(S32) PT 5 - Bad Call

[Eldorian]

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[cjmccarley]

Being a referee in the pro leagues is a difficult job. You're already the best in the nation at being a ref and nobody really knows how hard it is either so they just assume it's easy. Since people assume it's easy they roast you for getting calls wrong even though it might not be completely your fault or really avoidable. This *one* call however, was very bad, *and* the ref's fault. 

We were playing a big playoff game when I was in high school. Winner went on to the state championship. Everybody was so hyped, including the crowd. Both teams were neck and neck and I was watching my team's offense march down the field towards the end of the game. If they got a field goal or scored, we won! Our QB threw a jump ball deep towards the sideline and our receiver got laid out by the defender *way* before the ball got to him. Most of our bench got excited, thinking that surely the penalty flag would be thrown, but it inexplicably never was. The ref somehow didn't see the pass interference and we didn't get the call, which would've put us into field goal range or even close enough to score a touchdown soon. 

We didn't end up getting any points out of the drive because of that and the game went to overtime. Once overtime hit, we couldn't get points and the other team scored, so we lost. That was the only time I really felt like we had a football game robbed from us. Our team tried to bring this matter to court and everything, but sadly, there was nothing that could be done. We had our playoff and championship dreams crushed, just like that.

[mook]

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[Accka]

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[captjanko]

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It's S30 and Morpheus Czargyros, then a Minnesota Duck, was extremely excited to play against his brothers team, the Bird Dogs. In preparation, Morpheus transformed into a real tape hound, spending hours each night chewing on Bird Dog recordings. After hundreds of hours combined, closely staring at Bird Dog offensive linemen, Morpheus realized that the Bird Dog offensive line moved one frame before the audible snap, every snap. Morpheus was beyond ecstatic. If he could move within that fraction of a second, he could maybe catch them unprepared and rain fury upon the QB.

On Gameday, however, Morpheus was called offsides multiple times for jumping the line early. He was so uncertain why the refs couldn't see the offensive line movement and then realized it was because his 1981 Panasonic tv, which he had watched all of his tape on, had an audio delay. So while this wasn't the refs fault, Morpheus retained his composure and realized he could not blame the refs. This fortunately did not impact the Ducks' season.

[shrub02]

It was Bender's first game in the big leagues. He had just switched from TE to LB so things were a bit awkward for him, even though he had played defense most of his career. Gotta get back in the groove, ya know? The opposing team was driving. I don't even remember who it was. Let's just say NOLA. Because they're always the villains in my fantasies. Anyways, they were at the 15-yard line or something. Bender hadn't had a tackle yet. The offense runs a stretch play and Bender makes a miraculous tackle to bring the ball carrier down. Then the refs throw a flag for a horse collar tackle. A horse collar?? Are you frickin kidding me? Sure, yeah Bender extended his arm to make the play. But why penalize him for that? If anything, he wrapped his arm around the player's neck and chock slammed him. Definitely not a horse collar tackle though.

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[Gordon Bombay]

Back when he was playing for the Titans of the Chicoutimi Seminar, Louis Blondin was the victim or a bad call from the referee. In his younger days, Louis was a quarterback. He was always the star of his team and he was hoping to get drafted in the ISFL as a QB.

But on this faithful day, everything changed. It was the final of the high school regional tournament against the Charles-Gravel cyclone. His team was leading the game 20-18. It was the end of the fourth quarter and Louis was already celebrating in his head. On the last player, the opposite team Linebacker did a false start and sacked Lewis. Blondin dropped the ball and the Cyclone managed to score. Louis tried to argue with the ref but without success. They lost the tournament. The next year Louis tried to play quarterback again but the worst happened. He got the yips and was not able to throw a good pass. Since this day he is a linebacker and swears to never do a false start.

[Dp-420]

The referees or umpires, or line judges, and any other name there is to refer to the individuals officiating every game have really hard jobs to do. They need to keep their eyes on the players, the ball, and everything else that encompasses a call they would make in a game. All eyes are on them while this is happening and you better believe that if they make a bad call, not only will they be ridiculed but the whole entire country will know about it, and they will have a public circus on their hands. While watching games in the ISFL/DSFL there are many calls made on the field. I like to just think they make the right calls because its easier than saying oh man what might have been had they not blown that call. I remember one time Dustin Parmelee a QB mind you, got called for an unnecessary roughness call. Yeah, a QB can you believe it? That cost us 15 yards and ended out drive, and ultimately led to us losing the game. I don’t like to dwell on it though because a lot of things have to go one way or the other to ensure a victory.

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[unconfident]

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[OrbitingDeath]

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