I couldnt find my original thread on this topic from a couple of months ago. After yesterday's NFL games I bring it up again that maybe college refs and college ball are not so bad.
Again we see crucial bad calls or non-calls in the biggest sport in the US and maybe in the world dollarwise. Refs totally missing obvious stuff and also making calls because the assume they see stuff.
I no not follow either the Rams since they moved or the Saints but I was pulling for the Rams for Blythe and because it has been longer since they won the SBowl. But that non-call PI/helmet to a defenseless receiver might be one of the worst officiating blunders I have ever seen. The side judge and back judge as well as a head linesman had to be in a position to make that call. How can they not see a defender run head first into a receiver well well before the ball gets there and not call something, anything. Now the Saints my not have got a TD after a correct PI being called but they could have run more time of the clock.
The pseudo-roughing the Brady call in the chiefs game was really bad also, a crucial penalty that let the Pats extend a drive for a TD. That was really bad as the ref must have assumed they saw something whereas the defender hit Brady in his left shoulder pad and not the facemask or helmet. I am a big Chiefs fans and I thought this was bad. But the Chiefs did themselves no favors by totally wasting the first qtr on offense and defense (except for a big INT to save a 2nd Pats TD). The Chiefs could not get a pass rush so their pass defenders were doing a lot of illegal hitting (most teams do) and not getting called. Did Hogan really catch that pass (looked like the ball rolled around on the turf for a bit, and looked like that bouncing punt did touch Edelman and certainly there wasnt proof to overrule the on field call although two plays later the Chiefs got a pick)
Not sure what the NFL can do. But I would start with a last 5 minutes of the game where the booth can review or overrule anything on the field, for example, the booth could have stopped play and called a foul on the Rams Dback.
The NFL needs to modify the pushing and shoving by receivers and dbacks and let them push and shove, but no holding or grabbing of uniforms or players at all, let them push and shove as long as it isnt a blow type personal foul or until the ball is in the air. They push and shove all game and it is hardly called because to do so would totally slow down the game.
And I think they might have to look at replay for every late hit/roughing the passer because I have seen some really bad calls on this aspect of officiating.
Again we see crucial bad calls or non-calls in the biggest sport in the US and maybe in the world dollarwise. Refs totally missing obvious stuff and also making calls because the assume they see stuff.
I no not follow either the Rams since they moved or the Saints but I was pulling for the Rams for Blythe and because it has been longer since they won the SBowl. But that non-call PI/helmet to a defenseless receiver might be one of the worst officiating blunders I have ever seen. The side judge and back judge as well as a head linesman had to be in a position to make that call. How can they not see a defender run head first into a receiver well well before the ball gets there and not call something, anything. Now the Saints my not have got a TD after a correct PI being called but they could have run more time of the clock.
The pseudo-roughing the Brady call in the chiefs game was really bad also, a crucial penalty that let the Pats extend a drive for a TD. That was really bad as the ref must have assumed they saw something whereas the defender hit Brady in his left shoulder pad and not the facemask or helmet. I am a big Chiefs fans and I thought this was bad. But the Chiefs did themselves no favors by totally wasting the first qtr on offense and defense (except for a big INT to save a 2nd Pats TD). The Chiefs could not get a pass rush so their pass defenders were doing a lot of illegal hitting (most teams do) and not getting called. Did Hogan really catch that pass (looked like the ball rolled around on the turf for a bit, and looked like that bouncing punt did touch Edelman and certainly there wasnt proof to overrule the on field call although two plays later the Chiefs got a pick)
Not sure what the NFL can do. But I would start with a last 5 minutes of the game where the booth can review or overrule anything on the field, for example, the booth could have stopped play and called a foul on the Rams Dback.
The NFL needs to modify the pushing and shoving by receivers and dbacks and let them push and shove, but no holding or grabbing of uniforms or players at all, let them push and shove as long as it isnt a blow type personal foul or until the ball is in the air. They push and shove all game and it is hardly called because to do so would totally slow down the game.
And I think they might have to look at replay for every late hit/roughing the passer because I have seen some really bad calls on this aspect of officiating.
