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Some fans seem to find reverence in not blaming
Nov 13, 2016, 3:55 PM
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The officiating in the game yesterday. That's understandable to a point, I get it, win with class, lose with class. But it shouldn't cloud people's judgement so much as to say the officiating didn't play a big part in the game. Four scoring drives by Pitt were extended by questionable calls on 3rd down after a Clemson stop. Two of those drives were extended on Phantom penalties and directly resulted in 14 points.
Should Clemson have been in a situation where the officials calls determined the game? Absolutely not. There were plenty of questionable playcalls, mistakes in the red zone, breakdowns on defense. We all saw them.
We have gotten our share of questionable calls, most good teams do, but there is a big difference between a questionable call and a phantom call. The only thing I can remember in 30 plus years of following Clemson football that comes close to yesterday would be the back to back phantom holding calls that went against us versus GT that either stopped scores, or long pass plays into the redzone.
At some point the officials have to be held accountable.
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Nov 13, 2016, 3:57 PM
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Re: Some fans seem to find reverence in not blaming
Nov 13, 2016, 4:08 PM
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I want to do something about it but what can we do? Start a Twitter campaign to fire Heydt? Start a call-in or write to the ACC to have that referee removed? I'm up for whatever it takes. I just don't know where to start or what to do. If referees like this Heydt guy aren't held accountable he will just keep trolling Clemson on the play field while laughing his way to the bank to pick up his check from the ACC. It is beyond me why the ACC would assign a USuCk graduate to a rivals game. Do they not properly vet their employees?
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Re: Some fans seem to find reverence in not blaming
Nov 13, 2016, 4:17 PM
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I do not have the answer. It goes much deeper than just this past weekends officiating crew @ Clemson. Seems to be widespread. It always amazes how many NFL teams get dominated for 50-55 minutes of gametime and then comeback to win, or force overtime. I get there is parity, but this happens multiple times per week in the NFL. I do not watch enough NFL to answer this question, but the consistent weekly comebacks in the last quarter are uncanny.
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Not seeing black helicopters
Nov 13, 2016, 4:40 PM
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But college football is corrupted further by the dollars connected to viewership and advertisement. Keeping games close or turning them in favor of the underdog is always going to increase viewer ratings. These officiating crews are not getting rich from their salaries, but as people stay tuned in they might get a little extra. It's about making money, and when it comes right down to it, some people will do absolutely anything for it. Souls are sold every second
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Nov 13, 2016, 4:45 PM
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Re: Not seeing black helicopters
Nov 13, 2016, 4:47 PM
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That was the underlying MO in my post - follow the money
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As a viewer I will stay interested in a game
Nov 13, 2016, 5:12 PM
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If an underdog has a far superior team on the ropes. Sometimes talent and coaching completely nullify any suspect calls, but with the constant break in action for reviews etc momentum can evaporate, and lesser teams can hang around
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Good teams overcome bad officiating, but .....
Nov 13, 2016, 4:33 PM
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Yesterday was horrendous.
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Re: Good teams overcome bad officiating, but .....
Nov 13, 2016, 4:44 PM
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Yes bad officiating, but we have been on the good side of a bad call or non call this year. If the D played better or DW didn't throw that last pic; we win. I hope we turn this loss into a chip on our shoulder.
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Re: Some fans seem to find reverence in not blaming
Nov 13, 2016, 5:42 PM
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Dude went to Usuck so you know he was out to get us.
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im fine with questioning officiating when
Nov 13, 2016, 5:57 PM
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A game hangs in the balance based on these calls. This game didn't. It was simply our lack of election in key situations the kept us from winning.
The focus from the game should be cleaning up our mistakes, not trying to blame officiating when we failed play a clean game ourselves.
Honestly I'd probably give the officials higher marks than some of our players and coaches yesterday. We were unprepared for their gameplay on defense and were stubborn and error prone on offense. If we make easy plays and don't make stupid throws (I love Watson but the throw to leggett in the end zone would have been intercepted twice if that were possibles) we aren't sitting here today wondering if it's okay to blame the refs.
Bottom line is that if we ever play a clean game I still think this team can compete with anyone. Maybe this will flip a switch and motivate this team going forward.
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All complaining about calls is not equal
Nov 13, 2016, 6:10 PM
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When Louis and FSU were complaining they were isolating one or two calls, and not looking at the overall context. What was the balance of the iffy calls? Those games had lots of crap to go around.
Last night, the balance was against us. Pitt converted 5 3rd downs by penalty, 3 by making plays.
They are becoming Pac12'ish, basically making defense illegal.
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I understand what you are saying but bellyaching about
Nov 13, 2016, 6:40 PM
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officiating is a waste of time. Like Oklahoma State found out earlier this season, the refs can be totally wrong and directly cost a team the game, but even then the results are not overturned. Dabo didn't blame it on the refs (yeah I know he can't) si I'm not!
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