{"id":76598,"date":"2024-09-30T21:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T21:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/33d509bd85cffee742cc4850"},"modified":"2024-09-30T21:00:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T21:00:19","slug":"p-j-fleck-sends-strong-message-on-officiating-in-minnesotas-loss-to-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/p-j-fleck-sends-strong-message-on-officiating-in-minnesotas-loss-to-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"P.J. Fleck sends strong message on officiating in Minnesota\u2019s loss to Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Trailing 27-24 Saturday against Michigan in Ann Arbor, P.J. Fleck opted for an onside kick to give Minnesota one last gasp at a would-be colossal upset.<\/p>\n

It nearly happened. A perfect hop found the arms of Matt Kingsbury, who successfully recovered the ball. However, the Big Ten<\/strong> <\/span>officials thought otherwise and ruled Kingsbury was offside. This negated the recovery, allowing for a re-kick and Michigan to earn its third-straight win.<\/p>\n

Another angle of the play showed Kingsbury was not offsides. Even though it was close, it should have been enough for the Golden Gophers to have a final offensive series.<\/p>\n

When speaking to the media<\/span><\/strong>, Fleck was asked about it and kept his sentiments brief, revealing the Big Ten had been notified of his concerns.<\/p>\n

PJ Fleck reacts to missed offsides call in loss to Michigan<\/h2>\n

“Yeah, okay, here’s what I’ll say about that,” Fleck said. “[I] had a conversation with the Big Ten commissioner [Tony Petitti], the officials. We know they are reviewing it and we expect to hear something this afternoon. So, that’s all I’ll say about the last play.”<\/p>\n

Fleck’s demeanor seemed distraught, especially considering the Gophers had to claw their way back into the game for a chance to win late.<\/p>\n

Minnesota now sits at 2-4 and will attempt to avoid three consecutive losses when it hosts No. 11 USC Saturday night in Minneapolis. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

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Trailing 27-24 Saturday against Michigan in Ann Arbor, P.J. Fleck opted for an onside kick to give Minnesota one last gasp at a would-be colossal upset. It nearly happened. A perfect hop found the arms of Matt Kingsbury, who successfully recovered the ball. However, the Big Ten officials thought otherwise and ruled Kingsbury was offside. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","has-thumb","has-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}