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Recap: Penguins 6 Islanders 3, always something as Hamonic ejected on bogus call
Well, things started off on the right foot. The Islanders got off to the early lead they'd like to see, they were physical, skating and Al Montoya was looking good in the net. They were getting calls and were working hard...what could possibly go wrong? Well, their number one defenceman...
Understanding College Football Officiating - Post-Snap Keys And Responsibilities
This is the third part of a four-part series on the officiating crew. Our first article, we introduced what is required to become a member of a FCS-level officiating crew. In the second, we reviewed the officiating crew positions and their pre-snap responsibilities. At this point in our series,...
Understanding College Football Officiating - The Crew And Their Keys
This is the second part of a three-part series on officiating. This part will deal with the officiating crew and their keys - or what their responsibilities are on each play. The first part dealt with what it takes to become a FCS-level official. The third part will deal with post-snap...
Understanding College Football Officiating - What Does It Take To Become A FCS-Level Official?
This is the first of a four-part series on college football officiating. The first part is fairly simple, about what it takes to become a FCS-level official. The second part will focus on the different positions of the officiating crew and their keys - the players and calls they watch on each play....
Off Topic: In defense of Jim Joyce and the fallibility of on-field officials
About a year ago, I wrote a piece expressing disdain at NHL referees and linesmen, as well as their boss at the time. I labeled them Club Two-Minutes and slammed the pomposity, arrogance, and the lack of accountability among them. Yesterday in Major League Baseball, there was a little event in...
WAC officials work hard - 12 hours-per-week hard
Whenever we watch a WAC football game, one thing always sticks out like a sore thumb. No, not Colin Kaepernick's completion percentage. No, not the empty seats in San Jose. No, not David Augusto. Although he is pretty noticeable. The most egregious part of WAC games to us has always been and...
Morning paper: Boise State football links 10/13
We listened to the game on the radio on Saturday, and we must say that we are surprised to read so much negativity following the Bronco win. Things didn't sound that bad to us. Maybe it's because Jadon Dailey was making robot jokes after every Kellen Moore play. We'll have more analysis on the...
Club Two-Minutes: Bad Calls and Zero Accountability
It was like a bad memory coming back to haunt and effect, years and years after the original incident took place. Just when you thought you had moved away from having to dwell on such malignancies, another incident occurs that juts that past experience right back into your train of thought. Yet...
Did the Cardinals get Screwed?
There has been a lot of talk if the NFL officials assisted the Steelers in their Super Bowl Victory. Our SBNation's Revenge of the Birds wrote about it, as did the Bleacher Report. There were a LOT of arguments made that the last Super Bowl the Steelers won against the Seahawks was the worst...
Pac-10 Referees Are Absurd; Other Insights From Arizona State @ Oregon State
Okay. We lost. That much is clear, and we had an excellent chance to tie it at the end on our 2-point conversion attempt. So, I can't complain; our defense was excellent and our offense did its part by actually putting 12 points on the board. But why do we keep having to discuss Pac-10 officials?...
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