Fox analyst Joel Klatt didn’t hold back during No. 6 Indiana’s road game against Michigan on Saturday, blasting a second-quarter roughing-the-passer flag on Wolverines freshman Tariq Boney that handed the Hoosiers 15 free yards at the Big House.

Indiana quarterback Josh Hoover’s pass to receiver Nick Marsh fell incomplete from the Indiana 26 early in the second quarter, but the flag moved the ball to the 41 with a fresh set of downs. “Oh, come on, guys. What are we doing?” Klatt said.

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Gus Johnson, Klatt’s play-by-play partner on Fox’s Big Noon Saturday broadcast, reacted the same way. “Come on now. My goodness,” Johnson said.

Klatt then made clear his complaint centered on how little contact drew the flag, not on the rule itself. “I understand protecting the quarterback.…