Bad officiating

[hiway44]

I would like to know who evaluates these officials. Officiating has been terrible all year. This has been noticeable throughout the MAC. Average MAC games are generally over 30 minutes from previous years. Flags are being thrown for trivial infractions. MAC Officials are taking over the game. People are at Athletic events to watch the event not the officials. They are known as the worst officials in any conference beside high school. All sports are changing. Fast games and high scoring. This is how basketball and football has changed.

[mbenecke]

Yeah... the officials were noticeably poor last night, and they haven't exactly been great all year.

[hiway44]

Is there a website to check all the bad calls that have been sent in to the conference committee for clarification. I know buffalo, ohio, em, west Michigan have all complained about the officials from different articles that I've read.

[BGFan]

Announcers on ESPN said the block from behind that nullified the TD was very questionable to the point of being non-existent.

[hammb]

Announcers on ESPN said the block from behind that nullified the TD was very questionable to the point of being non-existent.

I thought there was a block in the back shortly after the one they were focusing on. It was after the returner was already past the play, and I'm not sure who they actually DID call it on, but I did see what looked like a penalty. That was a killer, for sure, taking away a TD and putting the ball on the 10. UGH

[gmartin]

There was a block-in-the-back on the other side of the field 12 yards from the original call. The player and the call that they were focusing on was bogus. Should never been called but there was a block in the back. Maybe instead of them actually calling out the players # they should go back to the old way and just call it on the defense.

[hiway44]

No, I believe the officials should be holding the flags longer before throwing them out. If the foul or infraction does not affect the play it should not be called. There are too many bogus calls that don't have nothing to do with the play. The officials should not be calling this. Slows the game down and they think they are bigger then the game. Todays football has changed from the past, therefore you have to adjust the way its being called.

Maybe the NCAA needs to start firing bad officials instead of them blowing a good game. This will make them think long and hard before they make the call after throwing the flag or blowing that whistle. Before anybody gets offended by calling out the officials. Let it be known they are getting paid 500.00 to 2000. to do these games. (I think!)

[gmartin]

A penalty is a penalty even if it doesn't affect the play. And you can't ask the refs to hold onto the flag longer or then you would have 3x more delayed pass interference calls. Somehow they just need to train the referees better and make them more accountable.

[Antimob]

I would like to know who evaluates these officials. Officiating has been terrible all year. This has been noticeable throughout the MAC. Average MAC games are generally over 30 minutes from previous years. Flags are being thrown for trivial infractions. MAC Officials are taking over the game. People are at Athletic events to watch the event not the officials. They are known as the worst officials in any conference beside high school. All sports are changing. Fast games and high scoring. This is how basketball and football has changed.

A flag every other play and 10 minute delays studying plays that are obvious 10 seconds after they show them on TV.

Over-officious refs (especially in the MAC) are truly ruining football.

[Lord_Byron]

I would like to know who evaluates these officials. Officiating has been terrible all year. This has been noticeable throughout the MAC. Average MAC games are generally over 30 minutes from previous years. Flags are being thrown for trivial infractions. MAC Officials are taking over the game. People are at Athletic events to watch the event not the officials. They are known as the worst officials in any conference beside high school. All sports are changing. Fast games and high scoring. This is how basketball and football has changed.

A flag every other play and 10 minute delays studying plays that are obvious 10 seconds after they show them on TV.

Over-officious refs (especially in the MAC) are truly ruining football.

Now the mob is going after the refs. Should we fire some just to placate it?

[cameron]

Regardless, it wouldn't change the result. Now the board is complaining for the sake of complaining. As far as games going longer, that's across the board, not just a MAC thing. When I was a kid, it was rare for a game on TV to go much over 3 hours. Now, if a 12:00 game ends by 3:30, consider yourself lucky!

[hiway44]

Watched a great offensive game last night UCF v Temple. Refs were terrible and cost Temple the upset.

I agree officiating has been bad at all levels and not just the MAC

[Falconfreak90]

Announcers on ESPN said the block from behind that nullified the TD was very questionable to the point of being non-existent.

Rick, we saw that unfold and I was screaming "Don't throw the flag...that is a good block!!"...and they threw the flag. If I could see that on the other side of the stadium?

Jake and I went to the Akron/NIU game last night...same s**t officiating.

[Flipper]

I would like to know who evaluates these officials. Officiating has been terrible all year. This has been noticeable throughout the MAC. Average MAC games are generally over 30 minutes from previous years. Flags are being thrown for trivial infractions. MAC Officials are taking over the game. People are at Athletic events to watch the event not the officials. They are known as the worst officials in any conference beside high school. All sports are changing. Fast games and high scoring. This is how basketball and football has changed.

A flag every other play and 10 minute delays studying plays that are obvious 10 seconds after they show them on TV.

Over-officious refs (especially in the MAC) are truly ruining football.

Look at that...we agree on something

[Antimob]

I would like to know who evaluates these officials. Officiating has been terrible all year. This has been noticeable throughout the MAC. Average MAC games are generally over 30 minutes from previous years. Flags are being thrown for trivial infractions. MAC Officials are taking over the game. People are at Athletic events to watch the event not the officials. They are known as the worst officials in any conference beside high school. All sports are changing. Fast games and high scoring. This is how basketball and football has changed.

A flag every other play and 10 minute delays studying plays that are obvious 10 seconds after they show them on TV.

Over-officious refs (especially in the MAC) are truly ruining football.

Now the mob is going after the refs. Should we fire some just to placate it?

Actually the powerful rules committees and the omnipresence of officiating "analysts" at the college and NFL level indicate that the cult of micro-analyzing, litigating and regulating every move a player makes on the field is quite the powerful mob, maybe even a cartel. Every year the rules grow more voluminous, complicated and difficult to decipher; it never goes in the other direction. The rest of us just want to watch the game without an interruption every 10 seconds.