jy1988 said:
71B,
Didn't blame the loss on officiating. Just asking if it was unfair or not. Moore doesn't fumble, maybe we win. Garbers doesn't throw crappy interceptions, same same. But you can still call out officiating when it stinks.
The only egregious error on the part of the officials that I saw was not resetting the clock back when the INT was overturned and called an incomplete pass. The play ended at 6:09 in the 4th Q and on replay the incomplete pass was at 6:15. The clock should have been reset to 6:15.
Of course, the beauty of that mistake was the argument by Coach Lake that the officials screwed up and erroneously took time off the clock at the 0:29 mark. Lake was wrong (although he didn't think so).
Meanwhile, Cal subsequently made a first down. Had Cal been given six additional seconds at the end of regulation, maybe they could have moved closer and made the FG attempt.
Other than that, the game was well-officiated (IMO). And, no, it was definitely not unfair. That implies a concerted effort by the officials to tip the balance of the game. Officials may not be perfect but they certainly aren't trying to favor one team over another. They are honest guys trying to do their best……