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Originally posted by Indy_Ref
ALthough I didn't see the play, I would have to ask what happened to get Hodge to that point? Was there a lot of physical play? Did he think he got fouled on a play when there wasn't a call? I personally TRY to catch this stuff before it gets to this point...but that isn't always possible. Sounds like the official did a nice job of taking care of it.

I saw the play, and watched the game from beginning to end, and there was nothing I saw (on TV) that would have caused Hodge to do that. Of course, on TV you don't see that match-up all game long and you can't hear what is being said, but from the TV observers perspective it was out of the blue. The Duke player was playing good defense but was not right up on him, he had backed up about 2- 3 feet when Hodge took a deliberate swipe at him. I think it came out of frustration in that NC State had lost 3 in a row, he is in a terrible slump and had been shut down in that game by Duke's D.

All of that being said, I think the official got what he needed to and did an excellent job of separating the players afterward. The Duke player got up in Hodges face and did a little woofing about it. Could have been a "T" here on Duke, but I think that would have poured fuel on the fire and things would have really gotten out of control. All in all, great job by the official in my opinion.