In the real world this particular play should be made part of the empolyee review and a plan of correction should be created and monitored. Another occurence would allow for the particular official to be removed from Division I football officiating and placed in the division III snack stand making walking Tacos.
Big Ten Apologizes To Nebraska
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In the real world this particular play should be made part of the empolyee review and a plan of correction should be created and monitored. Another occurence would allow for the particular official to be removed from Division I football officiating and placed in the division III snack stand making walking Tacos.
Would an official ever make it past a year on the job?
I'm all for accountability but these things should be fixed with replay. Mistake live are inevitable.
The refs blew the call. The RB made it by a yard. Inexcusable. Try to enjoy the games.
Gee, somehow the B1G's Replay Review inexplicably blew the call as well - what's your explanation for this supposed "safeguard" against such blown calls failing as well??? The b1g apology to UNL states that both the field Official and Replay Officials as both failing (and cited the centralized Replay Review failure as the bigger one) - amusingly, they provide no explanation for how Replay Review inexplicably failed - were they simply not watching (contrary to their all "plays are reviewed" mantra)? There really is few explanations as to how that bullshit cannot be identified by someone watching the live feed and replay in the Centralized Review Center.
I am not an official, couldn't tell you. I can tell you that some enjoy the athleticism and creativity of the game, others complain about the calls.
People really complain when the only explanation is that it appears deliberate. Over and over and over.
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A couple weeks ago, we had a b1g Field Official in the scUM game mis-mark a spot by 4+ yards in scUM's favor (which just "coincidentally" took the ball to the 1st Down Mark for scUM). Then you have this one in the duhO$U game where a Field Official mis-marks the ball backwards by over a yard "coincidentally" short of the 1st Down Mark benefitting duhO$U. Been watching NFL games for decades and have never seen a field Official miss marks like that (I've seen marks challenged in the NFL for a half or quarter yard - but never honest mis-marks anything like these ones - not even remotely close to these egregious mis-marks). But somehow you have it happen on a regular basis in duhO$U and scUM games in the b1g??? But they're all just simple, honest mistakes though don't you know? Then, what can possibly explain a Replay Official not being able to identify this as an egregiously bad spot that incorrectly changed a clear first down into a 4th Down leaving the clock running while UNL had to bring in their short yardage package with only like 40 seconds on the clock and forcing UNL to use their final timeout. If a Replay Official can't identify this as a play that needs correcting they shouldn't be in the Replay Review Office. There is no reasonable explanation - there never is in this bush league, just worthless belated apology after worthless belated apology, but nothing ever changes.
Year after year we keep hearing such nonsense, though. Sports is supposed to be spontaneous and unpredictable, not rigged. What has been going on in the Big Ten is anti-sports.
You appear to be a long time Buckeye fan so I am genuinely curious.
Has a B1G officiating crew ever apologized to the OSU football team for blatantly blowing a call against an opponent not named Michigan since PSU has joined the conference?
I cannot recall a single circumstance but maybe your memory of such events is similar to PSU fans and you will be able to rattle them off of the top of your head along with the consequence/outcome of the respective football game(s).
Not that I recall. It is amazing that there are so many who believe the B1G is fixed. If the conference wanted to fix games thru the officials they would not do it by blowing a call like the Nebraska 1st down run. They would probably do it by missing/not missing holding and PI calls. These are much more nebulous and easier to hide or deny. Some degree of holding probably happens on most plays.
They do fix games by NOT calling offensive holding and defensive pass interference. That's the easiest way to control a game. Watch the big 10 plus 8 and you see it all the time.
So the answer as I suspected is no.
I have watched the B1G officials occasionally give PSU a call, but only against teams that are traditional part of the lower echelon of the B1G. And for the record, I did not support those calls that went in PSU's advantage.
From an observational perspective, I have seen the B1G officials consistently referee a big game in a non partisan fashion so that I know that they have the ability to do so.
It is the annual OSU - MI game.
Hmmmmmmmm.........
Pretty sure the conference just apologized to Ohio State for the Arvell Reece targeting call against Nebraska when they lifted his suspension. I was reading the Eleven Warriors comments on that and according to them every single call goes against OSU.
In the actual real world, he probably got a B1G money bag for that play.
*Sigh*
I would love to listen to the deliberation that took place during the game that led the officials in conjunction with replay to confirm the call on the field. What was the 'egregious' error that these officials made?
Similarly, I would like to hear the analysis and deliberation of the NCAA appellate board that overturned their decision (along with a biography and resume of this governing body).
You can certainly argue the merits of both sides, but when the error is not obvious and egregious, then the ruling on the field should be upheld.
I can't comment on the quality of officiating that OSU has been getting recently as I rarely watch their games.
I do know from watching PSU vs OSU games over the years that 'all the calls go against OSU is 'bull caca'.
It's not like they ruled a pass complete that bounced a foot in front of the intended receiver with a ref staring at the ball at a critical juncture of the game or anything......
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They just did with targeting on Reese
This entire the Big Ten cheats is nonsense and simply an excuse for our failures.
So, your theory is that the B1G is organized into tiers. The refs then work to ensure that the higher tier team (OSU, UM) wins. If you really believe that you should use it to bet online. Always pick the higher tier team and let the refs do their thing. You can make a fortune.
These are nothing but my own personal observations of B1G officials over the years.
What is 'funny' to me is that every time we have gotten a phantom call/no call or a 'generous' 1st down spot against an no OSU UM opponent, we ALWAYS lament that we would NEVER get that call in a game against OSU or UM.
Primarily because it NEVER happens - in our favor ......
No one said that it happened EVERY TIME.
Nice strawman argument though
Not a bad idea, but I think getting rid of conference-based officials has to happen . Too much appearance of impropriety rather than just mere incompetence from what I've seen.
Interesting take. I'm not one to believe the conspiracies but I remember a season where tOSU wasn't called for offensive holding once all year in conference play.
