[SWFLguy]

I thought the officials made a couple of
"questionable" calls in the first quarter--
particularly the "spot" on the 4th and short
for New England.
My questions is this-- we as officials know
that we need to have a good pre-game to
get ourselves in mental shape to work the game--
I think the pre-game "crap", including the over-drawn
coin flip causes officials to lose that "edge" needed
to work a good game. It was remarked that the
players may have lost their "edge" and that could have
contributed to the sluggish first quarter of play.
I was reminded of a high school game
that I worked years ago where they had a very long and
drawn out introduction of senior players, cheerleaders,
and parents before the kickoff. I personally began to
get bored and it took me a while to get my mind
back into officiating.
reaction ?????