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Did the Tennessee Volunteers' Brian Williams Push the Georgia Bulldogs' Chris Barnes?
Except in the most egregious instances, I am not one to bark too loudly about officiating; heck, I didn’t even harp on the game-changing unsportsmanlike conduct call against A.J. Green in the 2009 LSU game. Sometimes, however, such grousing is warranted. This is one of those times. Rule 4 of the...
Friday Afternoon Dawg Bites
While you wait with bated breath for the announcement of the national game of disinterest, please take the time to click at least a few of the following links, all of which warrant your attention: I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but Dr. Saturday and Team Speed Kills are right that the rule...
The SEC Would Be Foolish to Concoct any Conspiracies
Kvetching about officiating in all sports seems to have grown exponentially over the past several years. If I had to guess, I'd say it's because of the proliferation of high def TVs, high speed cameras as a part of telecasts, and the democratization of commentary found on the Internet. NFL ref Ed...
SEC Speaks, Let's Put Arkansas RefGate to Bed
The SEC has officially spoken, saying that the personal foul called on Malcom Sheppard late in Saturday's Arkansas-Florida game had "no evidence on the video to support" it. As for the disputed pass interference call on Ramon Broadway, the conference says it was a "judgment call" and that "a review...
Lakers Look to Rebound in Game 5
Game 4 was disappointingly predictable. The Nuggets were in a must-win situation; the Lakers were not. The Nuggets played hard; the Lakers did not. Both frustrating and comforting at the same time was the knowledge that L.A. did not play their best in the lopsided loss to Denver –...
Complaining About Officiating: Poor Taste or Civic Duty?
[Ed. Note: Complaining about the officiating is always a sensitive subject, and rarely done right. Kudos to Chris, for handling the issue with class and staying away from the usual pitfalls, while still calling a spade a spade.] I don’t like complaining about officiating. It’s the...
Officiating in Sports
Just this past week, the refs have been put in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons in the world of sports. On Tuesday, Marian Hossa's apparent game tying goal in the waning seconds of Game 3 was waved off by Brad Watson because he ruled that he had lost sight of the puck. Anaheim went on to...
A day later...
Damian Cristodero at the Times reports that NHL official Stephen Walkom sees nothing wrong from last night: Stephen Walkom, the NHL's director of officiating, said the ruling that Lightning goaltender Mike Smith deliberately threw his stick to disrupt Milan Hejduk's shootout attempt on Thursday...
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