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Old Fri Sep 28, 2012, 05:55am
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One of the complaints about the replacements was the length of games, which averaged 3:16. Last night's game went 3:15.

Guess they were right!
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Old Fri Sep 28, 2012, 08:40am
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One of the complaints about the replacements was the length of games, which averaged 3:16. Last night's game went 3:15.

Guess they were right!
LOL...

Watching the game, though, didn't the flow just FEEL more like football than the past 3 weeks have? Flag, inform the ref, walk it off, move on... instead of Flag, doubt yourself, inform the ref, huddle with umpire, announce foul poorly, mispronounce team name, walk it off too far from wrong spot, talk with shady side official in black jacket, rewalk, discuss with umpire again, reannounce foul slightly less poorly, reset, forget to start clock, and move on.
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Old Fri Sep 28, 2012, 11:10am
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LOL...

Watching the game, though, didn't the flow just FEEL more like football than the past 3 weeks have? Flag, inform the ref, walk it off, move on... instead of Flag, doubt yourself, inform the ref, huddle with umpire, announce foul poorly, mispronounce team name, walk it off too far from wrong spot, talk with shady side official in black jacket, rewalk, discuss with umpire again, reannounce foul slightly less poorly, reset, forget to start clock, and move on.
Agree...the flow to the game was infinitely better than the previous 3 weeks. And the mic work from the referee (Gene Steratore) was also infinitely better than just about everything during the past 3 weeks.

Talking about "shady side officials" it surprised me how many times the supposed league representative that was suppose to help with administrative issues gave flat out incorrect information to the replacement officials. I could count at least 3 times they caused/reenforced a rules misapplication.
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Old Fri Sep 28, 2012, 11:50am
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the mic work from the referee (Gene Steratore)
Lot of folks like Hochuli or Anderson. Steratore is my personal favorite. He just seems to look like he's about 3 seconds away from really just saying "ah screw it"
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