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Message: [QUOTE="Fightin Choke, post: 3105534, member: 2605"] By reading these comments one might think that the officiating was biased tremendously in favor of Notre Dame, but a dispassionate analysis of the stats do not bear that out. 1. Total fouls: A&M: 17 ND: 12 But remember that A&M intentionally fouled ND twice in the last 30 seconds of the game, so the real difference is 15 to 12. Not a large difference at all and probably easily explained by the difference in paint points (52-42 ND) and the difference in 3pt shots (17-10 A&M). 2. Free Throws: A&M: 10 ND: 15 But removing the 4 FT's that ND got after intentional fouls in the last 30 seconds, it's 11 to 10. When you factor in that the game was basically a home game for Notre Dame, the refs typically favor the home team in foul calls but it seems the game was called pretty fairly. Were there fouls committed by ND that weren't called? Absolutely. There were also calls committed by A&M that weren't called. If you don't like a team, you'll notice the bad calls in their favor far more often than the bad calls that were not in their favor. It's called [URL='https://www.iep.utm.edu/fallacy/#SelectiveAttention']selective attention[/URL] and [URL='https://www.iep.utm.edu/fallacy/#ConfirmationBias']confirmation bias[/URL], types of logical fallacies. [/QUOTE]