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I don't know what they could have done about the last play. The officials can't stop the entire bench from entering the field, and there were people from both teams, so it would've been offsetting anyway. but it seemed all game like the crew wasn't really used to the speed of the game. Just some things I observed
1. On the first kick ESPN showed, Nebraska tacked the Michigan player out of bounds. No penalty.
2. On an attempted pass to the end zone for Michigan, Nebraska blantantly interfered (basically shoved the receiver). The flag came eventually, but not from the field judge standing right there and not until the announcers had time to comment on the lack of a penalty.
3. On Nebraska's interception in the end zone, again the official near the play had no call. The back judge (I think) came running all the way from the goal posts with the (later overturned) call that the receiver was out of bounds (and, while not an easy call, it wasn't really all that close compared to many other call that occurs throughout the season and are called correctly by Division I officials).
4. Several times I noticed the referee pointing and directing other officials to get away from the conference of officials.
5. In the fourth quarter, when Michigan attempted the pass near the end zone and the Defensive back has his arm wrapped around the intended receiver. Again no call.
6. Waiting to blow the ball ready for Nebraska's punt when everyone was just standing there ready to go and the clock was running. Maybe there is a reason I'm not aware of, but that looked really bad.
7. The Kick catch intereference. If the rule is that it's legal as long the the receiving player touches it first, then that was just a bad call. The very next punt was almost identical, and there was no flag.
It just seemed like the officials were overmatched. I don't think it's their fault, I just don't think they probably had experience working a game with that level of play.
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