Easy there, BBR. Totally understood (and previously aware) on all accounts -- and very glad to hear about your friend.

Shouldn't JRut be jumping into this discussion right about now? :p

Holy backtracking. So after reading you go on and on, your point is that bad officials should not get more work?

If so, you can probably stop posting. Your covered. The officials at the level you've been discussing are scrutinized to a level that would cause most of us to, I imagine, wither severely if we were exposed to it in our day jobs.

I think where people are bristling, and the place where you're coming off as extremely unself-aware, is your implication that you're in position to be the judge. When you try to back it up by noting that a ref in a game you watched on tv missed a GT call, you just embarrass yourself.

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ACC admits timing error in Duke-Clemson game

League review concludes clock inaccurate in closing seconds of Blue Devils' win

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/c...orts-headlines

Updated: Jan. 27, 2007, 11:31 PM ET
ACC admits to 'timing error' in final seconds

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2744216

Gee, thanks Nevada. I'd forgotten all about this story since I posted it way back on page 3.....last Friday....at 8.36pm.:D

Old School should go first, then we can worry about this guy.

This is either brilliant irony, or new lows in stoopidity. :D

There was also a <i>"Chuck Elias"</i><b>(tm)</b> joke folded into the response too. I know that you're a relatively new guy here, Scrappy, so lemme 'splain some of the background to ya.

We had this l'il short feller named Chuck Elias that used to post here a lot. A bunch of us used to tease the Chuckster a little about being so....um....vertically challenged. Iow, Chuck has to stand on a chair to kick a duck in the azz. That's because Chuck stands...oh....at a guess..... about 3feet16 inches high. We never really meant anything derogatory with the kidding though. Well, except for maybe Dan-ref. He mighta been the exception. The lad has a mean streak in him. Anyhow, ol' Chuck has departed our earthly bounds and has flown off to greater heights. He only appears here on special occasions now, such as the thread that he started a few days ago. Iow, it's kinda like saying "Elvis is in the building" when he come back to make an appearance. The men cheer and the wimmen throw their bras at him. So, despite the fact that Chuck is a short, aggravating l'il sh!t, we still like to fun around with him. And honor his past contributions also, of course.


<b>Gone But Not Forgotten</b>
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<b>Chuck Elias</b>

So that's the backstory, Scrappy. Wierd, eh?

Awww geeze, thanks. I'm truly honored.

Shut up.<i></i>

I thought they threw their fishnets at him? Or is Juulie the only one who does that?