Instant Replay... are you kidding me?

[ddh33]

I want to see what the NCAA does about it. If they can let such a blatant show of arrogance and corruption go unpunished then I would say they are complicit in the whole matter and are laughing in our faces. To write it off as "home cooking" doesn't cut it, IMO.

David Stern and the NBA let it happen...

In the end, I don't know the answer. Whether it's rigged or not, the perception is almost as bad. They have got to clean this up. Instead, I have a hunch that it gets swept under the rug and forgotten.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

David Stern and the NBA let it happen...

that is exactly what I fear is happening. The "powers that be" are futzing around in the gray areas and allowing homer officials to skew games,,, possibly in order to help the home teams win and to put butts in stadium seats. After what that tinkering did to the NBA, I would hope these people aren't foolish enough to repeat that mistake.

 

[ghst187]

at least pro wrestling doesn't pretend to be real.....

pro boxing has been thrown away as legit for the most part

I honestly think the NBA is partially fixed and Dick Bavetta is the linchpin

I don't think the OU game was fixed or anything like that and I started the thread, not because it was an OU game, but because it is yet ANOTHER glaring example that despite instant replay implemented to clean up bad officiating, they still don't get a lot of the critical calls right. It actually seems like they get it wrong more often now than they did before without instant replay.
DD summed it up pretty well, all of us enjoy good, competitive games and most of us don't even want to win if the W comes because of a horrible officiating call in our favor.
The only justice for OU in this instance is for the NCAA to overturn the final result of the game, which of course would open pandora's box for every other team that gets gyped. So the NCAA will go "sorry" and the refs will probably go completely unpunished. And the trend will continue.
The AP voters and coaches should actually drop Oregon and move OU up.
I don't even see how Oregon can look at that game and feel good about it. They got flat out beaten.

 

[nathanlt]

Here is the link to the pac10 website with email addresses of all the officiating assistants for various sports.
http://www.pac-10.org/school-bio/pac10-officiating-programs.html

 

[eduncan22]

Anytime your sport Votes to crown your champion..these things are gonna happen.

IMHO, College football has been rigged for many many years.

BTW, the new NCAA rules on kickoffs/change of possesion/clock-starting is fraken rigged.

 

[nathanlt]

at least pro wrestling doesn't pretend to be real.....

pro boxing has been thrown away as legit for the most part

I honestly think the NBA is partially fixed and Dick Bavetta is the linchpin

I don't think the OU game was fixed or anything like that and I started the thread, not because it was an OU game, but because it is yet ANOTHER glaring example that despite instant replay implemented to clean up bad officiating, they still don't get a lot of the critical calls right. It actually seems like they get it wrong more often now than they did before without instant replay.
DD summed it up pretty well, all of us enjoy good, competitive games and most of us don't even want to win if the W comes because of a horrible officiating call in our favor.
The only justice for OU in this instance is for the NCAA to overturn the final result of the game, which of course would open pandora's box for every other team that gets gyped. So the NCAA will go "sorry" and the refs will probably go completely unpunished. And the trend will continue.
The AP voters and coaches should actually drop Oregon and move OU up.
I don't even see how Oregon can look at that game and feel good about it. They got flat out beaten.

Here is the worst part, even if the AP voters drop Oregon and move up OU, the BCS will still calculate its formula blindly on the numbers, crediting Oregon with the win. It's really sad.

 

[MC KAos]

I am an OU fan. I try not to be a sour grapes sort of guy, but this is becoming way too common. The same thing happened to OU last year in Lubbock. Now this...You know, the funny thing is how the refs simply ignored the fact that OU recovered the kick anyway. How did they rule that way?

In between, ther Super Bowl made a lot of people question things...

Also, my Mavs got screwed big time.

In all honesty, poor officiating is ruining these games. I just can't help but wonder who is profitting by this incompetence?

the mavs didnt get screwed, the spurs got screwed and you expected the heat to get screwed, when they didnt, you felt like you got screwed when it was just normal. Im not trying to pick a fight but its true. What happened was the officiating was inconsistent from the spurs series to the finals, specially concerning dirk. If they were gonna call fouls on the spurs for looking at dirk or having dirk run into them, they should have at least kept it concistent. They didnt, and mavs fans felt screwed, which in a way they did get screwed, but only cuz the calls werent consistent. As far as the OU game today, yes they did get jobbed, but they had a chance to win and didnt execute the field goal, so they didnt really deserve to WIN

 

[ddh33]

MC Kaos, it seems to me that your logic if awfully faulty. According to you, TEAM A gets screwed, but since they still had a chance to win, it's their own fault. Except, you don't seem to apply that same logic to your team (the Spurs).

Look, I'll be the first to get in line with the idea that too many events are tainted by the officiating. Yes, I thought the Mavs and Spurs series was tainted. Yes, I think this OU game was tainted. A week ago, a lot of people thought that Dallas/Jacksonville game was tainted.

The whole point of this thread, as I understood it, was wanting things to be made right. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be happening. What I want, as a sports fan, is an even playing field. I can live with the right team winning - even if it isn't mine. What I'm tired of is in the incompetence.

 

[The30YardSlant]

It's not limited to that one. There were terrible replay calls in the Tennessee/Florida game and the A&M/Army game that nearly cost Florida and A&M the games, respectively.

 

[nathanlt]

I just want to point out after watching the entire replay, it's already been mentioned on this thread, but I'll state it again...


OU recovered the onside kick!!

 

[ddh33]

It's not limited to that one. There were terrible replay calls in the Tennessee/Florida game and the A&M/Army game that nearly cost Florida and A&M the games, respectively.

That's the concerning part. I don't watch all of the games. It's just too much. It's too draining. When I watch "my" teams though (and I only have a few), I see too many games being determined by the wrong people.

 

[Jack-Reacher]

Since I was actually at the game and a Oregon fan let me give you my take on it.

The officials explained that Oregon had possesion of the kick and was down by contact BEFORE OU had possesion. Since I haven't seen the replays with the angles they showed on TV I cannot comment on whether that is true or not. It did look like Oregon touched the ball too early.

We were kind of shocked that they didn't get flagged for that.

I agree that questionable calls shouldn't make a difference in the game. I do feel the OU was robbed somewhat, but you cannot take away the fact that Oregon blocked their FG attempt. They need to spend the time to get these calls correct.

Nobody in the PAC-10 believes that PAC-10 officials give you any break unless you are USC. Everybody complains about them all the time. I hope that this doesn't keep Big-12 teams from scheduling PAC-10 in the future. I like to see these kind of games in College Football rather than Oregon playing Portland State and winning by 78 points.

Jon

 

[ElGatoGrande]

I do feel the OU was robbed somewhat, but you cannot take away the fact that Oregon blocked their FG attempt.

well I guess that's something to hang your hat on,,,

as for USC, that's another prime example of "something fishy" going on in the collegiate world. I'm always shocked at the crap they get away with, not the least of which being their star RB skating thru his highly financed college career without a word said until he's graduated and gone! All the Dick Tracy wannabes suddenly got a clue AFTER he left?

 

[ghst187]

The whole point of this thread, as I understood it, was wanting things to be made right. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be happening. What I want, as a sports fan, is an even playing field. I can live with the right team winning - even if it isn't mine. What I'm tired of is in the incompetence.

ding ding ding....winner

EXACTLY, well said