College football fans, media blast refs for bias toward Texas in Mizzou game
By Mark Kern
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Mizzou vs. Texas was among the most highly-anticipated games in Week 10, as both teams were still right in the thick of things in both the SEC and the College Football Playoff. It was a competitive game the entire day, but the Longhorns pulled away for a 34-20 victory.
There were a few calls during the game that went to replay, and Mizzou was on the wrong side of several controversial calls.
College football fans and media were frustrated about the officiating after the game, and they voiced their opinions on social media.
One of the plays that had fans at the game made was when Arch Manning and the Longhorns were facing a third-and-long. As he was getting ready to throw, he was hit, and the ball went forward 15 yards.
A Texas receiver was able to recover the ball, and after the officials called it a fumble, it gave the Longhorns a first down. They ended up tying the game at 20 right after that, and had all of the momentum.
What made fans especially frustrated was that during the replay, the ESPN rules expert was saying on the broadcast that it should have been an incompletion.
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