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Arkansas St. coach says Big 12 admits they’re Indian givers


Michigan became the laughing stock of the college football world when they fell to Appalachian State in the Big House over the opening weekend, but it turns out that they might not have been the only gridiron powerhouse to get upset if it hadn’t been for those pesky refs bumbling up the calls.

Arkansas State coach Steve Roberts claims that the Big 12’s coordinator of officials admitted that the zebras goofed when the overturned an onside kick that was recovered by the Indians with 56 seconds left in what eventually went down as an extremely unimpressive 21-13 Longhorns victory.

We got a confirmation … (Tuesday) that they missed the call,” Roberts said.

The Indians were flagged with 56 seconds left in Saturday’s game for an improper formation. Texas recovered the second onside kick and ran out the clock.

Roberts said the game film showed the Indians had enough players on both sides of the ball before the kick.

“There’s nothing you can do about it now,” Roberts said. “I don’t have a reaction because a reaction’s worthless.

A Big 12 spokesman refused to confirm or deny that a conversation occurred concerning the call. Texas was ranked fourth in the nation going into the season opener. While it’s obvious that the Horns were clearly overrated coming into the season, this really is a moot point because nobody is going to be lining up the final 56 minutes of the game to see if Texas could stop Arkansas State’s last ditch effort. At this point, the only thing were concerned about is if the ref in question is of any relation to Tim Donaghy.

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[ABC13.com]: Arkansas St. coach says Big 12 acknowledged bad call in Texas win