by BearEatsFloyd » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:43 pm
I got to go to the game and was very disappointed in the officials. Coach Richey did a better job swaying the officials to give him calls than Allison did in my opinion. The sideline call was bush league. It was a major call in the game and gave bc life, along with the incredible run by the bc spread back, going into the locker room. If that call is not made, meadow more than likely scores to go in ahead or run out the clock to go in tied. It was a bush-league call in a big time game.
As for all the holding penalties, I'll fess up to not beings a trained eye when it comes to whether a penalty is a peNalty or not on a football field. But I didn't see meadow doing much different than what bc was doing. I just know what I saw, and I saw on several occasions when meadow would convert a first down, the BC side line would point out a meadow player they felt was holding and would get the call. Working the refs is part of the game and Richey clearly convinced his sideline judge and the umpire to call more fouls than did Allison
All in all, the game was managed poorly aside from the calls. The chain gang moved several times when they weren't supposed to leading to several balls being misplaced. The officials spent too much time talking to the coaches at half time. They did not enforce a few situations correctly. It was a bush league crew. And the kids were the ones that suffered for it.