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Ref's are not responsible for bad luck. Nor good luck.

Posted on 1/21/19 at 1:42 am
Posted by jimdog
columbus, ga
Member since Dec 2012
6636 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 1:42 am
They apply the rules as written and have the eye in the sky for backup in some cases. Being human they make mistakes but all want to keep their jobs and are graded game by game so they try. At times they succumb to pressure such as the LSU-Alabama game this year where they appeared to try to help the forlorn LSU cause. And Bama fatigue has skewed the penalty statistics against the Tide for years. CU ran 99 offensive plays with zero penalty yards while setting new standards for picks, etc. The Shula game where the receiver was thrown to the ground saving LSU etc. Texas A&M appeared to get screwed vs Clemson then got several close call breaks against the same LSU who benefited earlier.

Over all however and generally speaking the best teams win. In close cases the best prepared teams win most games. And sometimes shite happens. For instance Auburn @ home throws everything out the window and is a special circumstance. And we fans see what we want to see. LOL...
Posted by la_birdman
Northern GA via Lake Charles
Member since Feb 2005
31562 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 1:55 am to
I agree with them being humans. Humans make mistakes, it's inevitable. With that being said, in a game with such exposure and so much riding on it, like the Saints game today, for the officials to say, "Well, we got that wrong." It's a double edged sword. You admit you screwed up but it doesn't change the outcome of the game, when during the game, it mattered a whole lot.


This post was edited on 1/21/19 at 2:07 am
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
59944 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 2:37 am to
If that call was a play, it’d be Buckner between the legs, a mistake you simply can not make in that situation
Posted by bencoleman
RIP 7/19
Member since Feb 2009
37887 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 2:58 am to
Not sure what calls that you're talking about but the non call just before end of regulation during the saints game was as blatant as I've ever seen for someone trying to effect the outcome of a game.

Then the pass interference call at the beginning of OT was as blatant a slap in the face as the no call was. I don't generally watch the NFL and I can't imagine that changing moving forward.
Posted by Just_Fight_Baby
Haunting the Indian Mounds
Member since Sep 2016
1189 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 3:27 am to


Which way is the defender's head turned on the incoming pass?

Which way is the referee's head turned on the incoming pass?

But you keep watching, now. Be sure to buy NFL merchandise, too!
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
28081 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 3:34 am to
quote:

Which way is the referee's head turned on the incoming pass?
there was a ref on the sideline 5’ away...
Posted by D011ahbi11
Member since Jun 2007
13664 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 3:52 am to
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Being human they make mistakes but all want to keep their jobs and are graded game by game so they try.


It’s a part time job. You ever have a part time job where there’s very little turnover and hard to get fired? If you have, you’d probably realize that they don’t really give a frick if they do a good job
Posted by PennyPacker
Where things are bigger and better
Member since Jan 2010
1045 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 4:36 am to
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It’s a part time job


They make on avg $173k.....that's not a typical part time job.

That human error just effected a city, team, players, business owners, etc. by tens of millions of dollars. Might be a rare occasion that this happens but damn when it does
Posted by Dalosaqy
I can't quite re
Member since Dec 2007
12739 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 4:47 am to
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Might be a rare occasion
Not anymore. Happens in just about every game.
Posted by rbdallas
Dallas, TX
Member since Nov 2007
10340 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 5:10 am to
quote:

Not sure what calls that you're talking about but the non call just before end of regulation during the saints game was as blatant as I've ever seen for someone trying to effect the outcome of a game.


that call was not missed, IT WAS IGNORED.
Posted by boxcar willie
kenner
Member since Mar 2011
16049 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 5:16 am to
It would be a bama fan making the claim that refs calls dont make a difference. This is just such a ludicris statement on every level of common sense. It cost the saints from going to the super bowl dummy. Refs bad calls also cost LSU the aTm game.
Posted by zsav77
Member since Oct 2011
6151 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 6:20 am to
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Being human they make mistakes but all want to keep their jobs



And like other humans, when you make a colossal mistake at your job( and in this case, basically gross negligence), you get fricking fired.

Except, refs are rarely held to that standard. Which is total bullshite.
This post was edited on 1/21/19 at 6:22 am
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
23371 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 6:22 am to
Just no.
Posted by bencoleman
RIP 7/19
Member since Feb 2009
37887 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 6:28 am to
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And like other humans, when you make a colossal mistake at your job( and in this case, basically gross negligence), you get fricking fired.

Except, refs are rarely held to that standard. Which is total bullshite



It's not gross negligence when the refs are celebrating the victory with the winners after the game.
Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
16536 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 6:45 am to
Rules will be changed because of this just as the overtime rule was changed after the Saints Vikings...but this is much more deserving of the change.

There's no way you can say the Vikings would have scored if they had gotten the ball in that overtime with any degree of certainty.

It is an almost certainty (Vegas said 98% probablilty) that this blatant and obvious no call on two counts (interference and helmet-to-helmet) altered the outcome of the game that decided who plays in the Super Bowl.
Posted by Polycarp
Texas
Member since Feb 2009
5670 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 6:47 am to
You must be doing lines again. Put down the straw, clean the mirror, and get help.
Posted by wfallstiger
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jun 2006
13373 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 7:04 am to
Luck? Luck doesn't determine the outcome of anything. Execution and the likes does and when officiating crews fail to COMPETENTLY execute their duties then outcomes are impacted.
Posted by Tigers4life
The great US of A
Member since May 2004
1868 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 8:23 am to
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we fans see what we want to see



Fact.....for the most part.
Posted by ecb
Member since Jul 2010
9722 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 8:24 am to
Replay, use it, that is all
Posted by pellietigersaint
Tiger Stadium
Member since Aug 2005
19043 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 8:28 am to
Shut the frick up pussy
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