NUance Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Big Ten officials were stricken blind and stupid early in tonight's Ohio State-Penn State game as a pass from the Nittany Lions' Christian Hackenberg that clearly hit the ground was declared an interception by the Buckeyes' Vonn Bell. LINK First off, I don't have a dog in this fight. I don't particularly care for tOSU or Penn State. But you gotta feel for Penn State on this one. Just watch the video in this DeadSpin article. This has to be one of the worst calls in cfb this year. Or longer. And I can't imagine what angle the replay guys were seeing that justified upholding this call. Just an awful call by the refs. This game was very tight, going into overtime before tOSU came out on top. Who knows, this bad call might have made the difference in the game. A tOSU loss in this game would have huge implications for the B1G East. Oh well. Such is life. Quote Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Not to mention the field goal at the end of the half that should never have happened. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Or the timeouts that were never called....... At least that got both teams with 1 each. Quote Link to comment
irafreak Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I'll never feel any sympathy for Penn state for any phantom catches... 4 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 No idea how the review that that INT stand. And the time outs were rediculous. Quote Link to comment
Hammerhead Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 That was some of the worst officiating I've ever seen, and that's including the Green Bay/Seattle game with the replacement refs. Quote Link to comment
Blackshirts007 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 That was some of the worst officiating I've ever seen, and that's including the Green Bay/Seattle game with the replacement refs. Including the clock operator. There were extra seconds ticking off left and right, didn't stop after a 1st down. Stopped at 2 seconds at the end of the game after psu field goal when there should have been no time. Seemed like the clock was against psu the entire game Quote Link to comment
Ratt Mhule Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 That was some of the worst officiating I've ever seen, and that's including the Green Bay/Seattle game with the replacement refs. Including the clock operator. There were extra seconds ticking off left and right, didn't stop after a 1st down. Stopped at 2 seconds at the end of the game after psu field goal when there should have been no time. Seemed like the clock was against psu the entire game Werent they at home? Quote Link to comment
HuskerfaninOkieland Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 That was some of the worst officiating I've ever seen, and that's including the Green Bay/Seattle game with the replacement refs. Including the clock operator. There were extra seconds ticking off left and right, didn't stop after a 1st down. Stopped at 2 seconds at the end of the game after psu field goal when there should have been no time. Seemed like the clock was against psu the entire game Werent they at home? And the phantom time-out Franklin apparently call but didn't. Quote Link to comment
jaws Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 That was some of the worst officiating I've ever seen, and that's including the Green Bay/Seattle game with the replacement refs. Including the clock operator. There were extra seconds ticking off left and right, didn't stop after a 1st down. Stopped at 2 seconds at the end of the game after psu field goal when there should have been no time. Seemed like the clock was against psu the entire game Werent they at home? And the phantom time-out Franklin apparently call but didn't. The refs also did the same thing to OSU. It was an odd game to say the least. Quote Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Wow. That's absolutely effing awful. Helen Keller could've made that call. These B1G refs seriously get worse every single game. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Adam Rittenberg @ESPNRittenberg 3h3 hours ago Regarding Ohio State INT, booth stopped receiving all feeds at start of game. So not enough information to confirm incomplete pass. Adam Rittenberg @ESPNRittenberg 3h3 hours ago B1G statement: Due to these technical difficulties, only one isolated shot from the overhead camera was available Adam Rittenberg @ESPNRittenberg 3h3 hours ago Booth technician followed correct procedures to re-establish feeds. Problem was fixed, but unfortunately too late for PSU. Quote Link to comment
irafreak Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 How does this stuff keep happening? I mean jeez have a guy in a studio somewhere connected to BTN or ESPN making calls...this isn't hard to fix. Quote Link to comment
jaws Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 How does this stuff keep happening? I mean jeez have a guy in a studio somewhere connected to BTN or ESPN making calls...this isn't hard to fix. How often does this really happen? Also, it isn't like this is a simple setup. Have you ever seen the production trucks for these games? I wonder how many times BTN or ESPN drops a feed and the viewing audience has no idea. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Conspiracy Theory: Are they taking Penn State down while boosting Ohio State up? By Josh Moyer | ESPN.com Oct. 29, 2014 Some Penn State fans have grown a little paranoid this week, after the latest series of bad calls against them. But can you really blame the group? The missed calls against Ohio State weren’t isolated incidents; they were part of a pattern. It’s systematic! A conspiracy! <snip> It didn’t help much that the refs insisted they couldn’t see the play on their own equipment and weren’t allowed to look elsewhere, like, oh, I don’t know, up at the TWO NEW GIANT VIDEO BOARDS. Yeah, tough to get a good look when there are two big screens that feature a combined total of 10,285 square feet of video space and show replays in high definition just behind each end zone. LINK If this happened to us we'd probly being going apesh#t too. Quote Link to comment
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