Did they simply get it wrong or did they want them to win? When I saw the touchdown pass that was so clearly not a catch.. I thought then that the refs were going to do anything to help them win........ Thats not home-cookin!! thats robbery!!!!!
Did they simply get it wrong or did they want them to win? When I saw the touchdown pass that was so clearly not a catch.. I thought then that the refs were going to do anything to help them win........ Thats not home-cookin!! thats robbery!!!!!
Well let me just quote the late-great Colonel Sanders, who said..."I'm too drunk to taste this chicken."
I don't think the refs wanted Tech to win I think they are just effin STUPID!!!!
Agreed. After the 4th down play, they seemed to have lost all knowledge on how to officate a FB game.Originally Posted by soonernation
that game was rigged. I can't think of a good reason why but the calls that were made boggle the mind.
I wonder if the guys upstairs saw the crowd, student section, band, janitorial crew, etc. running all over the field and said to themselves "let's just let 'em have it"
Berry Trammel's comment about Fox Sports having "2 camcorders and a 35mm camera" really isn't too far from the truth. They failed to show replays of important stuff all day long
i dont buy into the grand conspiracy that an entire ref crew or even part of it, wants any team to win more than the other
i just think they are highly imcompetent....
on the whole, a ref crew gets it right about 90% of the time.....they do make mistakes, naturally as they are human
but the replay system is supposed to back them up and correct their mistakes which could have an impact on the outcome......the refs made a judgement call, which is their job to do......replay is what failed yesterday, imo.....not sure if thats because of the lack of camera angles or what
if replay cant be any better or consistent than that, then get rid of it....it slows the pace of the game, makes the ref's hesitant to make a call on the field because they may have to face having it overturned for all to see....
i think yesterday changed my mind on replay
I'd agree with you as I am not one for conspiracies if it were justa call or 2. But it was the call after call of them just trying to give the game away. That game was rigged. You'd think after the the 4th down call that was about a yard and half short, the blown TD call on the incomplete pass, they be less likely to give Tech another close and bad call, that's human nature. The Big 12 refs are bad but what happened yesterday was beyond bad. When Billy Ray Smith and Kellen Winslow say OU got screwed it's more than obvious. Now FSN and ESPN are calling the same way.
The refs determined the outcome of that game. The game was effin rigged. I've seen too many non calls, phantom calls, and just straight BS calls this year. The refs threw the game. I doubt it was a pre conceived plan as OU shouldn't have been in the position to get screw anyways but still the refs threw the game and they tried to do it 3 times on the last drive alone.
i disagree with the "rigged" comment......i just dont see it
highly imcompetent? absolutely
i think they're all too moronic to pull of a rigged game......OU would never have had the lead that late in the game if it were rigged, they'd have called some phantom holding calls on that last drive
I don't thing they had preconceived idea of rigging the game. But that last drive they had it rigged, I mean it is first and 10 not first and 8 1/2, you have to actually catch the football not just touch it in the endzone, when it's first and goal you have to get to the goal line not a yard short. When they blatently give the game to Tech it's rigged whether people like it or not.
oh jeez, c'mon marine....gimme a break.....so the game isnt rigged until the final drive? that doesnt make sense at all
at what point did they huddle together and agree to act in concert together?
seriously, you're talking jibberish.....i understand your'e ****ed about the game.....but so am i.....we beat TCU in the opener and this isnt an issue....our season wasnt ruined by what happened yesterday.......its merely a culmination of alot of problems.....that we're playing out of,
we'll be ok...
cmon man your an investigator, you can't say that something shady didn't go down. Heck none of want to think that way but those three calls were bad. If you the call was bad and it gave the game to Tech when it shouldn't have I call it rigged. I know there wasn't a huddle or a plan to do this but somewhere on that last drive they gave the game away.
Don't make me come to the tailgate and whip your sorry Army ***!!!
for some reason the it aint letting me put a smiley.
so I guess you'll just have to take an *** whipping.
bring it jarhead
we'll just have to agree to disagree, i just think they are morons.....too stupid to do this on purpose as a group
"Yeah, that's right BCS!"
Mangino after the Texas game last year
Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
This game didnt change my mind on replay. Most of the time replay is better and helps the right call. One ref cost us this game...two time. The Line Judge spotted the first down and was standing behind a player and made the TD call. It is that simple. If they want to check on someone that is who they need to look at.
Re: Bad Calls or Agenda?
The 4th down gimme was horrible.
Your sitting there waiting for them to decide a "Game Over" call and they miss the chain measurement. HORRIBLE to say the least.
It pains me to say that should have been INT'd, however....we were still robbed of live coverage of the measurement and the right call IMO.
Sickening.
I vote for incompetence...but if the ref really was from Lubbock...never mind...
You can chalk these crucial calls up to being influenced by the home team and their fans.
And if this game were in Norman, we probably would have gotten these calls.
Just imagine there's a really obnoxious graphical sig here
Was the yellow line on the screen in the wrong place? They brought the chains which is "supposed" to tell the truth. But maybe the yellow line was in the wrong place?
The chains and the yellow line had nothing to do with it..The line judge came up half a yard down the field than the other two refs placed the ball. He knew where it needed to be. Period
I just watched it again and the yellow line was right where the chain was, just inside the 23 yard line. DWilliams caught the ball and the tech guy took it from him on the 24. It wasn't even close.
The announcers kept saying that it didn't matter who had possession because it wasn't past the first down marker.
I still don't see how the ref in the corner of the end zone could call that one catch a TD. I'm with Sam, after that - I knew we were screwed!
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