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Originally Posted by zm1283
...(Can anyone say OU/Oregon last year? Are they going to tell us that was a great call too?)
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REPLY: No...and if you actually read REFEREE Magazine, you would have seen their discussions about that OU-OSU call. They dissected why it was wrong, and what the contributing factors were to making that incorrect call and review. So it seems the fox did a pretty good job on that one, don't you think?
One other criticism of this crew that needs to be squashed: Many have asked why, if this foul was so blatant, didn't the line judge (L) standing right next to it, throw his flag. Simple answer is that he wasn't--and shouldn't have been--looking at it. Since the strength of the formation was to the far side (OSU had trips over there), the back judge was keying his receiver on that side. That left Porter, the field judge, keying the WR on the near side and the L keying on the TE split about two yards from the tackle. In the still photo, you can see the L looking past the WR and watching the TE-defender interaction just below the second "M" in the Miami endzone logo. Porter is out of the frame, but was obviously watching Gamble and Sharpe. Both were looking precisely where they were supposed to be looking.
The amazing thing about all of the fans who spout off about the perceived incompetence of college or professional officials is that if put into that same position themselves, they would no doubt need a clean pair of knickers after about two minutes of the first quarter...or sooner.