College football’s Week 10 spotlight game between Missouri and Texas ended with the Longhorns pulling away 34-20, but the final score wasn’t the only thing that had people talking.
The game stayed tight for most of the afternoon, with both teams still in the mix in the SEC and the College Football Playoff picture. But once the whistles started drawing attention, the conversation shifted fast. Several plays went to replay, and Missouri came out on the losing end of more than a few controversial rulings.
That frustration spilled over immediately after the game, with fans and media members unloading on the officiating across social media.
“Mizzou got screwed. The receiver has the ball with a toe down. Ruled no catch. pic.twitter.com/2tXdKmQX2I”
- Chad Fisher DNP (@ChadFisher) November 7, 2026
“The officials leaving the field were not too popular following a string of calls that went against #Mizzou today. #SEC #collegefootball”
- Starcade Media (@StarcadeMediaKC) November 7, 2026
“Completely unbiased take here….
The blatant rigged refs for Texas right now is insanely unfair for Mizzou.
I’ve never seen anything like this so consistently”
- Andrew Carter (@AC_TwoCircles) November 7, 2026
“Mizzou got hosed by SEC refs. Yes, it did itself no favors with breakdowns in the secondary & missed FGs/miscues
Texas won, but spare us the nonsense it was an evenly-called game. Props to Joe Tessitore & Jesse Palmer for calling out the bad decisions. No home cookin' in Columbia https://t.co/lXdURdRqXj”
- Tony Mejia (@MejiaDinero) November 7, 2026
“The officiating in Mizzou is so embarrassing it's beyond description.
Bro, it's an incomplete pass. What are we talking about.”
- Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) November 7, 2026
“Texas has been getting a favorable whistle all game from the refs. Mizzou has to play through it though.”
- Jordan (@justjordanb1) November 7, 2026
“If I were a Mizzou fan I’d be absolutely livid. Refs just screwed them so bad”
- Cason (@cason_douglas) November 7, 2026
“I feel like we're watching on-the-job training with the refs in this Texas-Missouri game”
- Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) November 7, 2026
“If you are a fan and complaining about the officiating in the Mizzou and Texas game…it’s 100% justified. Steve Shaw who is the 🐐 of officials doesn’t even know what they are doing.”
- Tyler Siskey (@tylersiskey) November 7, 2026
One sequence in particular lit the fuse. On a third-and-long, Arch Manning was hit as he was preparing to throw, and the ball flew forward 15 yards.
Texas recovered it, the officials ruled it a fumble, and the Longhorns were awarded a first down. Texas then tied the game at 20 on the very next sequence and seized the momentum.
What made the ruling even harder for viewers to swallow was what came across during the replay. ESPN’s rules expert said on the broadcast that the play should have been ruled an incompletion.
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