How many completely wrong calls did they have today? 3-4, even after review. UNI must have had 20 bad holding calls that did not get called, and at least 4 of those were headlocks around the defender. Simple inexcusable.
Big 12 officials were world class bad again today
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I feel the game plan today was let everything go and we’ll review it later
Thread subject incorrect...should read Iowa State played World Class bad today.
Both UNI TD's were questionable...ISU should not have ever been in the position to allow those as issues.
I didn’t think the refs made a bad call. Hard to argue with the reviews from the stands without seeing it close.
If anything the rules in place are iffy: can’t re enter play without helmet, blindside block, ball going 5 yards forward but it’s a fumble...
If anything the rules in place are iffy: can’t re enter play without helmet, blindside block, ball going 5 yards forward but it’s a fumble...
Slightly off topic but if officials are taught to let totally bogus game changing plays go and “get it right” in review, then you can’t let the play stand relay official. You have to make a determination.
No one who witnessed the Purdy fumble in real time would have said that his arm wasn’t moving forward but officials taught to let it go because you can’t review it if you make the right dead ball call.
No one who witnessed the Purdy fumble in real time would have said that his arm wasn’t moving forward but officials taught to let it go because you can’t review it if you make the right dead ball call.
Were we at the same game? These were obvious from the stands too.
I'm fine with them letting the play go, but I feel they got it wrong after review as well. That is the only real issue I had with the officials.
It can be both. No team is perfect (though some are closer than others).
A football game is one team's strengths, weaknesses, and mistakes versus another team's strength's weaknesses, and mistakes. If the refs alter that natural result, that is a problem.
A sloppy version of ISU is better than UNI on a good day. We saw that today, in that they would not have even been in that game late without some help from the refs. Had UNI won, the refs would have altered the natural result of the game.
ISU played horrible, but the officials were determined to keep the game close. If you go rewatch the game, you will see how bad it was.
The blindside block rule is kind of bogus, but I get the player safety aspect. From what I understand though, if you make contact with your hands first (instead of lowering your shoulder/using your body to lay out the defensive player) it is a fair play. This is an easy coaching fix by teaching players to extend hands when making a “blindside block”. Much like how tackling has been retaught from what used to be knocking the snot out of the ball carrier to tactically downing the ball carrier because of targeting rules and what not.
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Officiating was awful. So was our oline. Good-Jones got WORKED.
You can say the officials were ass while also admitting we sucked. Just because we played down to our opponent doesn't make the potentially game altering mistakes made by the officiating crew have any less weight.
Crazy take I know
Crazy take I know
What was so bad about the officiating? Other than making excuses for our **** play.
If the blindside block rule existed then, the greatest play in Iowa State history would have been called back
