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BrudLee · 10-10-2005, 10:23 AM

When the umpire (who, thankfully, is OK) was knocked out of the game for several plays, I turned to my brother and said "Well, maybe with fewer refs, they'll miss some of these shitty calls."

The officiating wasn't good, but it wasn't completely one-sided. Cooley was interfered with. Patton made incidental contact with a defender who wasn't looking at the ball. Moss was almost certainly out of bounds - I would have challenged that failed challenge on principle if I was Shanahan (throw the red flag again and slap the ref with a white glove - "There's your challenge, pistols at dawn!").

I have no beef with complaining about the officiating in this game, so long as it doesn't turn into "the refs stole the game!" We got a few calls, and lost a few more. The refs didn't allow two long TD runs, though.

10-10-2005, 10:23 AM	#7
BrudLee Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE Posts: 3,494	Re: Horrid Refs!!! When the umpire (who, thankfully, is OK) was knocked out of the game for several plays, I turned to my brother and said "Well, maybe with fewer refs, they'll miss some of these shitty calls." The officiating wasn't good, but it wasn't completely one-sided. Cooley was interfered with. Patton made incidental contact with a defender who wasn't looking at the ball. Moss was almost certainly out of bounds - I would have challenged that failed challenge on principle if I was Shanahan (throw the red flag again and slap the ref with a white glove - "There's your challenge, pistols at dawn!"). I have no beef with complaining about the officiating in this game, so long as it doesn't turn into "the refs stole the game!" We got a few calls, and lost a few more. The refs didn't allow two long TD runs, though. __________________ There's nowhere to go but up. Or down. I guess we could stay where we are, too.