Ducks overcome the most blatantly bizarre officiating ever

The game at Iowa was one of the weirdest, most one-sided officiating hack jobs Duck fans have ever witnessed.

That Oregon was able to overcome it was a triumph of resilience.

Iowa was flagged for one penalty all day, when punter Rhys Dakin batted the ball at the one after a snap over his head, ruled a safety as he kicked it through his own end zone desperately trying to prevent a recovery.

They weren't whistled for holding once, not even on plays where Hawkeye offensive lineman tackled Matayo Uiagalelei to prevent a sack or to keep Bryce Boettcher out of a play.

Iowa scored their go-ahead touchdown after quarterback Mark Gronowski threw to no one in the end zone. On third and goal from the Oregon 3 with 1:55 to play he shuffled back with no one open, looking to throw a pop pass over the middle.

With no one open and no receiver anywhere near the ball he threw it into the end zone to avoid a sack.

Gronowski doesn't leave the pocket and the ball didn't clear the end line, yet officials waved it off. The penalty would have backed the home team up ten yards and made it 4th and goal at the 12, a costly no-call.

“I was told there was a wide out near. I was also – nevermind. There was another question I had too. A couple of other questions," Dan Lanning said in the postgame.

Aydin Breland was flagged for hands to the face on a play where his hands are on the lineman's jersey under his neck. He's wearing white gloves, so it was hard to miss.

The 15-yard penalty bailed out the Hawkeyes on an incomplete pass on third down. The defender is clutching his pads and jersey. To be a penalty for hands to the face, the hands actually have to touch the face or helmet.

A pass interference penalty on Ify Obidegwu felt equally opportunistic, almost "Iowa needs a penalty here." The contact was minimal, less than Hawkeye defenders were allowed throughout the game, and the BALL WASN'T EVEN IN THE AIR.

A phantom offensive pass interference call on Jeremiah McClellan erased a first down and ended an Oregon drive.

When Brandon Finney dislodged the ball with a crunching tackle on Kaden Wetjen, officials weren't even going to review it and took an eternity to award Oregon the ball, even though it was flying loose somewhere around his midsection before he hit the ground.

More than any game air on television this fall this seemed like one where the Ducks overcame not only the opponent but the officiating crew. There's indisputable video evidence to support that conclusion, in all four quarters. It was weird.

It was almost enough to make a person wonder if someone had bet the under or taken Iowa with the points; it was that bad.