stop blaming officiating

SOOOOO let me get this right?

If a bad call is made...and lets be nice by calling it a bad call, we could say that several calls were "Made Up"..but for the sake of argument lets say it was a blown call...that has no effect on the game?

Baylor fumbled 2ce, they actually didn't score once in the 1st quarter....RG3 "Tucks" the ball...which isn't a rule in college football....and fumbles inside the Red zone....we recover. Okay he was in the motion of throwing....but wait he wasn't outside the tackle box and no RB or WR was around.....that would be intentional grounding which is a 10 yard penalty and a loss of down making it 4th down and I believe 19 outside the Red Zone. But NEITHER of these were called....next play TD Baylor....they never fumbled again, they never were behind again.....the Refs took momentum from ISU's D and GAVE it to Baylors O...its called stealing...it effects more than just that touchdown...

when you have a problem fumbling its just as much physical as mental...and when they weren't scoring and were fumbling it was getting in their heads..it COULD HAVE changed the course of the game from a third loss of the ball.

The offsides call on the onside kick is the same theory...behind at that time by two touchdowns, we just had scored, we get the ball back and lets say for arguments sake we score another touchdown with say 5 minutes remaining....down only one score puts added pressure on their offense to produce, there defense isnt up by three scores, they are only up by 8, they lost to KSU and almost to TCU by blowing late 4th quarter leads, this starts creeping up in the back of their minds.....it could have TOTALLY WENT A DIFFERENT ROUTE...but we will never know cuz the Refs blew CALL AFTER CALL.

Dont tell me that you are 100% sure the officiating didn't cost us this game.
 
for you guys not on twitter Chris williams just tweeted this.

ChrisMWilliams Chris Williams
Just talked to an official. Told me that onside kick offsides was "100 %" the right call. FYI. #Cyclones
Of course the official is going to say that.
It'd be different if somebody sat down with him and watched it again on film with the rule book in front of him. He would then say, "no comment", walk out of the room and try to pull his head outta his ***.
 
I thought it was the right call to overrule it. He certainly didn't mean to throw it, but it came out of his hand during the throwing motion.

Here is the deal. You and I both know he wasn't attempting to throw the ball, and therefore, it can't be an incomplete pass. That was a bogus ruling even the Baylor fans know that was a gift.
 
I thought it was the right call to overrule it. He certainly didn't mean to throw it, but it came out of his hand during the throwing motion.

I saw his hand moving forward, and him clearly choosing NOT to throw a pass by continuing his motion back toward his body.

Then I saw his hand moving down, and the ball falling out of his hand as it moved toward the ground.

RGIII thought it was a fumble. He was spazzing out trying to get the ball as ISU got the ball. Maybe he chases down all his incompletions like a madman since he only averages 3 of them a game.
 
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I thought it was the right call to overrule it. He certainly didn't mean to throw it, but it came out of his hand during the throwing motion.

RG3 even thought it was a fumble...he immediately tried to recover the ball.
 
I thought it was the right call to overrule it. He certainly didn't mean to throw it, but it came out of his hand during the throwing motion.
No it didn't, if it came out of his hand during the throwing motion, the ball would have went forwards. It "slipped" out of his hand when the motion was completed at the bottom, which is why the ball went straight down to the ground.
 
RG3 even thought it was a fumble...he immediately tried to recover the ball.

It is because it was a fumble and everyone knows it. That was a game changing call. That replay official took it upon himself to change the course of the game, and he should be fired for it.
 
SOOOOO let me get this right?

If a bad call is made...and lets be nice by calling it a bad call, we could say that several calls were "Made Up"..but for the sake of argument lets say it was a blown call...that has no effect on the game?

Baylor fumbled 2ce, they actually didn't score once in the 1st quarter....RG3 "Tucks" the ball...which isn't a rule in college football....and fumbles inside the Red zone....we recover. Okay he was in the motion of throwing....but wait he wasn't outside the tackle box and no RB or WR was around.....that would be intentional grounding which is a 10 yard penalty and a loss of down making it 4th down and I believe 19 outside the Red Zone. But NEITHER of these were called....next play TD Baylor....they never fumbled again, they never were behind again.....the Refs took momentum from ISU's D and GAVE it to Baylors O...its called stealing...it effects more than just that touchdown...

when you have a problem fumbling its just as much physical as mental...and when they weren't scoring and were fumbling it was getting in their heads..it COULD HAVE changed the course of the game from a third loss of the ball.

The offsides call on the onside kick is the same theory...behind at that time by two touchdowns, we just had scored, we get the ball back and lets say for arguments sake we score another touchdown with say 5 minutes remaining....down only one score puts added pressure on their offense to produce, there defense isnt up by three scores, they are only up by 8, they lost to KSU and almost to TCU by blowing late 4th quarter leads, this starts creeping up in the back of their minds.....it could have TOTALLY WENT A DIFFERENT ROUTE...but we will never know cuz the Refs blew CALL AFTER CALL.

Dont tell me that you are 100% sure the officiating didn't cost us this game.

I'm not sure officials cost ISU the game or if ISU could have possibly won. In fact I don't think they would have.

I am 1000000% sure that the officials caused the game to be slanted toward Baylor with numerous blown calls that all went Baylor's way. The game was closer than the score, the reason for that was poor, one-sided officiating. That's plain as day.

Even a Baylor fan would have to admit poor calls changed possession twice when it shouldn't have.
 
It is because it was a fumble and everyone knows it. That was a game changing call. That replay official took it upon himself to change the course of the game, and he should be fired for it.


Exactly...until people start losing there jobs **** isn't going to change. When you suck at your job you should be held accountable, that's the case in every other profession. But for some reason these guys are untouchable.
 
Exactly...until people start losing there jobs **** isn't going to change. When you suck at your job you should be held accountable, that's the case in every other profession. But for some reason these guys are untouchable.

ISU could put together a tape now, of 3-4 calls on the field in just 3 B12 officiated games, that had no good evidence to overturn, that were all overturned to our detriment. That and this new offsides call blown by 3 full yards should be enough to get something done.
 
for you guys not on twitter Chris williams just tweeted this.

ChrisMWilliams Chris Williams
Just talked to an official. Told me that onside kick offsides was "100 %" the right call. FYI. #Cyclones
That official is WRONG.

SECTION 1. Free Kicks

Restraining Lines

ARTICLE 1. For any free kick formation, the kicking team’s restraining line
shall be the yard line through the most forward point from which the ball shall
be kicked, and the receiving team’s restraining line shall be the yard line 10
yards beyond that point. Unless relocated by a penalty, the kicking team’s
restraining line on a kickoff shall be its 30-yard line, and for a free kick after a
safety, its 20-yard line.

Free Kick Formation

ARTICLE 2. A ball from a free kick formation must be kicked legally and from
some point on Team A’s restraining line (Exception: Rule 6-1-2-d) and on or
between the hash marks. The referee will declare the ball ready for play when
the officials are in position after the kicker has received the ball. After the ball
is ready for play and for any reason falls from the tee, Team A shall not kick
the ball and the official shall sound his whistle immediately. When the ball is
kicked (A.R. 6-1-2-I-IV):

a. Each Team A player, except the holder and kicker of a place kick, must be
behind the ball (A.R. 6-1-2-V) [S18].


b. All Team A players must be inbounds [S19].

c. At least four Team A players must be on each side of the kicker [S19].

d. After a safety, when a punt or drop kick is used, the ball may be kicked
from behind the kicking team’s restraining line. If a yardage penalty for a
live-ball foul is enforced from the previous spot, administration is from the
20-yard line, unless the kicking team’s restraining line has been relocated
by a previous penalty [S18 or appropriate signal].

e. All players of Team A must have been between the nine-yard marks after the
ready-for-play signal [S19].

f. A Team A player who goes out of bounds during a free kick down may not
return inbounds during the down (Exception: This does not apply to a Team
A player who is blocked out of bounds and attempts to return inbounds
immediately) [S19].
 
It was clear that momentum was stolen in both cases...Baylor has issues with close games in the fourth quarter...see KSU and TCU games earlier in the year. Baylor hasn't shown it can play with real pressure towards the END of games...that's what ISU does do well usually, they grind it out and hopefully the game is close in the fourth quarter to try and steal an upset...it was taken from them twice..it swung the game from one score down to a one score lead for Baylor.

The Refs opened the door....Baylor just kicked it open....but before the Bogus "Tuck" call the door wasn't even unlocked...it was blatant and someone's job needs to go bye bye...its a ****ing recession, I'm sure someone could use a job right about now.
 
I think part of the reason these refs are untouchable is because of that rule where coaches automatically get a fine for calling out bad officiating. I think it is time that was lifted. I understand why it was put in place, but man officiating sure has taken a turn for the worst since then. There should be no reason coaches can't call out the refs when appropriate...they are on the field and in the booths too. Hell...fine the coaches if it turns out they were wrong.
 
I think part of the reason these refs are untouchable is because of that rule where coaches automatically get a fine for calling out bad officiating. I think it is time that was lifted. I understand why it was put in place, but man officiating sure has taken a turn for the worst since then. There should be no reason coaches can't call out the refs when appropriate...they are on the field and in the booths too. Hell...fine the coaches if it turns out they were wrong.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuCqE8tMfEs&feature=related]Coach Mangino no like Ut and their refs - YouTube[/ame]
 
would love to know what follow up refs get aside from going over the game film and getting called out in front of their peers.

maybe espn should start doing top ten worst blown calls of the day.
 
This is an honest question as I really don't know the correct answer...

For the "tuck." If it was called an incomplete pass, shouldn't it have automatically then been grounding? Can they not call a penalty on a review? How does that work?
 
Last week was pathetic. Our fans behaved like morons.

Tonight there were 2 huge/horrible calls made.

I saw a fairly blatant hold by us on White's TD run. Must have been KO (or maybe a TE) was pulling the DE down and out of the play.

Pretty good no-call for us I guess.
 

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