Harbaugh brought up the play without being prompted during his weekly news conference Monday afternoon."I've never seen a worse call," Harbaugh said. "I don't know that I've ever seen a more strange replay. Maybe there has been."
The play in question came in the final minutes of a blowout win at the Big House on Saturday. Michigan completed a third-and-long pass near the sideline that referees spotted 2 yards short of a first down. Harbaugh opted to challenge the spot rather than face a fourth-down decision late in the game.
The replay officials ruled that the original spot was correct. Michigan kept its offense on the field, converted the fourth-down attempt and then kneeled on the ball twice to end the game. The play, nonetheless, stuck in the coach's craw three days later.
He held a brief discussion of the rulebook with reporters Monday afternoon. A reporter suggested that referees might have let the ruling slide because of the lopsided score at the time.
I didn't see the play and it may have even been questionable but what's he whining about 3 days about a blowout game? Article suggests that he wants to be competitive and never looks at the score. Let's contrast that with Saban. Saban wants excellence and yes gets angry at the end of games about execution. I don't see him fuming for three days over a missed call that would have only let him run up the score more. I hope we get him in the playoff and do a Michigan St on him this year.