Little Caesars Bowl: Marshall vs. Ohio

[Theisey]

I'm sure there are many, many really good male officials putting in their time at the D1aa, II and III levels waiting for their shot at the big time.
Hope this really isn't a gender thingee because "we gotta have one" at this level. Good luck to her, but.. ( just my opinion).

It was very hard to see mechanically just what the line judge was doing for two reasons... that spot is at the bottom of my screen and the TV broadcast has this dang three tiered overlay cutting off a significant portion of the screen.

Aside from not flagging a back for a false start, I did not care the the punching forward and punching back mechanic. Maybe this is a CUSA requirement.. but I know it's not really done that way by the majority.
The HL did not seem to do this.

Another mechanic I did not understand why the LJ was doing this, (when I could see it) was the moving away from the line on runs toward that sideline. At least three or four times I happen to see this, the LJ had moved at least four yards away from the line in to the backfield. Again, maybe that's a CUSA requirement, but there is a lot more space to cover on the play as speed by you. The risk of getting caught up by the "tail" defenders/blockers could result in a leg whip injury.

Otherwise, the job was completed as one would expect to be completed by bowl selected officials. To put it another way, if I were on a game with her, I'd not be worried about any problems that she couldn't handle.

[jaybird]

While some of you are being all gushy over her, I am of the opinion that there are plenty of qualified men to fill the football officiating ranks without having the novelty of using a woman on a crew. We can do just fine without her, thank you.

This may be considered a chauvinistic approach and there may be a multitude of opponents to this view, which is fine. It may not be popular, but it's my viewpoint and I'm sticking with it.

Let the bashing begin, if you're so inclined.

[umpirebob71]

Frankly, all I see is an official working at a level I someday hope to be.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by jaybird

While some of you are being all gushy over her, I am of the opinion that there are plenty of qualified men to fill the football officiating ranks without having the novelty of using a woman on a crew. We can do just fine without her, thank you.

I hope you're aware that the same arguments were used to keep blacks and Latinos out of the officiating ranks for decades. "I am of the opinion that there are plenty of qualified white men to fill the officiating ranks without having the novelty of using minorities on the crew." Doesn't sound so harmless put like that, does it?

[Umpmazza]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I hope you're aware that the same arguments were used to keep blacks and Latinos out of the officiating ranks for decades. "I am of the opinion that there are plenty of qualified white men to fill the officiating ranks without having the novelty of using minorities on the crew." Doesn't sound so harmless put like that, does it?

Im not a black or Latino, but dang you have a really good point there.

[jaybird]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I hope you're aware that the same arguments were used to keep blacks and Latinos out of the officiating ranks for decades. "I am of the opinion that there are plenty of qualified white men to fill the officiating ranks without having the novelty of using minorities on the crew." Doesn't sound so harmless put like that, does it?

Taken out of content, a lot of words can be twisted into a different meaning. Stay on task here.

Race is not an issue. It was never implied, suggested nor contemplated and anyone shallow enough to drag that into the picture must have an underlying problem with the color of a person's skin. So please, stick with the topic at hand and give up the attempt to make it a racial issue.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by jaybird

Taken out of content, a lot of words can be twisted into a different meaning. Stay on task here.

Race is not an issue. It was never implied, suggested nor contemplated and anyone shallow enough to drag that into the picture must have an underlying problem with the color of a person's skin. So please, stick with the topic at hand and give up the attempt to make it a racial issue.

The topic at hand is discrimination, given your baldly discriminatory remark. You seem to be unaware that your argument has been used before. And you know what they say about those who cannot remember the past.

[bossman72]

There are some people that will get pushes that others won't:

-Minorities
-Women
-Former D1 or NFL players
-Relatives of officials

Those criteria will move you up and get your foot in the door, but it sure as hell won't keep you there. You need to be able to work to stay at that level.

In the words of Chris Rock: "I don't feel I deserve a job over a white man that's more qualified. But if it's a tie... f*ck em!"

haha!

[Rich]

Originally Posted by bossman72

There are some people that will get pushes that others won't:

-Minorities
-Women
-Former D1 or NFL players
-Relatives of officials

Those criteria will move you up and get your foot in the door, but it sure as hell won't keep you there. You need to be able to work to stay at that level.

In the words of Chris Rock: "I don't feel I deserve a job over a white man that's more qualified. But if it's a tie... f*ck em!"

haha!

Many officials are talented enough to stay there. It's getting the foot in the door that *is* the problem.