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Message: [QUOTE="sun, post: 5183224, member: 11664"] When I looked up the subject of home team bias by refs in WCBB the results show a bunch of articles and studies about it that go back 20 years or more. The home team bias by refs has been statistically documented and conclusions have been drawn. Some of the reserchers & journalists believe that the home team crowd creates a subconcious bias in the minds of the refs. Then defining incidental contact verses calling a penalty becomes a judgement call. Either the refs let them play or they need to call fouls repeatedly that interrupt the flow of the game. So more often that not the refs often let them play & the chips fall where they may. I recall that the NCAA studied the accuracy of calls in the NC game between Iowa & LSU and concluded that the officiating was not up to par. Also there was a controversial call in the (FF?) game between UConn & Baylor that ended up with a foul on Carrington that was a non-call that was proven to be a foul by Edwards due to a still photograph. Then fast forward to the Iowa - UConn FF game where Edwards was called for a blocking /screen violation that created a turnover that prevented UConn from taking the last shot of the game. Every UConn fan knows about these calls and the national impact that they had. This is why sports is considered to be entertainment & the mantra for the fanbase of every sports team is "wait until next year." [/QUOTE]