The thing that bugs me the most is that the league has not come out and said the ref blew it, like they did after the dook game. ours was much more clear that it was a bad call
Bryan Platt: the back judge who threw the flag
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I said the same thing earlier in the week, Dean. I've come to realize this game was just too big for them to do so. At least that is what I tell myself.
WHO has anything like our ACCCG call, in all of college football, this year? I don't see that as pro-CU or anti-UNC; I see it as pro-protect the ACC's CFP hopeful.
Was it gross incompetence or agenda driven? I tend to believe the first, mostly because believing the latter would be the end of my college sports viewing. There have simply too many examples of incompetence in recent years, perhaps more instances this year than I can ever remember in one season. I have no faith that it will change because the ACC doesn't appear to have any concerns with the status quo. That is very unfortunate.
Reminds me of Terry Porter, the guy who threw the flag after a count of ten, in the Fiesta Bowl that cost us the NC in 2002. Never could find a pic of Tressel giving him a bag of money.
You guys were robbed!
You guys were robbed!
the agenda doesn't have to be communicated from the conference office to the official. it's abundantly clear that having a team in the playoffs will help the conference and only UNC fans will be disappointed in a clemson win. so an official with a personality flaw who likes to influence the outcome of a game (a la ron cherry) can do so knowing he won't lose his job or be reprimanded. it's not a conspiracy. it's a license to steal.
C'mon. Why in the world would the ref lose his job or be reprimanded for not throwing a flag when no flag should have been thrown at all on an uncommunicated screw job?? That line of thought is absurd, Jimmy.
I feel more comfortable in saying what I did above since you said "nailed it".
i said he would NOT lose his job or be reprimanded for throwing the flag. i never intimated that he would lose his job or be reprimanded for not throwing it. please read more carefully before calling someone's thinking "absurd."
I misread it and I apologize. I'm the dumbass here. My bad. However, I feel better for being wrong because I've always enjoyed reading what you post.
i accept your apology and look forward to your future comments.
I doubt he's even been reprimanded. The blown call no longer irritates me, l've let it go. However, the league's response still rankles me. It leads me to believe that nothing will be done to address the deplorable state of officiating incompetency and the status quo will continue unabated.
