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Big Ten official allegedly tied to gambling, abuse

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buck e;1034828; said:
Anyone know the point spread for the PSU-Purdue game? I remember reading that one of the calls the crew missed was when a Purdue receiver ran out of bounds to stop the clock and the crew inexplicably kept it moving. I believe this took place in the last minute or two. PSU won by 7.
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You are correct. Purdue was down by 7 and was trying to drive at the end of the game. A Purdue receiver catches the ball near the sideline and steps out of bounds. Referee who is right there inexplicably keeps the clock moving. One of the worst calls I have ever seen. Yahoo article says they were to be suspended. But it looks like some are in much deeper waters now. In the big picture, I guess nothing was hurt though...you guys go to the national title game and we go to another mid-tier bowl :tongue2:

But I would def be pissed if that crew cost you guys a shot a the national title!

Link but no specifics on the missed call: Source: Purdue-PSU refs face suspension - NCAA Football - Yahoo! Sports
 
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This is pathetic, it is a black eye for the B10, maybe it is a good thing most of the games weren't seen by most people (thanks a lot TWC and B10 network) or we would have seen more of this possible criminal officiating.
 
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February 14, 2008

Forget rules, how about refs?

So the NCAA is going to fix the biggest problem in college football by.....letting officials determine whether to run a 40-second or 25-second clock? Ooh yeah, that's a good idea. After a disastrous officiating year in 2007, let's give the zebras more power to potentially affect the game.
Last season, the Big Ten reprimanded an officiating crew led by a referee, Stephen Pamon, who has a long criminal record and ties to gambling interests. Then it allows him to work the next game anyway (OSU-Illinois), where the instant replay crew inexplicably does not review an obvious fumble (in part, because TV monitors are not allowed in the coaches' press box booths). Then the Big Ten refuses to comment on the incident, and then the Big Ten head of officiating -- Dave Parry -- gets a big promotion, where he now is the national coordinator of college officiating.
Great move. Maybe Parry's first act will be to name Pamon head of his ethics department. Maybe Kelvin Sampson will be Pamon's No. 2 man.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: What makes officials a taboo topic? Why can we rip and criticize players, coaches and administrators, and yet somehow officials are off-limits?
The Big Ten displays the height of arrogance when it adopted a policy that it will not comment on officiating. Why not? What are they hiding from?
Whatever happened to Pamon, anyway? The man should at least be suspended indefinitely while a thorough investigation takes place -- like the one Yahoo.com did, finding all sorts of stuff that the Big Ten's background check had failed to find.
Everyone involved in college football deserves transparency when it comes to officiating. They deserve explanations. No one is perfect, we all understand that. Officials will make mistakes.
But for the Big Ten to continue to employ a crooked ref, and then for the NCAA to promote his boss, the one who refuses to answer any questions, is outrageous and inexcusable.
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Our long Big Ten nightmare over corrupt officiating is now officially over - Big Ten declares "No evidence games called by referee were compromised"

A Big Ten Conference investigation into officiating conduct in two games last season found no evidence that the games were compromised, the league announced Friday.

The conference examined two games -- Illinois at Ohio State and Purdue at Penn State -- that included an officiating crew led by Stephen Pamon, a longtime Big Ten referee who was the subject of a Yahoo! Sports investigation last fall.
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So, those blown calls on a fumble (no-call) and a pass play that were big for the Illini just don't matter eh? Wonder if there is anything in the offing to prevent Pamon from fouling up any more games.

Sources told The Columbus Dispatch that the Big Ten did not renew Pamon's contract for this season. But Delany would not confirm that report, explaining that the Big Ten doesn't release the names of officials who have been retained or removed.
"We looked at their performance and made some decisions with respect to next year for our whole staff, not just these guys," Delany said. "You would not have a difficult time tracking who's on our staff when the season starts."
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Which beyond mealy-mouthed refutations simply means what we all realized long ago. Pamon blew the calls, and you can be sure he won't be around next season.

But, of course, he did nothing wrong, it was purely bad calls - which had (cough) no influence (cough) on the outcome of the game.
 
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