A little snippet from the AP caught our eye:
At his news conference the day after the Spartans lost 42-34 to the Gophers, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio discussed some of the unusual calls that went the Gophers' way. Dantonio said that he would again look to the Big Ten for an explanation on the final touchdown play of the game, a 59-yard catch by Gophers running back Duane Bennett, who grabbed the ball initially caught by Nick Tow-Arnett before he fell to the ground. "As much as I don't want to send something in, because I'm tired of it, I'm gonna send it in and we'll look for an explanation and deal with it," Dantonio said. "I think you have to be consistent, and that's what I'm looking for from our football team, from the officiating, from my performance -- we're looking for consistency."
Um, OK. Sure, it was a bizarre play. Maybe we can save Dantonio a little time. Let's go to the video (around the 2:45 mark): The pass is intended for Nick Tow-Arnett. The ball is jarred loose from Tow-Arnett's grasp before it's an official catch. But instead of falling to the ground, the ball is grabbed out of mid-aire by Bennett, who grabs it and takes it for a TD. It's not a fumble. It's not an incompletion. It's not a catch by Tow-Arnett. The ball isn't dead just because Tow-Arnett hits the ground because he doesn't have control. The only logical call is a touchdown, right? Or are we missing something here and Dantonio really does have a beef?
