AAC better fix its officiating

[Skiblets]

absolute joke to overturn the fumble call on Memphis' last drive.

 

[Jimdish255]

They blew the previous fumble call the other way so I guess if you're consistently incompetent it's a wash.

 

[Skiblets]

Didn't see that one. Reinforcing my point I guess

 

[coachcap]

The AAC couldn't hold onto its best officials after the split. This is the result. The best Big East crew officiated the Rose Bowl a few years back. Once the Catholics split away, that referee & his comrades ended up in the B1G. The ACC hired away the more competant crews & the AAC was left with the dregs. It is up to the hierarchy in Providence to identify young & competent officials (either from the "lesser" FBS conferences or currently working in the FCS) & to entice them away with AAC contracts. Otherwise, we will continue to see the kangaroo court on the field that presently exists.

(eidtors note: My brother-in-law & his crew have worked their way up from high school to FCS level officiating (Patriot League, Ivy, New Hampshire, etc.) UConn has regularly used his crew during the preseason for officiating live scrimmage practices. This is how you scout new crews, along with watching game tape of past games. I would hope that Providence is doing their due diligence)

 

[Kgun7]

If Thomas doesn't make that acrobatic catch against Missouri he wouldn't have bailed out the ref who didnt call pass interference. Missouri CB clearly pulled at Thomas's jersey as he was in the air ... should have drawn a flag.

 

[Skiblets]

The whole point of instant replay is to get the call correct. In this case the on field refs did and the yahoo in the booth overturned it without definitive visual evidence. Feel for those cinci kids. They were hosed

 

[uconnric]

Overturning the targeting call on Kiel was a joke as well.

 

[Sportsman5]

The whole point of instant replay is to get the call correct. In this case the on field refs did and the yahoo in the booth overturned it without definitive visual evidence. Feel for those cinci kids. They were hosed

There actually was definitive evidence of a fumble, which makes it ridiculous that it was overturned. It amazes me how many refs simply have poor eye sight. passing a basic eye exam doesn't change the fact that with age comes a reduction in certain nuanced aspects of sight like ability to see at night and determine how shadow can tell you if a knee touches the ground or not etc. It's pretty sad to see a game determined by something like this.

 

[Nostical]

That was so obvious a missed call that i questioned whether I truly understood the rule. So let me ask the expert rules folks on the Boneyard. If the ball is being tugged at and "moves" but does not separate from the ballcarrier-- is it a fumble? It never flipped away from his body nor did it start to fall away--you never saw any light between the football and receiver's body--it was merely moving due to the defender's attempt to dislodge it--which he didn't actually dislodge till after the knee was down. So was the replay referee really wrong here?

 

[Skiblets]

The movement of the ball was the beginning of the fumble process on that play. If it never seperates than no.

Regardless Nos, the grounds for overturning any call by the replay booth is 'clear and incontrovertible visual evidence'. So overturns are only supposed to happen on the most egregious misses by the on-field crew. The fact that there is so much grey area on this play means the booth never should have overturned. If I'm Cinci, I'm all over Aresco this morning.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

The replay official blew 3 calls last night. 2 went against Cincy and 1 helped them. Targeting absolutely should've been called when Kiel got KO'ed (despite what the Bachelor and Hair Plugs Tessitore said). Morrison clearly fumbled and the call on the field stood and the last drive was pretty obvious.

I wouldn't let the replay official back in a booth ever again.