The Detroit News. Michigan State Coach Bobby Williams threatened to join the self-pity parade last week after Michigan beat the Spartans thanks, in small part, to a fumble recovery it didn't deserve. Colorado's fifth down against Missouri in 1990 is part of the lore of the college game. That's part of college football.
Officials are just like coaches and players.
Most of the time they're right, but they make mistakes. Such as the two blown fumble calls that went against Illinois in Michigan's 35-31 victory Sept. 23. And Larry Foote's sideline sleight of hand two weeks ago. Mistakes, all of them. But another costly mistake would be spending tens of millions of dollars to try to correct some of those human errors.