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Old Mon Feb 25, 2008, 05:29pm
Cajun Reff Cajun Reff is offline
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Many of the same officials that work the Big Ten, work in for the supervisor that assigned this game. There really is nothing unique about being a Big 10 Official as compared to many other conferences.

Peace
that may be the case on paper but I watch a lot of games on ESPN and the Big Ten Network, I pay very close attention to the Reffs and IMO they allow a lot more physical play than most other major conferences (specifically the Big 12 and the SEC).

Matter of fact this was brought up by a few ESPN talking heads when they were discussing Wisconsin and the point the ESPN heads made was allowing the more physical play hurts Big Ten teams come tournament time. When a slower player is allowed to grab, push or bang on a better athlete in conference and then he gets called for that in the NCAA Tourney it causes a situation that the Big Ten team has to adjust for. That adjustment can sometimes hurt their play immensely.
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