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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.
I also agree that the officiating didn't cost us the game, but it was really bad.

The one that got me the most was that they called a fumble when Toledo was in the Red Zone and Jones was going back to pass. It definitely looked like a fumble to me because his hand was not going forward......good call.

Then later in the game the same thing happens to Ben R. and it is clear that his hand was not going forward, however the officials rule it a forward pass and incomplete........really bad call. The next play they called Miami for some stupid penalty that didn't even happen. I hate to tell ya Refs, but that doesn't make up for it. Especially when Miami ended up scoring a TD on that drive thanks to another questionable fumble that was ruled that the player was down.


Speaking of bad calls by Big Ten officials. They had Big Ten officials for the Notre Dame/Florida State game. Did you see that play they called an incompletion when FSU had the ball? The WR caught the ball, turned around and took 1 step, then fumbled the ball. ND recovered but they ruled it incomplete. Fricken' unbelieveable.
rocketfootball Wrote:The one that got me the most was that they called a fumble when Toledo was in the Red Zone and Jones was going back to pass. It definitely looked like a fumble to me because his hand was not going forward......good call.

Then later in the game the same thing happens to Ben R. and it is clear that his hand was not going forward, however the officials rule it a forward pass and incomplete........really bad call. The next play they called Miami for some stupid penalty that didn't even happen. I hate to tell ya Refs, but that doesn't make up for it. Especially when Miami ended up scoring a TD on that drive thanks to another questionable fumble that was ruled that the player was down.
I think you've got these two backwards...the Roethlisberger "pass" came first, I think, and was ruled an incomplete pass...Jones' was ruled a fumble, which we lost. I know..it's not important which came first. But with a blown call, and the chance to make up for it, you'd think they do something about it. In all honesty, I think they made the right call on Jones too. But if they're going to screw up those calls, can't they at least be consistant?? No danger of running into a "homer" in Toledo, that's for sure. And no, I don't think getting it wrong twice is better than getting it wrong in the first place. They just plain made bad calls.

And what about the no-call in the OSU/PSU game where the DB TACKLED the WR!!! No one around them except the official, and no flag. That was the most blatant pass interference I've ever seen, and he got away with it!!! I'm beginning to think the MAC has been re-training the Big 10 officials.
The MAC officiating is bad, but most Herd fans are used to that, and some are therefore adept at complaining about it, or just expect it altogether. Remember, we came from the 1aa Southern Conference, home to horrible referees both young and old, experienced, naive, and sometimes just bitter. I once saw an opposing player dribble a ball plainly 2 ft out of bounds in front of a bball ref with no whistle. Countless times MU was either royally screwed (furman, 1988 playoffs...mike barber pass interference), or was the beneficiary of the other team getting screwed.

It's just unfortunate that with that many refs on a football field they can blow so many calls.

Maybe the MAC and Southern are just farm systems for the Big 10. What we need is someone to oversee things with an ironfist of say, an Andy Van hellemond 03-wink That would fix everything!
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