Rough year for the college guys...

[The Roamin' Umpire]

... at least in the media. Here's the link:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2670044

What surprises me is that this is a holding flag. I mean, it's a 100% judgement call. I don't recall any college conference or the NFL coming forward publicly to say "This was a poor judgement" before.

[MJT]

I really think it was not a good idea to come out and say we blew a hold. It was a hold, probably just not one that maybe should have been called at that time cuz it wasn't bad enough.
There were still probably 150 or so other plays in that game which could have decided the outcome. It wasn't the officials.

[TXMike]

What worries me is that someone is going to get the boneheaded idea that foul calls need to start being subjected to video review DURING THE GAME!

[Forksref]

I am really surprised that a holding call was commented on. Usually, it is a procedural error or rule administration error. Evaluators don't usually look at judgment calls, just mechanics/positions/prodedures, etc.

Also, the article failed to note that the replay official in Oregon did NOT have the same video to review that the TV network had. He had a lousy view in which to make a judgment and it was not clear enough evidence to overturn the field officials.

[Bob M.]

Originally Posted by Forksref

...Evaluators don't usually look at judgment calls, just mechanics/positions/prodedures, etc.

REPLY: Just to clarify...supervisors do indeed look at judgment calls and provide feedback to the official, but they ususally do not put these kind of discussions into the public domain.

[TXMike]

And in this case it appears it was not the supervisor who put this in the public domain, it was the coach.

[Ref inSoCA]

Originally Posted by The Roamin' Umpire

... at least in the media. Here's the link:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2670044

What surprises me is that this is a holding flag. I mean, it's a 100% judgement call. I don't recall any college conference or the NFL coming forward publicly to say "This was a poor judgement" before.

As luck would have it, this game was just on Fox College Sports Central.

This is the trouble with having NFL guys as NCAA Supervisors. The NFL stopped being sport a long time ago. Maybe this isn't a hold in the NFL but gosh darn it...it was a big time hold. If I were the flag thrower, I'd be pissed.

The only reason the QB gets in the EZ is because the OL puts his right arm around the defensive player's neck and his left arm around his waist and drags him, creating a hole. Classic advantage/disadvantage. And right at the POA.

[grantsrc]

Originally Posted by Ref inSoCA

The only reason the QB gets in the EZ is because the OL puts his right arm around the defensive player's neck and his left arm around his waist and drags him, creating a hole. Classic advantage/disadvantage. And right at the POA.

That's exactly what I've heard about the play. If it wasn't for the hold, he wouldn't have scored. This was a difficult call no doubt, and it sucks that the R is being hung out to dry.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by grantsrc

That's exactly what I've heard about the play. If it wasn't for the hold, he wouldn't have scored. This was a difficult call no doubt, and it sucks that the R is being hung out to dry.

The message is that we should eat our flags at the end of games. It's a ****ty message.

[ABoselli]

Is there a clip of the play anywhere?

[Trap]

If there is a bad call, its a bad call. It happens, I think people have more respect for officials and conferences when they admit they made a mistake, rather than lieing or hiding from it. Sometimes being a man is harder than hiding from the truth. That doesn't meen you throw your officials under the bus, but admitting an error and learning from it, is ok.

I will be interested to see how the NFL handles the bad "judgement" call by the official in the Sea-Gb game. I sense they will hide from it, thus promoting the feeling of incompetence among the general public toward NFL officials. Which then reflects on how the general public feels about us as college and high school officials.

I know many on here don't think officials ever make a mistake, but we do. If I make a mistake, I will admit it.

[Mike L]

Originally Posted by Ref inSoCA

As luck would have it, this game was just on Fox College Sports Central.

This is the trouble with having NFL guys as NCAA Supervisors. The NFL stopped being sport a long time ago. Maybe this isn't a hold in the NFL but gosh darn it...it was a big time hold. If I were the flag thrower, I'd be pissed.

The only reason the QB gets in the EZ is because the OL puts his right arm around the defensive player's neck and his left arm around his waist and drags him, creating a hole. Classic advantage/disadvantage. And right at the POA.

Yep. You see that type of "block" all the time on Sunday's. Especially on the pass rush as the defender starts to get by the blocker. I mean every single game you see an arm wrapped around the defenders throat at least once and no flag as the pass just gets off. But like you said, that's the NFL and the officials are required to see things a little different than us lowly HS and NCAA officials see things.

PS--how's that scheduling software looking now? or

[Ref inSoCA]

Originally Posted by Mike L

Yep. You see that type of "block" all the time on Sunday's. Especially on the pass rush as the defender starts to get by the blocker. I mean every single game you see an arm wrapped around the defenders throat at least once and no flag as the pass just gets off. But like you said, that's the NFL and the officials are required to see things a little different than us lowly HS and NCAA officials see things.

PS--how's that scheduling software looking now? or

I don't start until 1/1/07.

I've got one more assignment on Monday night then I'm done.

[Mike L]

Originally Posted by Ref inSoCA

I don't start until 1/1/07.

I've got one more assignment on Monday night then I'm done.

Just remember to ignore the screw-ups by the guy on the home-side line, k?