We should start having a serious conversation about the refs in the second half. Gambling, other contractual obligations is a big concern of mine
A BIG Concern
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Possible. I also think it’s possible tv ratings and the big 12 officials protecting a conference member played a role. This first half was fine. The second half was a joke and pretty disgusting. Colorado got away with blatant holding on the edges from their OT’s the whole second half or we might have killed shadeur. Which to be honest, if they let it go both ways doesn’t bother me. Officials often don’t call holding in BIG games and just let them play. But they started calling phantom holds and block in the backs on us any time we had a positive play. Dannen needs to make a big deal out of this.
Polar Bear and Ty were mauled/held every play. I understand not calling it every play, but they should have had 3 holding calls each on these lads. Despite the fouls, these guys completely dominated the O-Line of the Buffs.
Prior to kickoff the "L" official was sucking up to sCUm. He was patting Sanders boys on the heiny. He gave us some questionable spots. This crew was beyond
Block in the back by rhamir in last few minutes was an insane call, he had 1 hand resting on the guys lower back
I think this is closer to the truth than the bribery theories. These were Big 12 refs protecting their own. And it was the most blatant example of officiating malpractice I have ever seen. If I thought for one nanosecond that they called a fair game I would say so. But the “no calls” against CU and the phantom calls against us were so obvious someone needs to complain.
I think there were far more “wtf?!?” Calls last night than the A&M game. I would have to go back and watch it tho to be sure. Difference is the refs handed A&M the game. Last night they just prevented us from humiliating Deion.
Worst call I have seen in years. And no way that was just a “mistake”. That was a totally manufactured call in every way. Same goes for Benhart’s phantom holding penalty. No way an honest ref calls that. And what about no holding call against CU on the passing play where our defensive lineman (Ty?) was having his jersey clearly pulled from behind with the ref staring right at it? No way that is just a “missed call. Once again, clearly a blatant attempt to aid CU.
It was the timing of the flags that really upset me. There were some legit calls and then there were some that were disgusting
- That one on Rahmir Johnson was one of them
- Targeting on Gnayor was embarrassing. I never knew a forearm could be called... especially when it was clearly not malicious
- Offsides on James Williams #90. I mean he was lined up further back than the other two guys on our line
- Holding call on Evans #51 that was legit a clean pancake block
Those 4 calls were just terrible!
I just love that we still won that game, because it is not about who won. It is about getting a freaking fair game called. Those refs were REALLY bad and it was getting ridiculously obvious in the 4th quarter they were getting their hand in it. The only thought I had was gambling lines
2nd half was unwatchable due to the laundry party. Luckily we had a big enough lead by that time....but, woof.
Officials were terrible no doubt, but we aren't going to see them again so I think the offense will right itself. I'm also more concerned about special teams: little confidence in Alvano, Buschini had a few good punts but averaged a pedestrian 37 yards/punt for the game, gave up a blocked punt and some big kickoff return yards. In recent years, it seems like when our special teams have been bad, they have been bad all year. Last night's officials won't cost us any games going forward, but our special teams play may very well.
Just a reminder that in the a&m game, we had 16 penalties for 145 yards. They had 2 for 10 yards.
The worst I saw was the obvious holding one dude had on Hut. Literally held his shoulder pads and no call. And don’t tell me all the passing CU does and rarely a call was made?? This game was ******** in the way it was called. Such a travesty.
Possible, either way it's bs. I'm just concerned there's more to it, and there may be more officiating crews do the same later on. I would just like a fair game called.
Non-call on late helmet to face/chin shot on DR with ref staring right at it was terrible…..
but then they did give us a roughing the passer after that was clean.
Holding is always gonna get missed at times, but a couple were awful/obvious,… combined with the phantom hold calls that really shouldn’t be common, even with human refs. You still have to see a legit hold to call it.
but then they did give us a roughing the passer after that was clean.
Holding is always gonna get missed at times, but a couple were awful/obvious,… combined with the phantom hold calls that really shouldn’t be common, even with human refs. You still have to see a legit hold to call it.
With technology in video editing being what it is, you oughta turn in a highlights real of bad calls and missed calls to an impartial board so those jerks can get graded and then drummed out of the profession. Such blatant corruption.
Everyone is hopping on our bandwagon. That will have positive ramifications down the line from reffing, tv time slots, recruiting...
Here's Buschini's punts on the night:
#1 - 60 yards
#2 - 47 yards
#3 - 44 yards
#4 - 54 yards
#5 - blocked (no fault of 13)
#6 - 49 yards
ESPN box score lists 5 punts for 254 yards with 0 touchbacks, 3 inside the 20 and a long of 60. That's not very pedestrian in my book.
BigTen stats through 2 games shows Buschini leading the league with an average of 50.1 on 7 punts. 2 fair catches, 4 inside the 20 and 3 at 50+.
Take away Horn's 61 yard KO return (I know that you can't, however, for a little perspective), his other 3 returns totaled 33 yards. After Horn's long return, Hohl was replaced on kickoffs with Buschini who proceeded to get a touchback. Nebraska had 2 returns for 35 yards.
Colorado had 3 punt returns for a total of 14 yards. Nebraska had 2 returns for 16 yards.
Alvano takes the blame, and mostly so, but there are 3 participants to every placekick. IF one of the 1st 2 are off, it usually affects the outcome for Alvano. I'm not saying that his miss was due to a problem with either the snap or hold but the FG that he made last week took a really nice play by Buschini to corral the snap and get it down. Does the holder put it in the right spot? Does a snap that's off affect the spot where the holder places the ball? There's more to it than just "Alvano sucks". Unfortunately, any problems with the 1st 2 can get into Alvano's mind a bit. Maybe instead of 20 reps in practice (or whatever it is), they need to do 30 reps (just an example - I have no idea how many reps they are doing in practice).