Agreed, but I think you may also be missing out on how important this game was to them and the ramifications they knew they were playing for. Sports are a mental game and when you blow the lead that we did and let MSU back in the game, and then continuously find yourself on the end of questionable calls (whether the right call or not) it takes its toll on you mentally. IMO at the end of that game, they ran out of gas mentally and that had a bigger impact then the physical side of things. I don't think anyones blaming the outcome on the refs, but at the same time you can't tell me that officiating didn't play as much of a factor as MSU did in causing those mental mistakes leading to the turnovers.
You can't tell me that the team was 100% focused on MSU when Fran is having his temper tantrum and banging on the scorer's table. The fact is it took it's toll on them mentally which played a major role in the outcome of the game. They keep their focus and eliminate one or two of those TO's in the closing minutes and its a different ball game. Unfortunately for all of us we have no control of it and can only hang our heads after another late game meltdown.
