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Message: [QUOTE="Redux, post: 4215889, member: 11089"] What is happening is that the refs periodically decide to rub their masters' faces in it (here's your "point of emphasis," asshats). Refs don't like being told how to ref. It's like a wildcat rulebook strike: the calls are mostly valid but the marginal ones get called instead of, as customarily, ignored to keep the game moving. The refs don't do it ll the time, but when they do it it comes in streaks. You're seeing the streaks. If it had happened differently, if the NCAA had suddenly issued an order that refs should "NOT make a point" about the pivot foot, you'd see games where players are dragging their legs15-20 yards with no calls (e.g.like the old MLB pine tar debacle). [EDIT: My wife has just reminded me that my gift of hyperbole is not universally appreciated. Sorry] [/QUOTE]