At the Kohl Center
 

R - Hightower
U1 - Welmer
U2 - O'Neill

Wisconsin vs. Ohio State

ESPN

start counting

Rebounding foul. O'Neill steps out and reports and puts it in play.

Ball coming up. Hightower reporting same foul. Almost got run over.

What's the Welmer count up to? 20? :)

Actually it looks like he's in pain. Hard time up and down.

If you get tired of the Welmer count, let me know how many times Hightower does the squat freeze with optional bird dog.

I love it! So old school.

aaauuuuuuggghhhh!

Did Welmer toss? That's usually an awkward multi minute ordeal.

The Buckeyes needing Turner back soon. Wisc up big.

Motta has 1-3 assistants up all the time. Guess that's OK today.

Diebler whining about bot getting bailed out. Brought up the other end. Welmer not thrilled. Motta got Diebler out of there and made nice with Welmer.

Diebler? He isn't also on the crew? What is this world coming to?

Play by play from an officiating standpoint, now this is good. :D

Heck, just having Welmer and Diebler in the same arena helps reduce wear and tear on my remote! :D

For those scoring at home O'Neill is the one without an actors guild card.

Center court seat and an iPhone.

I thought Motta retired??

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Rich, snap some pics of Hightower doing the funky chicken at mid-court for us.

I watched Michigan/Indiana and they made a comment at the end that the crew doing that game was the same crew that did Cincy/UConn the night before.

O'Brien made a comment that they talked with them before the IU/UM game and the crew said that is not how they wanted the game to end but he had to call the foul. 0.7 seconds left.

I don't like that some officials will say swallow the whistle at the end of halves...my opinion is I officiate a full game...no matter the time or the score. Just because the game is close and winding down shouldn't be a cue for players to foul hard and get away with it.

Interesting post but I think it belongs here:
http://forum.officiating.com/basketb...conn-game.html

C'mon show some stones.....
 

Either go up to the table and ask them if they need any help (make chseagle proud) or run out on the court at the beginning of the second half and wave to us! :cool:

Upper deck center court or I would.

One creeping death for Welmer so far and one macarena by Hightower in the first half. Badgers up 9 and it should be more.

Well find the big screen operator and tell him at halftime you need a pic of the pose and the tug and maybe he'll oblige.

This whole thread made me laugh. Even the chseagle reference. :D

What did you think of call against Indiana that trail called a block and it looked like a travel late in game IMHO.

I'm probably wrong since Bilas agreed with me.

Last night he has Illinois vs. Northwestern. He called a foul (fist up) and the shot went in. He then gave the score the goal signal and stepped forward and went into a frozen bird dog stance for a second or two before reporting the foul....pretty sweet.

CLASSIC!

HAHA, "Creeping Death", what a great description of that oft-used, terrible Welmer mechanic. I love it.

For those of you new to the Forum, wait until March Madness when we have our own chatroom and watch/discuss multiple games at once! Hoorah!!!

Steve Wellmer :rolleyes:

For everyone who things Hightower does the funky chicken or whatever, I hope you say something similar about our two "Golden Boys" out west. At least Hightower does if after he makes the call instead of before.

I'm equal opportunity when it comes to lampooning, Ed just came to mind first. :D

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Hightower is becoming painful to watch in his dotage.

Look at me, look at me, look at me....

Still a good official but Oh My.....

Someone posted a site last year where this pic was superimposed into other settings.

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And all he was doing was signaling to his partner that the subs were on the floor and he may proceed with shooting the free throws.:D

Rich, you didn't live up to your promise to make me proud LMAO :eek::)

Ed's directing his ire at you to zip it.