Officiating Bias Against Frost?

A group or position (the OL) false starts all the time, showing EXTREMELY poor discipline (they know the snap count for God’s sake), why is such a stretch to think that that level of poor discipline isn’t going to translate over to another area? The  holding calls.   

Our DBs?  The reason they get so many calls is becasue they NEVER look for the ball. It’s simple. Want to get away with a little contact?  Try making a play on the damn ball. It changes things dramatically. 

And for the love of God. It doesn’t matter what the receiver is doing. Whether he’s ready to catch the ball or not, if he’s in the area then it’s not grounding.  Was the QB throwing it away? Sure he was, we all know that. But he’s doing it legally. 

We get penanlized a lot because we commit a lot of penalties. 

 
An 0-6 Nebraska...Frost was the golden boy last year and people will be more likely to tune in to watch him fail.

 
Hayseed said:
I can say there's definitely a conspiracy to boost the ratings. Do they care who wins? I doubt it.
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Have you ever officiated?  It’s a automatic reaction when you make a call. If there’s a conspiracy they would have to stop and think about if they are throwing a flag or not. That’s not happening. 

 
Its not insane and it does happen.  I know a lot of people that don't give a s#!t about Husker football and yet they have watched every game just to watch Frost fail.   They make sure to let me know after every game about our golden boy.  Im sure when we start winning, it will change. 

 
Landlord said:
Based off what evidence?

Also, what boosts ratings more - a good Nebraska team, or an 0-6 Nebraska team?
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Based on watching many miracle games. Are you part of the media?

Also, they're just dealing with that game, not the season.

 
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Landlord said:
Based off what evidence?

Also, what boosts ratings more - a good Nebraska team, or an 0-6 Nebraska team?
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Close games, that go down to the wire, boost ratings regardless of who is playing.  And, Big 10 Commissioner Jim Delaney has said many times he wants competitive balance.  Which could in fact include that any game that is close going into the 4th Q could be open to some officiating to help maintain the close game. 

Just to be clear, not saying that is happening, bit it wouldn't surprise at all if it was.

 
3rd and long said:
Have you ever officiated?  It’s a automatic reaction when you make a call. If there’s a conspiracy they would have to stop and think about if they are throwing a flag or not. That’s not happening. 
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Huh? What if they're told to find something so they look for something? We've seen plenty of phantom calls on developing big plays. Are you saying referees can't cheat?

 
Making Chimichangas said:
Close games, that go down to the wire, boost ratings regardless of who is playing.  And, Big 10 Commissioner Jim Delaney has said many times he wants competitive balance.  Which could in fact include that any game that is close going into the 4th Q could be open to some officiating to help maintain the close game. 

Just to be clear, not saying that is happening, bit it wouldn't surprise at all if it was.
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There seem to be an abundance of miracle games lately.

 
3rd and long said:
Have you ever officiated?  It’s a automatic reaction when you make a call. If there’s a conspiracy they would have to stop and think about if they are throwing a flag or not. That’s not happening. 
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Not all.  All a zebra who is in on any potential conspiracy would have to do is throw a flag against Nebraska on anything that remotely seems like a penalty.  Point is, it isn't as complicated as you're making it out to be. 

Disclaimer: I would say probably 75% of the penalties we get called for are legit.  But there have also been quite a few ticky tack penalties that go against Nebraska.  Questionable penalties that Nebraska gets called for, but other teams don't.  

 
Making Chimichangas said:
Not all.  All a zebra who is in on any potential conspiracy would have to do is throw a flag against Nebraska on anything that remotely seems like a penalty.  Point is, it isn't as complicated as you're making it out to be. 

Disclaimer: I would say probably 75% of the penalties we get called for are legit.  But there have also been quite a few ticky tack penalties that go against Nebraska.  Questionable penalties that Nebraska gets called for, but other teams don't.  
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The most complicated thing going here is people thinking there is a conspiracy going on. 

Watch some of the replays, we commit a lot of penalties that are also going uncalled. We’re lucky that we’re only averaging a dozen or so a game.  We are a very poor team fundamentally. That, along with the discipline issues, leads to an inordinate amount of penalties. 

The officials are missing calls both ways. That’s becasue Big 10officals are poor. 

 
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