Week 7 Game Discussion Thread

[FootstepsFalco]

Methinks that this morning there is a lot of unwarranted hate directed towards Gus Johnson. Yes, the FG call was bad as from his vantage point in the booth he should be able to tell that the kick could be short. but since FGs are difficult to see in a stadium, he was probably using a TV monitor.

The "TD...no!" call was perfectly understandable. Nobody would think the WR would screw it up that badly and he was so excited that IU was going to pull another rabbit out of the hat. Don't blame him at all.

Compare that to the performance of Fowler and Emotional Support Dog. They didn't even notice that there should have been a second left in the game. Instead whining about the PI call which wasn't that bad. I'm fine with swallowing the whistle. He committed PI just as badly as Sharpe did on Gamblor back in 2003. Yeah, that shouldn't have been called either, but tOSU should have won that game in regulation if it wasn't for the refs.

 

[Jaxbuck]

Methinks that this morning there is a lot of unwarranted hate directed towards Gus Johnson. Yes, the FG call was bad as from his vantage point in the booth he should be able to tell that the kick could be short. but since FGs are difficult to see in a stadium, he was probably using a TV monitor.

The "TD...no!" call was perfectly understandable. Nobody would think the WR would screw it up that badly and he was so excited that IU was going to pull another rabbit out of the hat. Don't blame him at all.

Compare that to the performance of Fowler and Emotional Support Dog. They didn't even notice that there should have been a second left in the game. Instead whining about the PI call which wasn't that bad. I'm fine with swallowing the whistle. He committed PI just as badly as Sharpe did on Gamblor back in 2003. Yeah, that shouldn't have been called either, but tOSU should have won that game in regulation if it wasn't for the refs.

All the tv announcers suck.

Production of the games (including commercials) is far and away the worst part of the sport.

 

[Bestbuck36]

People who would be these full time refs will do other work for more than 50k instead of being a ref for 50k.

Talent follows money in all walks of life.

There would obviously be other benefits and that's just a number. The actual dollar amount out there available from NCAA Football is probably a lot more than I even imagined. Pay em. Train em and make em all accountable.

 

[Jaxbuck]

There would obviously be other benefits and that's just a number. The actual solar amount or there available from NCAA Football is probably a lot more than I even imagined. Pay em. Train em and make em all accountable.

Exactly.

Pay them well enough that they will miss the money if they lose it for sucking ass at what you pay them to do.

Also, improve the use of technology even more. Totally reimagine what can and can’t be reviewed. Take as much out of the humans hands as you can.

 

[gmen6981]

It is playing out like that year so far. I will go out on a limb and say that some of the officiating I’ve seen this year in multiple games gives me reason to believe the NCAA is scripting situations to justify the 24 team CFB playoff format.

Wasn't being ranked #1 the kiss of death that year? IIRC correctly, every time a team made it to #1 they lost the next week. Happened to the Bucks. Made it to #1 then lost to Illinois. ( Yeah, Fuck you Juice Williams )

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Wasn't being ranked #1 the kiss of death that year? IIRC correctly, every time a team made it to #1 they lost the next week. Happened to the Bucks. Made it to #1 then lost to Illinois. ( Yeah, Fuck you Juice Williams )

shitty refs that year, too. the parallels continue!

oh.....that's just an every year thing.

 

[Bill Smith]

Steve Young went 10 for 10 on his game predictions on College Game Day

that's remarkable given how competitive yesterday was and all the upsets.