Great read --

[d30fan]

Those who can should go over to rivals and read Paul Clarks open letter to the B12-- Best take on the situation I have ever heard!!

 

[cdnlngld]

can you cut and paste the letter or quote it or something?

 

[Judoka]

Linking is hard.

CycloneReport.com - Dateline Campustown: An open letter

 

[Bigman38]

He makes a lot of great points.

As long as the Texas ball carrier might have still be up, might still be progressing forward, might have still had a chance to score a touchdown: no whistle. It was almost as if the officials held off on blowing their whistle while there was still some possibility of Texas scoring on that play. Nah, that couldn't be, right?...Interestingly, as soon as an Iowa State player emerged with the ball AND your officials had time to see that was the case, the whistle blowing started like it was going out of style. All of the sudden, everybody on the field with a whistle had a clear view of what had happened several seconds earlier.

 

[cdnlngld]

Linking is hard.

CycloneReport.com - Dateline Campustown: An open letter

Thanks for the link, but some of us can't access the page.

 

[agrabes]

Thanks for the link, but some of us can't access the page.

Why not? Blocked by work? It's not premium content, I'm not a subscriber and I can access it. It wouldn't make sense to put an "open letter" behind a pay wall anyway.

 

[cdnlngld]

Why not? Blocked by work? It's not premium content, I'm not a subscriber and I can access it. It wouldn't make sense to put an "open letter" behind a pay wall anyway.

yea, blocked.

 

[JSmoove]

Am I understanding this that the fist pumping ref from '05 was also on the crew that did this game? Or more of just an example of the type of officials in this league?

 

[Daserop]

I just assume there is some form of corruption, rigging, or unfair bias in all sports.

 

[crash_zone]

That's a good read. Wish they'd do something about the refs after they make bad calls.

 

[SouthJerseyCy]

He makes a lot of great points.

Ehh...he make one decent point about the delayed whistles. The rest is really whiny and makes us look like sore losers.

 

[PabloDiablo]

That was a pretty good read, lots of good points. Won't make any difference but is right nonetheless.

 

[Me State]

Am I understanding this that the fist pumping ref from '05 was also on the crew that did this game? Or more of just and example of the type of officials in this league?

My understanding is that he was the official spotting the football.
No one had complaints about the spots, right?

 

[Wesley]

This is what I have been saying. The first audio whistle was when George was running at the Cyclone 40.

 

[cowgirl836]

My understanding is that he was the official spotting the football.
No one had complaints about the spots, right?

lol wut?! so that fist-pumper was A. not fired and B. is still allowed to officiate Texas games?

Makes total sense.

 

[Judoka]

My understanding is that he was the official spotting the football.

I assumed he was joking. Was that official really working the game?

 

[IowaCYcler]

My understanding is that he was the official spotting the football.
No one had complaints about the spots, right?

CW had brought the spots up after watching the DVR of the game.

 

[bosco]

Walt Anderson is a UT alum so Paul's letter will fall on deaf ears. Kind of surprised that Paul wrote that letter. He seemed to me pretty level headed and objective on ISU matters. I guess even Paul has his limits. He better get ready for that stern reprimand.

 

[Luth4Cy]

I assumed he was joking. Was that official really working the game?

I'm pretty sure that was dead serious. I heard somebody else say the same thing. Anybody know?

 

[Me State]

I'm pretty sure that was dead serious. I heard somebody else say the same thing. Anybody know?

I can't figure out where to find an official list of who was working the game but I've heard he was the alternate which is the 8th official that spots the ball.
If anyone knows where to find an official list of who was working please share.