Fear the Refverines

by joefromboalsburg on Oct 19, 2009 7:32 PM EDT Comment 35 comments

Last week's attempted scoring-drive-killing calls at the end of the second half were prevented by the Paterno Rule. This week we should fear the evil as we walk through the Heart of Darkness. Refverines will be everywhere.

This fear that I have of Refverines is not because the tin foil on my head is not working.

Last week they really raised their ugly heads on two successive calls that would have screwed our halftime-ending scoring drive. I started to get flashbacks of bad trips out west. They're back They're back.

Luckily, the Paterno Rule was enforceable. The bad calls were reverseable.

Later on in the game, the Gophers nearly got screwed on one drive-killer as well

So, we are left with the happy circumstance that at best we just got plain-vanilla bad Big Ten refs instead of full-blooded Refverines.

At worst, the situation will be normal, and the Refverines will be out in full force.

They will get a chance to screw PSU at least once during a critical moment of the upcoming game..

You heard it here first. This is the big one! Here they come! Here they come!

They have been practicing non-reversable bad calls all week, having last week off because they were not needed to beat Western Delaware.

Where did I put my pipe?

For the Glory,

Joe from Boalsburg

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Hopefully we get the crew from the Steelers-Browns game.

by PSUJunny05 on Oct 19, 2009 7:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yawn

Or Waaaah, whichever comes first.

"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69

by jtothep on Oct 19, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So

You’re saying “Suck it, joefromboalsburg”?

"[angry frown]" - Lloyd Carr

by ReadingRambler on Oct 19, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll never forget that one game against Purdue

Purdue’s WR clearly runs out of bounds but the ref kept the clock running.

by Mr. Rosewater on Oct 19, 2009 9:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Our best hope is that somewhere out there, OSU educated a few refs.

And they are on duty this weekend.

by psume06 on Oct 19, 2009 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh, and we call our home game plays, instead of the conservative BS that we usually let scUM sneak by us with.

by psume06 on Oct 19, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

For the life of me

I don’t know where the rest of the conference gets the idea we’re a bunch of conspiracy theory whiners.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Oct 19, 2009 10:01 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

whatever man! you don't know what you're talking about!

I would gladly join any club that would have me as a member

by TheLesserErik on Oct 19, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know why

UM pays off fans of every other school to have them call PSU fans a bunch of conspiracy theory whiners. Duh.

by Wlvrn99 on Oct 20, 2009 8:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

this guy gets it

better hope your brethen doesn’t see this. I don’t think they would approve of you sharing their “secrets”.

"I'm driven by greatness" - Derrick Williams

by HookMania on Oct 20, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe we should get beyond the idea that the B10 refs favor scUM and just recognize the fact that the B10 refs suck in general? Honestly, I think they view the fact that instant replay exists as a reason to not call anything at face value at let the replay overturn.

It was like pulling teeth sitting in the stands for a lot of the game on Sat – felt like every single big play was called against and had to be reviewed. Completely kills the fun.

by 16andCounting on Oct 19, 2009 10:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, well if the refs on Saturday would have watched the game

instead of trying to get every call wrong on the first try…

by AdamShell on Oct 20, 2009 1:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I put mine on as soon as the Minny game ended.

"Dr. Samuel Johnson's right about Olson Johnson being right."

by mushdamma on Oct 20, 2009 8:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

not every school can schedule the powerhouse that is Eastern Illinois

and I’m really looking forward to the refs sticking it in your ass Saturday.

MEWWWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAH

by Chrisgocomment on Oct 21, 2009 5:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Come on, Michigan

Is this really the best you can offer?

1) Delaware State has a smaller enrollment than some community colleges.
2) The more obvious point about a certain FCS team you played two years ago.

"[angry frown]" - Lloyd Carr

by ReadingRambler on Oct 21, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I don't get point 2.

Elaborate please.

by PSUJunny05 on Oct 21, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sure!

http://mgoblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/unconditional-surrender.html

"[angry frown]" - Lloyd Carr

by ReadingRambler on Oct 21, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i can’t believe you want to argue the merits of playing Eastern Illinois over Delaware State.

by Chrisgocomment on Oct 22, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fair Enough

not every school can schedule the powerhouse that is Delaware State

and I’m really looking forward to the refs sticking it in your ass Saturday. T

Trust me, Indiana is forwarding what’s left of the Astroglide by express mail.

Beat Michigan.

by jesse. on Oct 22, 2009 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And I can’t believe you were actually silly enough to bring up our schedule when Eastern Illinois would kick Delaware State’s ass.

"It's like a bad rave, only in place of the hypnotic effects of your grandfather's oxycontin, there's an actual octogenerian screaming gibberish over a thumping beat."

by ReadingRambler on Oct 22, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

come on now, that’s like saying you’re a bigger bad-ass then your buddy because you kicked a 4 year old’s ass and your buddy only beat up a 1 year old.

by Chrisgocomment on Oct 22, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was a poorly stated comment by myself

Allow me to rephrase it.

And I can’t believe you were actually silly enough to bring up our schedule when you schedule FCS teams just like we do.

Also, stop trying to be clever. You’re doing it wrong.

"It's like a bad rave, only in place of the hypnotic effects of your grandfather's oxycontin, there's an actual octogenerian screaming gibberish over a thumping beat."

by ReadingRambler on Oct 22, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

How's that working out for him?

being clever?

by jtothep on Oct 23, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The leaders aaaannnnd the best!

Beat Michigan.

by jesse. on Oct 22, 2009 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BOOM CAW’D!

by Musket Rebellion on Oct 21, 2009 6:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Tin Foil Hat or not

If the game is close in the fourth quarter retty much everybody here is going to be waiting for the controversial close call that will break for Michigan. If you’re not, you’re crazy.

It’s a legitimate concern when you play in Ann Arbor.

Beat Michigan.

by jesse. on Oct 22, 2009 8:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

See, this is the problem

I can pretty much guarantee you that there will be bad calls in this game that go UM’s way. There will also be bad calls that go PSU’s way, of course. Big Ten officiating is not good. This is not a new thing.

I understand that you want the crutch of CONSPIRACY to lean on when your team does not succeed. It is natural. It is also pathetic.

by Wlvrn99 on Oct 22, 2009 9:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't know if it's a conspiracy or not.

I don’t know if JFK’s death was caused by a conspiracy, but I know he’s dead.

Likewise I don’t know if the bad/questionable fourth quarter calls that go Michigan’s way are caused by a conspiracy or not, but I know they occur.

Pretending they don’t is just as pathetic.

Beat Michigan.

by jesse. on Oct 22, 2009 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BITCH I DON'T KNOW YOUR LIFE

by PSUJunny05 on Oct 22, 2009 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

do you watch football and understand the rules? (note that that was an AND, not an OR)

Because the calls that Michigan gets are completely bogus.

by psume06 on Oct 22, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agree

With pathetic.

Here’s to a crutchless thumpin that makes this thread all fade away….

by jtothep on Oct 22, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Really

You’re confident that if the game is close in the 4th Quarter that it won’t swing on a sketchy call in Michigan’s favor? Really?

Beat Michigan.

by jesse. on Oct 22, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm confident

That discussion of referee influences in Penn State-Michigan football games, past or future, reflects poorly on Penn State fans in general and on me personally as one of those fans.

I’m also confident in our team’s ability to, on the field, make that discussion moo, and in our fans’ ability to move along to more meritorious conversations and points as to how that outcome may be achieved.

by jtothep on Oct 22, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs