Sometimes you can’t help but wonder how officials can be SO BAD…no matter what the sport. It was a few years ago that the NCAA’s all-time winningest basketball coach invited criticism and severely pissed off the NCAA when he commented about basketball officials and the probability that some of them fix games for various financial […]
Officiating
Rejoice! Larry Rose Retiring! (& More Zebra Talk)
In the middle of this past basketball season I asked my buddy if he had noticed that ACC fixture, Larry Rose, didn’t seem to be officiating as many games as he did in the past. (Don’t worry…nobody was complaining about the development) I knew that Rose was no longer allowed to officiate NC State games […]
EXCLUSIVE: SFN Tommy Hunt Interview
Jeff asked for it, so The Giant responds. On September 12, SFN interviewed ACC coordinator of football officials Tommy Hunt regarding ACC officiating, the NC State/Akron controversy, and other subjects. The transcript appears below: SFN: Thank you for meeting with us today, Mr. Hunt. Hunt: Eating? I ain’t eatin’ with you. It’s only 9 AM. […]
Hunt: Contradictions & ‘Running Pictures’
I tried to stay above the fray. I really did. Go back and read SFN’s comments on the topic. Note that we were very careful to focus on the failure to use replay and didn’t harp on the result of the replay; which…upon further review…indicated that Akron’s running back failed to score a touchdown on […]
Why Does Instant Reply Exist if it Isn’t Used?
Allow me to save you some time and go ahead and pre-empt some of your comments. Some of you will want to chime in with a testoserone-laden statement that, “you shouldn’t put yourself in that position”…or “never let it come down to the last play”. To be fair, I can’t disagree with you when you […]
