The Cheaters Who Rigged The Game

[Zirg]

Rewatching a bit of your game on ESPNU and knowing what we know now, you can pretty much see how the officiating would go. Brown throws a perfect pass to Fontes for a td with 1:30 left in the 3rd. Ref staring directly at the play, foot is in the end zone, calls incomplete…. Foreshadowing I suppose. They at least got this one right after review.

The other two whiffs that stood out to me watching effected both teams. Your guy got absolutely launched into the kicking net after he was two yards out of bounds. Ref right there, no call.

The other was on a Scatebo run. Got forced to the sideline and taken down by an obvious horse collar tackle. Was lobbying for a call immediately. Once again ref right there, staring at the play; no call.

BSC officials seem to be a little bit worse each and every season.

On the alleged horse collar it appeared to me that the tackler had him by the jersey around the sleeve area, not with a hand inside the neckline of the pads. But they didn’t show a replay, so it was a bit hard to tell.

I’m watching the replay now and one thing that hasn’t gotten enough attention is the Griz clock mismanagement. Their first drive of the 4th quarter took 6+ minutes and they scored the TD with 8:42 to go to go up 24-14. In all honesty, they could have used up another 2+ minutes off that clock if they’d have quit snapping the ball with 13-17 seconds still on the play clock. In that scenario, Sac either has much less time or possibly NO time left for that last drive.

Also, if Corbin Walker’s two PI calls were actually PI, then the two NON-PI calls on the Griz OT “drive” were absolute assault and battery.

Also, the squib kick certainly looked like an attempted onside kick to me…maybe they weren’t expecting to actually have a direct hit on one of our guys, but they were definitely NOT trying to kick it downfield, and maybe were hoping to recover something beyond the initial line of defenders?

And there’s no DOUBT that guy was out. And BTW, it was the same ref that called Fontes OUT when he was clearly IN. That guy needs to be fired. WAFJ.

I 100% agree that Bobby consistently mis-manages the clock. We run the hurry up with a lead late in the 4th quarter all the time. We usually get away with it, so nobody cares, but it drives me crazy!

 

[clawman]

They made an absolute awful, game changing call though. And it even went up to the booth for review. How do you still mess it up in the booth?

Same crap line judge who tried to call Fontes catch a no TD then he calls this one in bounds. Incredible really

Now you realize how every other team in the BSC feels after leaving Missoula

 

[mtgriz]

Rewatching a bit of your game on ESPNU and knowing what we know now, you can pretty much see how the officiating would go. Brown throws a perfect pass to Fontes for a td with 1:30 left in the 3rd. Ref staring directly at the play, foot is in the end zone, calls incomplete…. Foreshadowing I suppose. They at least got this one right after review.

The other two whiffs that stood out to me watching effected both teams. Your guy got absolutely launched into the kicking net after he was two yards out of bounds. Ref right there, no call.

The other was on a Scatebo run. Got forced to the sideline and taken down by an obvious horse collar tackle. Was lobbying for a call immediately. Once again ref right there, staring at the play; no call.

BSC officials seem to be a little bit worse each and every season.

This is a good post that fairly illustrates that there are bad calls going against all teams and it is systemic. In my opinion, the reason the missed OOB call has created such a firestorm is that it was more likely than not a game result changing call. The game was between Top 5 ranked teams and has huge conference title and playoff seeding ramifications, thus further fueling the fire. I think there was also lingering frustration over the 4th down stop vs. Idaho that was obvious as well and not overturned, in fact was not even reviewed.

 

[CatGrad-UMGradStu]

They made an absolute awful, game changing call though. And it even went up to the booth for review. How do you still mess it up in the booth?

Same crap line judge who tried to call Fontes catch a no TD then he calls this one in bounds. Incredible really

Now you realize how every other team in the BSC feels after leaving Missoula

What are you doing bringing up this guy's statement!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Zornes

 

[EverettGriz]

Rewatching a bit of your game on ESPNU and knowing what we know now, you can pretty much see how the officiating would go. Brown throws a perfect pass to Fontes for a td with 1:30 left in the 3rd. Ref staring directly at the play, foot is in the end zone, calls incomplete…. Foreshadowing I suppose. They at least got this one right after review.

The other two whiffs that stood out to me watching effected both teams. Your guy got absolutely launched into the kicking net after he was two yards out of bounds. Ref right there, no call.

The other was on a Scatebo run. Got forced to the sideline and taken down by an obvious horse collar tackle. Was lobbying for a call immediately. Once again ref right there, staring at the play; no call.

BSC officials seem to be a little bit worse each and every season.

This is a good post that fairly illustrates that there are bad calls going against all teams and it is systemic. In my opinion, the reason the missed OOB call has created such a firestorm is that it was more likely than not a game result changing call. The game was between Top 5 ranked teams and has huge conference title and playoff seeding ramifications, thus further fueling the fire. I think there was also lingering frustration over the 4th down stop vs. Idaho that was obvious as well and not overturned, in fact was not even reviewed.

The call with the WR clearly OB is one that DI-level officiating crews should get correct 95+ percent of the time. And I would argue in any conference other than the bsc they do.

But after review, it HAS to be a call they get right 100% of the time. Not should be. HAS TO BE. Anything less than that is a travesty. And no one at the league offices even care.

That tells you all you need to know about the bsc and its leadership.

 

[mthoopsfan]

This is a good post that fairly illustrates that there are bad calls going against all teams and it is systemic. In my opinion, the reason the missed OOB call has created such a firestorm is that it was more likely than not a game result changing call. The game was between Top 5 ranked teams and has huge conference title and playoff seeding ramifications, thus further fueling the fire. I think there was also lingering frustration over the 4th down stop vs. Idaho that was obvious as well and not overturned, in fact was not even reviewed.

The call with the WR clearly OB is one that DI-level officiating crews should get correct 95+ percent of the time. And I would argue in any conference other than the bsc they do.

But after review, it HAS to be a call they get right 100% of the time. Not should be. HAS TO BE. Anything less than that is a travesty. And no one at the league offices even care.

That tells you all you need to know about the bsc and its leadership.

That call was so obvious and easy that a ref in good position, which this guy was, should call it correctly 100% of the time, in my view. I think both feet were out of bounds, one long before the ball got close. The same with the call against the Griz receiver, which was corrected on replay. If it was the same ref, he is not qualified to ref in the Big Sky.

 

[AZGrizFan]

The call with the WR clearly OB is one that DI-level officiating crews should get correct 95+ percent of the time. And I would argue in any conference other than the bsc they do.

But after review, it HAS to be a call they get right 100% of the time. Not should be. HAS TO BE. Anything less than that is a travesty. And no one at the league offices even care.

That tells you all you need to know about the bsc and its leadership.

That call was so obvious and easy that a ref in good position, which this guy was, should call it correctly 100% of the time, in my view. I think both feet were out of bounds, one long before the ball got close. The same with the call against the Griz receiver, which was corrected on replay. If it was the same ref, he is not qualified to ref in the Big Sky.

And it was the SAME ref that got THAT play wrong, the other direction. Foot was obviously in, he called him out. Foot was obviously out, he called him in. You're correct, he is NOT qualified to ref anywhere, let alone the Big Sky.