(09-04-2017 11:29 AM)91Alum Wrote:  

(09-03-2017 07:27 PM)JMU1987UVA1998 Wrote:  

(09-03-2017 09:13 AM)bobbyjmu Wrote:  I'll admit I cursed @ refs a bit after all the P.I. calls(section 19 row TT). Many calls were legit, some were not & began to piss me off. There were a couple of annoying ECU fans a few rows behind me, returned the favor in kind & had much more ammunition! (even though my wy voice was shot)

Trying to figure out the call on #26 Curtis Oliver when he hit Sirk on first ECU drive in 2nd Half. What was he supposed to do, grab his flag and not tackle him? Started losing voice in Section 17 after that call and couldn't really holler that the referee crews seeing eye dogs were waiting for them outside their locker rooms. Officiating crew wasn't an issue in 1st Half, they became one in the 2nd Half. Assume it was an AAC crew.

Well I can assure you it wasn't an FCS crew, but I think you touched on a bigger issue in college football. Why are officiating crews affiliated with a conference at all? It makes no sense. As a Notre Dame fan, it is a longstanding gripe that ND never gets a fair shake against Michigan and their B1G officials or USC and their PAC12 crews.

But look at the shenanigans that can happen even in intra-conference games. Say Oklahoma is undefeated and has a chance to get into the 4 team playoff, but they're losing in the second half of their last game to Texas Tech, who has no chance at such a thing. Are we really supposed to believe the Big XII officials working that game (and their bosses) aren't aware of that fact, and the financial implications of having a team bounced from the playoff?

Officials need to be run by the NCAA - not conferences.

And yes, I rewatched the game on ESPN3, and some of those calls were complete BS. Simple case of the AAC looking out for its own. Fortunately, we were so much better, there was only so much the refs could do.

Some idiot greenville yokel behind me kept saying they were CAA refs... I was like in no possible universe is that a real thing.