That call was was the worst I ever seen, and I am a Minnesota Gopher Fan. Total screwjob, that is not pass interference, and someone needs to be fired.
Agree that it was a very bad call but the worst call ever?Hardly. At least there was a minor push off. The Purdue/Gopher game at the Dome where the Officials were confused by the "Minnesota" decal not going all the way to the End Zone and said the receiver was out of bounds was far worse than that.
The 2nd for me was the 1996 Penn State game at Beaver Stadium. It was Mason's first year. They ended-up 3-9 and coming into the game they were 2-4. Yes I looked-up the details. They lost to the #1 ranked Nittany Lions 15-16. A disputed/bad PI call set Penn State up for the win. There was another bogus call late in the game but don't remember and can't find the details on it.
Paterno came into the Gopher locker room after the game to tell them they had really won it. The result of course stayed the same. He told the press after the game:
"They outplayed us and outcoached us; we just outlucked them,'' Paterno said.
Last night's call was bad. The fact that it ended Purdue's chance to win magnified it. That said it wasn't the worst for many of us and it wasn't as if Purdue wasn't the recipient of "bogus" calls last night. They also blew some chances to win the game too.
All that said hope that some of the 22
players can get back for the Wisconsin game or the score will be too lopsided to complain about a last minute call.