Re: 2019 Quarterfinals: Illinois State
Originally Posted by
Professor Chaos
I've never (in the last 5 years) said "this is the worst officiated game I've ever seen" because I'll never forget how horrible the crew was in that 2014 2nd round game between NDSU and SDSU. And I'll never forget that was the CAA crew. There were numerous ticky tack inconsistent calls but the worst was the umpire claiming that a Wentz slant to Vraa was tipped therefore the PI flag should be picked up. They ended up reviewing it and seeing that the only SDSU defender even near the pass was at least 4 feet away from tipping the ball so they ended up "reinstating" the penalty after review... they also had all sorts of issues with the game clock throughout the game and especially at the end of the game and totally destroyed the game flow multiple times.
Please oh please let this crew have a better game than that one did.
On a related note I say this every single time the Bison match up with an MVFC team but why can't they send the MVFC All-Star crew when there's an all-MVFC matchup in the playoffs? I'm sure they want a neutral conference crew when teams from different conferences are matching up in the playoffs but when it's team in the same conference it would be easier for the players and coaches who are familiar with the officials and their general style of officiating and easier for the officiating crew that's familiar with the teams' styles of play which would lead to a better played and better flowing game.
Be my guest I'd say. Force them to do that... if they throw the ball 20 times they will not win and they'll probably turn it over a couple times on strip sacks or INTs.
Feels like a post Indy should weigh-in on...
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