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[tm3308]

I saw many calls and non-calls that had me wondering. And not just for one team or the other. As a former player and coach, the one thing I wanted from the refs was consistency. If you're going to call touch fouls, OK, call them ALL... don't just call them until you decide they aren't worth calling any more and don't start calling them because you let the game get out of hand. If you're going to allow me to body up and push a guy off the block, then don't start calling it 15 minutes into the game. The players also had some questioning looks to the refs but didn't argue with the calls - a sign of a well-coached team. But when even the Cyclone announcers are saying "He should have had a foul there" or "The play looked pretty clean from the TV angle" you KNOW the calls were not consistent.

No, I'm not saying the refs decided the game outcome. They most certainly did not. But even the players were perplexed by a lot of the calls and non-calls.

This is unique to Friday's game...how, exactly?

 

[99topdawg]

This is unique to Friday's game...how, exactly?

You should have watched the game and you would know that there was a big difference between Friday and the rest of the year. They let them play, allowing physical play, pushing, lowering of shoulders, etc. but once someone did something ticky-tack, they blew the whistle. It was quite strange to say the least.