Michigan State defeated Michigan 27-23 on Saturday. But if you ask Jim Harbaugh, it was actually the official that emerged victorious.

"Yeah," Harbaugh said when asked if he was frustrated with the way the game was officiated, per MLive.com. "You could say that."

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“The time where we stop them [Michigan St.] on [third] down and they call a personal foul penalty, I'm trying to tell our guys, their back does not stop. On two or three occasions he got pushed by the offensive line and got five or seven more yards, so we had to stop him back.”

What about the time Michigan’s punter had to do his job, but couldn’t handle the snap and allowed Michigan St. to score the winning TD on the final play?

Sorry, Harbaugh. No one’s buying the “ref” excuse.

Sometimes the inexplicable is enough to explain a loss. There’s no need to create narratives that don’t exist.

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