I don't know...is this bad because it just shows how right folks have been saying that college refs are bad (I think all conferences have been vilified at one time or another)... Or is it good because it does show what I have said all along...that (at least in the B10) their feet are held to the fire. http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=301839
Did you see the game Stu? What was the issue with the officals. I liked the part where they are going to be suspended and/or fired, but will go ahead and work this weekends game...that doesn't sound good!! :? :?
I did not get to see the game, Terry... I know that two issues were a TD pass that was ruled not a catch, thus causing Purdue to have to kick a field goal...and a pass that was caught and the guy went out of bounds...but the ref inexplicable and incorrectly wound the clock and kept it going...it cost Tiller 12 seconds or so before he realized that it had happened and then he had to burn a timeout to stop the clock...and this happened in trying to execute a final game tying drive. There may have been more.
Hmm, wonder if the refs are residents in Pennsylvania. Question like that following bad calls used to be asked in the B10.
LOL, Bob...I have always been in favor of the league reviewing and grading the referees performance each game, and I get as mad as anybody when I see what seems to be an obvious missed call... But I always feel bad when I read articles like this...geez it should be really blatent incompetence to merit firing...or even suspension.
How about using the percentage of calls reversed by TV review as one of the metrics for judging a refs competence? If you have a high percentage of your calls reversed you must be doing something wrong.
There are lots of bad calls that aren't reversible...like that winding of the clock and costing us a timeout. Also blowing wistles too soon "down by contact."
I agree. That is why I proposed reversals as just one of the metrics to use in evaluating them. I just think everyone is so wrapped up in using the replay to get it right, but they forget that if you get a reversal it means the guy on the field blew the call. The other night against LSU we had three calls reversed. That means the guys on the field blew at least 3 calls.
KP, I don't think I agree on the number of reversed calls being the measurement. Maybe a measurement, but I believe with the plays being reviewed that the refs are blowing whistles later in order to allow a proper review.
Don't get me started on winding the clock. When the clock is stopped on a penalty it is supposed to restart upon the marking and placement of the ball but alas for poor ole Ron Zook that didn't happen vs. Tenn. in Knoxville in 2004 when a few extra seconds meant the world and the game for UT. We won't go into the penalty again that was later apologized for by the ref that called it....