The Official REALLY did cost the team the game.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally posted by Snaqwells
Get in, get done, and get out.

The referee did get done. He did get done a crappy job.

Individuals like those are the ones that pull down the officiating world, when they don't adjust to help that is provided to them, year after year, as ref18 has noted.

My first year reffing (in fact, something like my 5th game ever), I called an OB violation for bouncing the ball OB ona throw-in. My P, a woman (Paunee Pepper (sp?), for you JR) told me that she "didn't think that was a rule." I never called it again, including before I knew it wasn't illegal.