10-06-2014, 02:40 PM
I know that their is a strong sentiment against blaming officials, so I guess I am asking for an onslaught of negative arrows by stating some of the things I saw on Saturday.
One obvious no-call on a Stanford PI.
At least three obvious no-calls on ND PIs.
An obvious trap ruled a first down on the field and in the replay booth to extend a drive.
Shittu being held by the facemask with an official looking right at him.
ND's band receiving a warning, but being overlooked when they ignored the warning, even with Shaw's constant complaints.
A third down ND pass completion on third down being marked at least two feet forward, resulting in a first down.
These are the plays that I believe are incontestable. Their are many, many others that did not stand out to the same degree, but ALL BUT ONE of the questionable calls, non-calls and questionable ball placements worked in ND's favor. I would be happy to watch the video with a ND fan and see if they could contest that statement.
If this were reversed--Stanford is given these unfair calls and they are taken away from ND, we have a net change of eight first downs, many of them 3rd down conversions. There are many people here who are good with numbers and statistics--is there any way that this change does not make a dramatic difference in yardage, time of possession and points? With the officiating swinging in Stanford's favor to the same degree that it favored ND, is there any way that Stanford does not win comfortably and today's comments are about how the offense still has issues, but seems to be making progress? To continually say that biased officiating should be ignored as a factor in the outcomes of games is just foolish, especially when it has as much impact, start to finish as it did on Saturday.
One obvious no-call on a Stanford PI.
At least three obvious no-calls on ND PIs.
An obvious trap ruled a first down on the field and in the replay booth to extend a drive.
Shittu being held by the facemask with an official looking right at him.
ND's band receiving a warning, but being overlooked when they ignored the warning, even with Shaw's constant complaints.
A third down ND pass completion on third down being marked at least two feet forward, resulting in a first down.
These are the plays that I believe are incontestable. Their are many, many others that did not stand out to the same degree, but ALL BUT ONE of the questionable calls, non-calls and questionable ball placements worked in ND's favor. I would be happy to watch the video with a ND fan and see if they could contest that statement.
If this were reversed--Stanford is given these unfair calls and they are taken away from ND, we have a net change of eight first downs, many of them 3rd down conversions. There are many people here who are good with numbers and statistics--is there any way that this change does not make a dramatic difference in yardage, time of possession and points? With the officiating swinging in Stanford's favor to the same degree that it favored ND, is there any way that Stanford does not win comfortably and today's comments are about how the offense still has issues, but seems to be making progress? To continually say that biased officiating should be ignored as a factor in the outcomes of games is just foolish, especially when it has as much impact, start to finish as it did on Saturday.