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Originally Posted by lpbreeze
1. Have refs been caught up in the excitement of a game, especially one that is close, and made calls that were not consistent with how the game was being called before?
2Do refs get caught up when a team is on a roll and start favoring the team with momentum?
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Where are you going with all this? Officiating is like anything else, Murphy's Law applies. (paraphrased) Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
1. Has this ever happened. Sure. Have refs ever got caught up in this same excitement and choked on it and not called anything? Sure. Has this been the perception of players/coaches/fans that came up on the short end? Every night.
2. Does this ever happen? Possibly. Do these same refs, maybe on the next possession make a call that stalls the momentum of this team on a roll? Possibly.
There is a standard answer for most questions of this nature, the same answer that I give when I arrive at a game and someone asks "How are you?"
"It depends on who you ask."