Officials Admit Screw-up
- Thread starter JeopardyHusker
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I believe I heard that this crew was officiating its first ever football game of any sort and didn't really know what the rules were. J/K
Jackasses.
This crew was terrible. The extra point was just the topping.
Jackasses.
This crew was terrible. The extra point was just the topping.
This crew also officiated the Michigan/Western Michigan game. The Nebraska/Maryland game was the second game they ever officiated. B1G is a hot bed for novice officials. This may be the first time someone is called out on strikes after only two pitches.
Big 10 officials are the highest paid in college football. They certainly aren't getting their money's worth. And where are these so-called booth officials. If they can't even correct blatant bad calls, what good are they.
If I was on a B1G officiating crew that had SCREW-UPS SO EMBARRASSINGLY BAD that the league office felt compelled to send out a blanket public statement TWICE in one season to acknowledge them, I think I'd start polishing up my resume.
I'd be more than just a tad bit embarrassed about this if I were on that officiating crew!
I'd say suspending officials like the NFL is doing would be a good way to address this. At least the one that gave Rhule the incorrect information.
If you think about it - taking the penalty even with the miss isn't that bad a decision - assuming you run the short field kick-off correctly. Pooch it high so the coverage team can get under it.
If you think about it - taking the penalty even with the miss isn't that bad a decision - assuming you run the short field kick-off correctly. Pooch it high so the coverage team can get under it.
I think in this day and age, it is embarrassing how bad officiating is at the college level. There is too much money not to create a better system. More officials? Better training?? Not sure.
Couple things in play IMHO - in my lifetime - very few college football games were on TV when I was a kid and youngster still wet behind the ears. The explosion of cable networks resulted in way more games being on TV. Where the slo mo replay showed how often refs screwed up. So.....the powers that be eventually put in a challenge rule to allow replay to confirm certain calls. Did refs get worse? Probably not but the ability for fans to see how often they screw up increased exponentially. Replay reviews also changes how they call the game IMHO - they use it as a crutch for 50/50 calls a bit too much. If you see it - call it GDit.
All this replay and social media scrutiny didn't exist 20+ years ago. But....the conference needs to deal with obvious screw ups - fine em, suspend em.....and be more transparent about what they are doing to make it better.
Watching the Chiefs/Raiders Sunday - last 20 seconds or so of a 3 point game - so Raiders are trying to get in FG range. They throw a pass to the 50 yard line - called complete - a quick look at replay CLEARLY showed it was not a catch but as the clock is running down the Raiders quickly clocked the ball before any replay was relayed to the field. So a bad call stood due to the NFL not being able to stop play to make sure they got it right. You CANNOT challenge a call in the last 2 minutes of the game - only the replay booth can. You talk about the mother of all screw ups - someone should get fired for this IMHO - the whole point of replay is to not let $hit like that happen. Of course - next play - Raiders throw an INT and the game is over........typical Raiders.
All this replay and social media scrutiny didn't exist 20+ years ago. But....the conference needs to deal with obvious screw ups - fine em, suspend em.....and be more transparent about what they are doing to make it better.
Watching the Chiefs/Raiders Sunday - last 20 seconds or so of a 3 point game - so Raiders are trying to get in FG range. They throw a pass to the 50 yard line - called complete - a quick look at replay CLEARLY showed it was not a catch but as the clock is running down the Raiders quickly clocked the ball before any replay was relayed to the field. So a bad call stood due to the NFL not being able to stop play to make sure they got it right. You CANNOT challenge a call in the last 2 minutes of the game - only the replay booth can. You talk about the mother of all screw ups - someone should get fired for this IMHO - the whole point of replay is to not let $hit like that happen. Of course - next play - Raiders throw an INT and the game is over........typical Raiders.
OK we have an admission and maybe a backhanded apology. Now what EVERYONE wants are corrections, so these mistakes don't continue to happen and affect the outcomes of games. Develop a better oversight system.
Everyone is talking about financially punishing incorrect calls, and that most likely has a place, but in my experience rewarding correct behaviors usually has a larger, and longer lasting, impact. Getting passed by for poor performance, and being additionally rewarded for good performance typically corrects at lot of poor performance.
Everyone is talking about financially punishing incorrect calls, and that most likely has a place, but in my experience rewarding correct behaviors usually has a larger, and longer lasting, impact. Getting passed by for poor performance, and being additionally rewarded for good performance typically corrects at lot of poor performance.
Good points Red. Everyone makes mistakes on occasion. Maybe they need to do like they do in volleyball. Give the team two challenges a game and if they are correct, they retain the challenge.
That's great, except when the review gets it wrong too.
Rhule said he was told the kick was good by the ref so he accepted the penalty on the kickoff- only for the ref to then say - the PAT was no good. He then admitted he didn't actually know if it was good and would change their process to ensure someone is passing along what they see to him in the event of a penalty being called and needing to make a decision. (I assume from the press box)
The admission by the refs was THEY DID TELL RHULE THE WRONG THING - that the PAT was good.
Oh don't worry. They will be promoted to officiating the National Title game. Book it.