Some numbers to go with Pollard's claim
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Watch the replay, on the field they called the penalty on #7, not the kicker. The announcers were dumbfounded in the booth struggling for a way to support the officials on a clearly bad call and "they called it on the kicker" was the best they could come up with.
Yes.
Clearly since no ISU player was inside of 1 yard of the LOS when the kicker contacted the ball.
They weren't cheating for Iowa. What they did do was influence that sequence of the game due to their complete incompetence. The PI on that play happened 5 yards beyond the line of scrimmage but they picked up the flag saying it happened behind the line of scrimmage. You have 7 guys watching the play and not one of them knew where the PI was committed on the field? Don't they intentionally throw the flag (as close as possible) to the spot of the foul to "mark) where it occurred on the field? They couldn't figure that one out? It's literally impossible to screw that call up but I'll be damned... the Big XII officials managed to screw it up.
The question isn't how many calls a certain team gets in their favor. The question is "Are the replay officials getting the call right" ?? If there is no indisputable evidence to overturn the call on the field, the initial call should stand.
It appears that the Big 12 office is merely covering up for the replay official, which I suppose is their job. Replay officials cannot make a "judgment call" to reverse the call on the field.
It appears that the Big 12 office is merely covering up for the replay official, which I suppose is their job. Replay officials cannot make a "judgment call" to reverse the call on the field.
Hey Chris, I think you need to get someone on your crack staff to do some research. How about an article on the statistics for the past 2 years of replay reviews in the Big XII or national. ISU really can look like a sore loser and perhaps we are biased only remembering the worst calls. Just look at the number of plays reviewed in your game, % of calls that are confirmed, stand as called, and reversed. Then look at how many went for or against ISU or Team X. This should pretty easily confirm a bias. This will be a large time investment I know, but just think of the potential page views.
There was another terrible call in the OSU game which no one on this thread pointed out. Some OSU WR caught the top tip of the ball, went to the ground, ball hit the ground, hands slide down to bottom tip of ball. Ruled a catch on the field. Rhodes challenged, both announcers and Mike Periera said no catch, ball hit the ground, call stood which lead to a FG for OSU.
Then the TD right before half. Why was the camera angle from a guy standing at the 2 or 3 yard line looking towards the goal? It kind of shows he might have got in but when you look at the other angles and realize this is looking down the goal line and the view point is from the 2 or 3 yard line, there is no way you can overturn that into a TD. I applaud Pollard for doing and saying what he did. Enough is enough.
During this years Iowa game at the very end, Netten hits the FG (which was somehow ruled that he missed it). Replay angle looking straight up shows ball went through both uprights and he made it clear as day. Thank god, Kirk Ferentz called time out or we would have been screwed on that play as well. Announcers said they thought it looked good. Who knows how that would have turned out.
During the Iowa game where they picked up the flag for not being beyond the line of scrimmage is one of the worst rapes I've seen on TV. The guy that came running in was the guy in the endzone who had no idea where the line of scrimmage could have been. Lead to a FG when it could have resulted in a TD.
KSU WR catches the ball while leg touching the pylon which means he's out of bounds. Not reviewed. Led to a TD before half. Replay guy suspended, we get apology.
Forgot about being offsides on the kicker vs Baylor. Classic rape. You'll never see that call in all of America ever again.
Texas game last year. Fumble at the 1, George returns for TD, game over. Wait...can't have Texas lose to ISU and have them fire their coach...so let's hand the game to Texas on a silver platter and screw ISU once again.
Don't even get me started on Basketball. Aaron Craft leg in the air and not set, we get a charge call, lose instead of going to sweet 16. Both games vs. Kansas. But the one i remember the most is when Whithey picked up his 5th foul, he raises his hand, mushroomhead guy comes running over and raises his hand, foul called on mushroomhead hair guy instead of the 7 footer. Whithey then goes over everyone's backs for the next 3 minutes and tips in 2 or 3 baskets and then the charge/blocking call that erupted on Twitter. Led to ISU losing, refs suspended and another apology letter.
It's tough being a Cyclone fan! But think of all the moments that could have been only to have them ripped away from you. If it's that tough for a fan, imagine what it's like being a coach or a player.
Then the TD right before half. Why was the camera angle from a guy standing at the 2 or 3 yard line looking towards the goal? It kind of shows he might have got in but when you look at the other angles and realize this is looking down the goal line and the view point is from the 2 or 3 yard line, there is no way you can overturn that into a TD. I applaud Pollard for doing and saying what he did. Enough is enough.
During this years Iowa game at the very end, Netten hits the FG (which was somehow ruled that he missed it). Replay angle looking straight up shows ball went through both uprights and he made it clear as day. Thank god, Kirk Ferentz called time out or we would have been screwed on that play as well. Announcers said they thought it looked good. Who knows how that would have turned out.
During the Iowa game where they picked up the flag for not being beyond the line of scrimmage is one of the worst rapes I've seen on TV. The guy that came running in was the guy in the endzone who had no idea where the line of scrimmage could have been. Lead to a FG when it could have resulted in a TD.
KSU WR catches the ball while leg touching the pylon which means he's out of bounds. Not reviewed. Led to a TD before half. Replay guy suspended, we get apology.
Forgot about being offsides on the kicker vs Baylor. Classic rape. You'll never see that call in all of America ever again.
Texas game last year. Fumble at the 1, George returns for TD, game over. Wait...can't have Texas lose to ISU and have them fire their coach...so let's hand the game to Texas on a silver platter and screw ISU once again.
Don't even get me started on Basketball. Aaron Craft leg in the air and not set, we get a charge call, lose instead of going to sweet 16. Both games vs. Kansas. But the one i remember the most is when Whithey picked up his 5th foul, he raises his hand, mushroomhead guy comes running over and raises his hand, foul called on mushroomhead hair guy instead of the 7 footer. Whithey then goes over everyone's backs for the next 3 minutes and tips in 2 or 3 baskets and then the charge/blocking call that erupted on Twitter. Led to ISU losing, refs suspended and another apology letter.
It's tough being a Cyclone fan! But think of all the moments that could have been only to have them ripped away from you. If it's that tough for a fan, imagine what it's like being a coach or a player.
He missed it, even Cole says he missed it. He also said he was distracted by the whistle that blew before he kicked it.
I have a theory on how this might have happened. I wonder if the replay official (B1G official?) was watching the TV Broadcast. On TV, the play happened directly over the line that the network uses to show Netten's theoretical field goal range. If the replay official saw that and thought it was the LOS, he may have radioed down to the on-field officials and told them that the PI was not beyond the LOS. Still a bad call, but it might at least explain it.
As I recall the PI happened actually 3 yards down field. The hit was so obvious that he actually knocked the receiver about 3 1/2 yards back; just back across the LOS. The officials saw both the receiver and the ball behind the LOS. I don't have any idea why they changed the call when ISU was nearly to the LOS to snap the ball for the next play. That part was very odd.
The more I see, the more it appears that college football is crooked across the board. Anytime you place somebody in a position of power that has ties to an interested party (i.e. the Big12 head of officiating) there is going to be corruption.
It happens elsewhere as well. A few years ago San Diego State had a call bungled on replay in a road game (I think it was against BYU when they were still MWC) that was just as bad as the ones we are all familiar with for ISU. Cost the Aztecs the game. Found out after the fact that the person making the decision in the booth was an alum of the home team. League rules allowed it to happen. More recently, the MWC conference just admitted to 9blown calls in the Aztecs game against Fresno State this week. One of them was a baffling replay review. Shockingly, it sounds like the crew in question also works Big12 games:
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/oct/07/aztecs-football-mw-blown-calls-long/
It happens elsewhere as well. A few years ago San Diego State had a call bungled on replay in a road game (I think it was against BYU when they were still MWC) that was just as bad as the ones we are all familiar with for ISU. Cost the Aztecs the game. Found out after the fact that the person making the decision in the booth was an alum of the home team. League rules allowed it to happen. More recently, the MWC conference just admitted to 9blown calls in the Aztecs game against Fresno State this week. One of them was a baffling replay review. Shockingly, it sounds like the crew in question also works Big12 games:
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/oct/07/aztecs-football-mw-blown-calls-long/
Two thoughts:
- I must admit to this making me feel just a little better. Misery loves company, I guess.
- I'm thinking I might actually be open to this Ken Rivera switching leagues with Walt Anderson. He couldn't be any worse and at least he admits that the refs screwed up royally. He couldn't be any worse, could he?
You would go to the game stats of each game, review the play by play and tabulate. I would encourage using the find function.
Excellent idea! That'd be called journalism. Maybe even win a Pulitzer. Or quiet the Fanatics!
