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10-27-2002, 08:18 AM
WTF is going on this year? Big 10 crews are so bad that Paterno makes public complaints, and they even fire some of their officials for incompetency.
Imo, MAC officials are the worst that I have ever seen. Anywhere. The level of incompetency in the MAC is second to none.
I want to preface my following comments with a congratulation to Miami. They came to play and outplayed Toledo yesterday. But, not to the extent that the score showed. The stats back that up, as well. However, I don't believe that the officials directly cost the Rockets this game.
The game yesterday may have been the worst officiated game that I have ever seen, and it's fresh in my mind, so it will have to be an example of what I have seen all season.
Miami's first drive, they fumble TWICE and Toledo recovers. Once still deep in their territory, and again near the red zone. Replays showed these plays clearly. Both times, the officials gave the ball back to Miami. This also happened with an interception in the fourth quarter as momentum seemed to be swinging in Toledo's direction. OTOH, Miami's line was blatantly holding throughout the first half. And who could blame them? They were invisible to the refs.
The crowd sounded like it was one more bad call or non-call away from rushing the field and lynching the officials. So, now it was "make-up" time. The phantom calls against Miami started. And, being a Toledo fan, I'm sure that I missed some of the bad calls that went against Miami.
As I said, I'm not trying to imply that the Rockets would have won this game, because this was easily their worst game yet. Jones wasn't all that sharp, despite his stats. And Roethlisberger took our secondary behind the woodshed. The Redforeskinhawks won this game. However, players and fans from both teams were cheated out of seeing a great seesaw battle between two high-powered offenses because the zebras didn't let them play.
I don't know what the solution is, because instant replay couldn't be evenly implemented. But, this level of incompetency is unaceptable.
Imo, MAC officials are the worst that I have ever seen. Anywhere. The level of incompetency in the MAC is second to none.
I want to preface my following comments with a congratulation to Miami. They came to play and outplayed Toledo yesterday. But, not to the extent that the score showed. The stats back that up, as well. However, I don't believe that the officials directly cost the Rockets this game.
The game yesterday may have been the worst officiated game that I have ever seen, and it's fresh in my mind, so it will have to be an example of what I have seen all season.
Miami's first drive, they fumble TWICE and Toledo recovers. Once still deep in their territory, and again near the red zone. Replays showed these plays clearly. Both times, the officials gave the ball back to Miami. This also happened with an interception in the fourth quarter as momentum seemed to be swinging in Toledo's direction. OTOH, Miami's line was blatantly holding throughout the first half. And who could blame them? They were invisible to the refs.
The crowd sounded like it was one more bad call or non-call away from rushing the field and lynching the officials. So, now it was "make-up" time. The phantom calls against Miami started. And, being a Toledo fan, I'm sure that I missed some of the bad calls that went against Miami.
As I said, I'm not trying to imply that the Rockets would have won this game, because this was easily their worst game yet. Jones wasn't all that sharp, despite his stats. And Roethlisberger took our secondary behind the woodshed. The Redforeskinhawks won this game. However, players and fans from both teams were cheated out of seeing a great seesaw battle between two high-powered offenses because the zebras didn't let them play.
I don't know what the solution is, because instant replay couldn't be evenly implemented. But, this level of incompetency is unaceptable.