[81alum]

Although the result of the foul calls wound up in Stanford's favor, the officiating was poor.

Yes, MT, I agree that the officiating was poor--but it almost always is poor.  The problem with playing this style of defense is that the officials often feel as if they cannot call the game closely without causing it to crawl, and so the style of defense actually forces the officials to change their standards.  (Crackpot nailed it when he said "So it's gonna be one whistle for every eleven fouls kinda night, eh?" In this game, the fact that Colorado paid a price for their handsy-pushy-shovey style did seem fair to me--even if many individual calls were wrong.

[81alum]

Although the result of the foul calls wound up in Stanford's favor, the officiating was poor.

Yes, MT, I agree that the officiating was poor--but it almost always is poor.  The problem with playing this style of defense is that the officials often feel as if they cannot call the game closely without causing it to crawl, and so the style of defense actually forces the officials to change their standards.  (Crackpot nailed it when he said "So it's gonna be one whistle for every eleven fouls kinda night, eh?" In this game, the fact that Colorado paid a price for their handsy-pushy-shovey style did seem fair to me--even if many individual calls were wrong.