texas game a few years ago?) We've had our share of shady calls. Deal with it.

Beautifully correct call.

While it was harder to see from the tv angles, there were fans who had their camera phones shooting from the north end zone. The MSU guy clearly bumps Reilly off his route and o.o.b. Intended or not, contact is contact.

The defensive players contact changed the receiver's direction of running toward and into the out of bounds territory.

Who was in a better position to see the play (a judgement call), the referee watching from 10 yards away, or the television commentator relying on three angles that proved nothing definitive? And remember, there were still 17 seconds left in the game and the Spartans were reeling.

55 pts given up to Purdue...seriously?

Thought it would be more than that

I expect a blowout. Huskers are down and MSU is really tough.

The Defensive Coordinator has demonstrated that time and again he can not coach his defense effectively, the score will reflect this in this weeks loss.

MSU by 3-4 TDs... Armstrong playing injured.

because of Nebraska's defense

that just tells you the MSU is fools gold

Sparty must have some injuries or vegas thinks there over rated by a lot

Nebraska players are emotionally dead, and don't apparently believe in the system. I expect an epoch beatdown in the old gray lady.

Should be about 25.

When I first saw the small point spread, I wondered if Vegas was throwing a sucker bet our way. If Nebraska doesn't turn the ball over and some ancient aliens go to Lincoln to help Riley and Banker, Nebraska may have a chance to win then!

I thought it would be wider

I thought they would be double digit favorites. C'mon Huskers lets ruin it for them

Connor Cook should be able to throw 12 touchdowns on the Nebraska unless they feel sorry for us.

I figured at least a two touchdown spread

People think NU is a wounded team, making them more dangerous, but from what I've seen, the moral of this team is beyond wounded. It looks as though you have a split team without unity.