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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 3104333, member: 6927"] I'm not saying the call was wrong. But this all happened in a flash, and she had literally a split second to react. The plays where a defender bites on a shot fake and is falling toward the shooter with no open landing area are often not pretty. There's no doubt in my mind that her arms went down instinctively to brace her fall. Watching the play in real time, it's clear that there was no intent to do harm. There doesn't have to be intent for an unsportsmanlike foul call. Again, I'm not saying the refs got the call wrong. It's incredible to me that people are so worked up into a lather over this play and over the officiating in general. I have to check the banner to be sure I haven't wandered into VolNation. I suppose it's a symptom of the team's struggles that people feel the need to scapegoat the officials at every turn. [/QUOTE]