Comments on: Did Washington get hosed by the refs? http://www.football-refs.com/200809/did-washington-get-hosed-by-the-refs/ NCAA and NFL Referee news Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:12:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stripes44 http://www.football-refs.com/200809/did-washington-get-hosed-by-the-refs/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Stripes44 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:38:32 +0000 http://www.football-refs.com/blog/?p=4#comment-43 All this rambling about the Denver game. Looking at the Washington game which is what this post was about the call is correct. Washington got hosed by the inflexibility of the NCAA rulebook not the NCAA official. The rule EXPLICITLY states you can't throw the ball in the air. It may be a bad rule, at the very least an inflexible rule but it was properly applied. All this rambling about the Denver game. Looking at the Washington game which is what this post was about the call is correct. Washington got hosed by the inflexibility of the NCAA rulebook not the NCAA official. The rule EXPLICITLY states you can’t throw the ball in the air. It may be a bad rule, at the very least an inflexible rule but it was properly applied.

]]> By: Dmccleskey http://www.football-refs.com/200809/did-washington-get-hosed-by-the-refs/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Dmccleskey Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:27:31 +0000 http://www.football-refs.com/blog/?p=4#comment-30 I can agree that most of the time, a bad call or two really has no effect on the outcome of the contest, however, in this case is was huge. To blow two critical calls during the game that resulted on 15 Denver points made it huge. Simply saying that there was nothing Hochuli could do is an unacceptable excuse and a cop-out to say the least. Putting this in perspective that it is a game is not valid, many people's careers are based on a game. As a high school football coach and former college football player, I am in the "business" of teaching and molding our future leaders. How can I say that playing the game by the rules and by doing what is right has any validity at all when officiating totally blows a call on national television TWICE and we have a society that continues to ignore greater maladies of unsportsmanlike conduct. There are no consequences for inappropriate unsportsmanship and there will be no justification for the chargers nor penalty for Hochuli's crew making such huge mistakes. I can agree that most of the time, a bad call or two really has no effect on the outcome of the contest, however, in this case is was huge. To blow two critical calls during the game that resulted on 15 Denver points made it huge. Simply saying that there was nothing Hochuli could do is an unacceptable excuse and a cop-out to say the least. Putting this in perspective that it is a game is not valid, many people’s careers are based on a game. As a high school football coach and former college football player, I am in the “business” of teaching and molding our future leaders. How can I say that playing the game by the rules and by doing what is right has any validity at all when officiating totally blows a call on national television TWICE and we have a society that continues to ignore greater maladies of unsportsmanlike conduct. There are no consequences for inappropriate unsportsmanship and there will be no justification for the chargers nor penalty for Hochuli’s crew making such huge mistakes.

]]> By: NFL and NCAA Referees » Blog Archive » The disappearing fumble in the Denver-San Diego game http://www.football-refs.com/200809/did-washington-get-hosed-by-the-refs/comment-page-1/#comment-6 NFL and NCAA Referees » Blog Archive » The disappearing fumble in the Denver-San Diego game Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:57:11 +0000 http://www.football-refs.com/blog/?p=4#comment-6 [...] I was going to write a more complete recap of this situation later, but we’re already seeing some comments about it. [...]

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