I'm no conspiracy theorist, but...

[JTrain]

The Big 10 officials sure seem to know how to protect their assets. Anytime one of their big boys is in trouble from a conference nobody in a close game, out comes a really questionable call or two. Last season it was Iowa vs. Indiana. Now, Ohio State is up 14-10 at Illinois and going for it on 4th and 1. Boom Herron gets about one foot and the ball is magically placed two feet further, right over the yardline where the marker was. Terrible spot.

It's impossible to know for sure, but the Big 10 certainly has nothing to gain and millions to lose from Illinois upsetting OSU.

 

[husker_99]

The Big 10 officials sure seem to know how to protect their assets. Anytime one of their big boys is in trouble from a conference nobody in a close game, out comes a really questionable call or two. Last season it was Iowa vs. Indiana. Now, Ohio State is up 14-10 at Illinois and going for it on 4th and 1. Boom Herron gets about one foot and the ball is magically placed two feet further, right over the yardline where the marker was. Terrible spot.

It's impossible to know for sure, but the Big 10 certainly has nothing to gain and millions to lose from Illinois upsetting OSU.

Refs have a habit of making questionable calls anyways from any conference.

 

[NUance]

The Big 10 officials sure seem to know how to protect their assets. Anytime one of their big boys is in trouble from a conference nobody in a close game, out comes a really questionable call or two. Last season it was Iowa vs. Indiana. Now, Ohio State is up 14-10 at Illinois and going for it on 4th and 1. Boom Herron gets about one foot and the ball is magically placed two feet further, right over the yardline where the marker was. Terrible spot.

It's impossible to know for sure, but the Big 10 certainly has nothing to gain and millions to lose from Illinois upsetting OSU.

Refs have a habit of making questionable calls anyways from any conference.

Yeah, I saw that. When the ref first grabbed the ball it looked like it was short by a foot or so. But somehow the ball miraculously moved ahead a couple of feet after that. The Illini got jobbed on that one.

 

[chamrocck]

The Big 10 officials sure seem to know how to protect their assets. Anytime one of their big boys is in trouble from a conference nobody in a close game, out comes a really questionable call or two. Last season it was Iowa vs. Indiana. Now, Ohio State is up 14-10 at Illinois and going for it on 4th and 1. Boom Herron gets about one foot and the ball is magically placed two feet further, right over the yardline where the marker was. Terrible spot.

It's impossible to know for sure, but the Big 10 certainly has nothing to gain and millions to lose from Illinois upsetting OSU.

Refs have a habit of making questionable calls anyways from any conference.

Yeah, I saw that. When the ref first grabbed the ball it looked like it was short by a foot or so. But somehow the ball miraculously moved ahead a couple of feet after that. The Illini got jobbed on that one.

Interesting this was posted here on Huskerboard as I was watching that game and thought the same thing...OSU was stopped short and that was huge as they would have been on the ropes.