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Perhaps I can help, Breeze. Here's a way you could have posted your questions that may have been received better:
"I was watching the Stanford/UCLA game last night, and replay showed there were a couple of calls that were questionable that went against Stanford. Obviously the officials have different angles and it's impossible to know exactly what they called at times. These are certainly excellent officials and I'm sure they felt very confident in their calls, and I don't know enough to critique their performance.
That said, it got me thinking about whether officials, as humans, can totally block out the emotion of the game. I've experienced times in my lower-level games where I, or where I've sensed my partners, have struggled to maintain consistency. I wonder if it's due to the emotion of a team going on a run, and/or the crowd.
What do you all do to keep emotions in check throughout the game and not get caught up in the excitement and exhilaration of the game? Do you think, even at high levels, that officials can be impacted by the emotion of the game?"
This question probably wouldn't be well-received by all - it's probably better asked without talking about the specific game at all, but it would have at least given the opportunity for real discussion. Instead you chose to accuse D-I officials of throwing a game because they got caught up in the emotion of the stronger team's run.
I hope this helps for all future posting. We stick together here, and have each others' backs when it comes to integrity and purpose.
Good luck to you.
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