Big C said:

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Fitzgerald... what is that, a Greek name?

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Fitzgerald???….. You can't make this sh*t up.

Cal Strong! said:

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Officiating is difficult and Cal Strong would never urge violence. But just so we can all send flowers and cards to express our condolences on his suspension, it would be great for someone to publish Fitzgerald's address.

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Not only are you not strong, you are nuts.

OneTopOneChickenApple said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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Officiating is difficult and Cal Strong would never urge violence. But just so we can all send flowers and cards to express our condolences on his suspension, it would be great for someone to publish Fitzgerald's address.

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Not only are you not strong, you are nuts.

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Want to have a pushup contest to find out? Loser buys winner 10lbs of almonds. Almonds not technically "nuts," but they a healthy source of protein and function as nuts in most dishes.

Cal Strong! said:

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OneTopOneChickenApple said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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Officiating is difficult and Cal Strong would never urge violence. But just so we can all send flowers and cards to express our condolences on his suspension, it would be great for someone to publish Fitzgerald's address.

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Not only are you not strong, you are nuts.

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Want to have a pushup contest to find out? Loser buys winner 10lbs of almonds. Almonds not technically "nuts," but they a healthy source of protein and function as nuts in most dishes.

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I'd do it for 10 pounds of Top Dogs.

Cal Strong! said:

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OneTopOneChickenApple said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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Officiating is difficult and Cal Strong would never urge violence. But just so we can all send flowers and cards to express our condolences on his suspension, it would be great for someone to publish Fitzgerald's address.

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Not only are you not strong, you are nuts.

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Want to have a pushup contest to find out? Loser buys winner 10lbs of almonds. Almonds not technically "nuts," but they a healthy source of protein and function as nuts in most dishes.

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Okay, I knew peanuts were not nuts (and I'm in a support group for that), but almonds are not nuts either?!? Weak. (not Cal Strong, but whoever decides these categories) Look, if grows on a plant, it's little, hard, comes in a shell and we dry 'em, salt 'em, put 'em in a can or jar and eat 'em, it's a damn nut! End of story.

It's like when some bozo tells me that a tomato or whatever is a fruit, not a vegetable because blah, blah, blah... WEAK! If it's sweet, it's a fruit and if it's not, it's a vegetable. Full stop. What the hell is the world coming to?

Big C said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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OneTopOneChickenApple said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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Officiating is difficult and Cal Strong would never urge violence. But just so we can all send flowers and cards to express our condolences on his suspension, it would be great for someone to publish Fitzgerald's address.

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Not only are you not strong, you are nuts.

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Want to have a pushup contest to find out? Loser buys winner 10lbs of almonds. Almonds not technically "nuts," but they a healthy source of protein and function as nuts in most dishes.

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Okay, I knew peanuts were not nuts (and I'm in a support group for that), but almonds are not nuts either?!? Weak. (not Cal Strong, but whoever decides these categories) Look, if it's little, hard, comes in a shell and we dry 'em, salt 'em, put 'em in a can or jar and eat 'em, it's a damn nut! End of story.

It's like when some bozo tells me that a tomato or whatever is a fruit, not a vegetable because blah, blah, blah... WEAK! If it's sweet, it's a fruit and if it's not, it's a vegetable. Full stop. What the hell is the world coming to?

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Cal Strong agrees with Big C's general philosophy. Almonds are technically drunes, and peanuts are legumes. And tomatoes are fruit. But how on earth do these facts help any of us decide what we want on our strong sandwiches?

Cal Strong much more concerned and vigilant about the names of the plural groupings of animals. If a coach doesn't know that a group of bears is a "sleuth" or "sloth," a group of ravens is an "unkindness," or that a group of owls is a "parliament," then he not qualified to coach at Cal.

OneTopOneChickenApple said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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OneTopOneChickenApple said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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Officiating is difficult and Cal Strong would never urge violence. But just so we can all send flowers and cards to express our condolences on his suspension, it would be great for someone to publish Fitzgerald's address.

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Not only are you not strong, you are nuts.

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Want to have a pushup contest to find out? Loser buys winner 10lbs of almonds. Almonds not technically "nuts," but they a healthy source of protein and function as nuts in most dishes.

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I'd do it for 10 pounds of Top Dogs.

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But you called Cal Strong a nut, not a weiner. Be consistent, like Cal. Not weak, like stanfurd.

Be more like Cal, less like you.

PS -- Cal Strong has a framed "road to success" poster from Top Dog in front of his squat rack.

Cal Strong! said:

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Big C said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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OneTopOneChickenApple said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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Officiating is difficult and Cal Strong would never urge violence. But just so we can all send flowers and cards to express our condolences on his suspension, it would be great for someone to publish Fitzgerald's address.

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Not only are you not strong, you are nuts.

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Want to have a pushup contest to find out? Loser buys winner 10lbs of almonds. Almonds not technically "nuts," but they a healthy source of protein and function as nuts in most dishes.

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Okay, I knew peanuts were not nuts (and I'm in a support group for that), but almonds are not nuts either?!? Weak. (not Cal Strong, but whoever decides these categories) Look, if it's little, hard, comes in a shell and we dry 'em, salt 'em, put 'em in a can or jar and eat 'em, it's a damn nut! End of story.

It's like when some bozo tells me that a tomato or whatever is a fruit, not a vegetable because blah, blah, blah... WEAK! If it's sweet, it's a fruit and if it's not, it's a vegetable. Full stop. What the hell is the world coming to?

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Cal Strong agrees with Big C's general philosophy. Almonds are technically drunes, and peanuts are legumes. And tomatoes are fruit. But how on earth do these facts help any of us decide what we want on our strong sandwiches?

Cal Strong much more concerned and vigilant about the names of the plural groupings of animals. If a coach doesn't know that a group of bears is a "sleuth" or "sloth," a group of ravens is an "unkindness," or that a group of owls is a "parliament," then he not qualified to coach at Cal.

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Perhaps MoragaBear can fire a few of these questions at Coach Wilcox at an upcoming presser (maybe wait until he's "weak" again)!

For example, what is the correct name for a group of cheetahs? Answer: a coalition
(Coach Wilcox can draw on his zoological knowledge, or even just read this thread! Multiple ways to win!)

Big C said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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Big C said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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OneTopOneChickenApple said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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Officiating is difficult and Cal Strong would never urge violence. But just so we can all send flowers and cards to express our condolences on his suspension, it would be great for someone to publish Fitzgerald's address.

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Not only are you not strong, you are nuts.

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Want to have a pushup contest to find out? Loser buys winner 10lbs of almonds. Almonds not technically "nuts," but they a healthy source of protein and function as nuts in most dishes.

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Okay, I knew peanuts were not nuts (and I'm in a support group for that), but almonds are not nuts either?!? Weak. (not Cal Strong, but whoever decides these categories) Look, if it's little, hard, comes in a shell and we dry 'em, salt 'em, put 'em in a can or jar and eat 'em, it's a damn nut! End of story.

It's like when some bozo tells me that a tomato or whatever is a fruit, not a vegetable because blah, blah, blah... WEAK! If it's sweet, it's a fruit and if it's not, it's a vegetable. Full stop. What the hell is the world coming to?

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Cal Strong agrees with Big C's general philosophy. Almonds are technically drunes, and peanuts are legumes. And tomatoes are fruit. But how on earth do these facts help any of us decide what we want on our strong sandwiches?

Cal Strong much more concerned and vigilant about the names of the plural groupings of animals. If a coach doesn't know that a group of bears is a "sleuth" or "sloth," a group of ravens is an "unkindness," or that a group of owls is a "parliament," then he not qualified to coach at Cal.

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Perhaps MoragaBear can fire a few of these questions at Coach Wilcox at an upcoming presser (maybe wait until he's "weak" again)!

For example, what is the correct name for a group of cheetahs? Answer: a coalition
(Coach Wilcox can draw on his zoological knowledge, or even just read this thread! Multiple ways to win!)

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This makes Top-5 list of strongest posts for practical improvements to Cal Football. Big C posting STRONG today . . . like a sleuth of bears . . . or a murder of crows . . . or a murder of counting crows who are also a sleuth of bears.

Cal Strong! said:

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Big C said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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Big C said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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OneTopOneChickenApple said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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Officiating is difficult and Cal Strong would never urge violence. But just so we can all send flowers and cards to express our condolences on his suspension, it would be great for someone to publish Fitzgerald's address.

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Not only are you not strong, you are nuts.

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Want to have a pushup contest to find out? Loser buys winner 10lbs of almonds. Almonds not technically "nuts," but they a healthy source of protein and function as nuts in most dishes.

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Okay, I knew peanuts were not nuts (and I'm in a support group for that), but almonds are not nuts either?!? Weak. (not Cal Strong, but whoever decides these categories) Look, if it's little, hard, comes in a shell and we dry 'em, salt 'em, put 'em in a can or jar and eat 'em, it's a damn nut! End of story.

It's like when some bozo tells me that a tomato or whatever is a fruit, not a vegetable because blah, blah, blah... WEAK! If it's sweet, it's a fruit and if it's not, it's a vegetable. Full stop. What the hell is the world coming to?

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Cal Strong agrees with Big C's general philosophy. Almonds are technically drunes, and peanuts are legumes. And tomatoes are fruit. But how on earth do these facts help any of us decide what we want on our strong sandwiches?

Cal Strong much more concerned and vigilant about the names of the plural groupings of animals. If a coach doesn't know that a group of bears is a "sleuth" or "sloth," a group of ravens is an "unkindness," or that a group of owls is a "parliament," then he not qualified to coach at Cal.

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Perhaps MoragaBear can fire a few of these questions at Coach Wilcox at an upcoming presser (maybe wait until he's "weak" again)!

For example, what is the correct name for a group of cheetahs? Answer: a coalition
(Coach Wilcox can draw on his zoological knowledge, or even just read this thread! Multiple ways to win!)

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This makes Top-5 list of strongest posts for practical improvements to Cal Football. Big C posting STRONG today . . . like a sleuth of bears . . . or a murder of crows . . . or a murder of counting crows who are also a sleuth of bears.

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HoopDreams said:

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This makes Top-5 list of strongest posts for practical improvements to Cal Football. Big C posting STRONG today . . . like a sleuth of bears . . . or a murder of crows . . . or a murder of counting crows who are also a sleuth of bears.

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STRONG shirt HoopDreams!!!

Of course, the offsides flag was BS, but I'm surprised that nobody is talking about the joke flag thrown on Sturdivant after his touchdown grab.

Unsportsmanlike? OMG, that was weak.

That penalty before THE penalty let me know Cal wasn't going to win.

Here's the entire game, but queued up to the play I'm talking about. Just hit play and see. Let me know what you think.



The replay shows a guy with a B on his shirt throwing the flag. I suspect that's the Back Judge.
Here are the crew from a box score on calbears.com

Referee: Roche,Mike
Line Judge: Campbell,Hugh
Side Judge: Liotus,George
Umpire: Riley,Troy
Back Judge: Luklan,Robert
Score Keeper:
Linesman: Fitzgerald,Matthew
Field Judge: Dishaw,Jake

Luklan has worked Notre Dame practices, bottom of this article.
Bias!

https://m.facebook.com/boardmannews/photos/a.524076854346152/4656119291141867/?type=3&locale=ne_NP&_rdr

TheFiatLux said:

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BadNewsBear1 said:

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TheFiatLux said:

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SmellinRoses said:

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May I cite Occam's Razor.

The ref - why has he not been named (or maybe missed) - had a financial interest in Notre Dame covering.

Not clear at all why AD would accept no public acknowledgment but with Knowlton everything is about incompetence.

The Notre Dame game was illegitimate.

And this certainly isn't enough.

Does our Athletic Department accept this as final??

Why do we think so highly of our program when clearly the people who work there don't.

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His name is in the box score.

I couldn't tell which side of the field the call was made, so it's either the Linesman Matthew Fitzgerald or the Line Judge Hugh Campbell.

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Fitzgerald or Campbell???? Ha! The plot thickens!!!

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Here's our answer.

Linesman Matthew Fitzgerald was the official that was suspended. The same crew worked Georgia Tech at Central Florida today minus Fitzgerald. https://t.co/ElJWMmL47D

— Roxy Bernstein (@roxybernstein) September 25, 2022

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Fitzgerald, the suspended ref, worked this 2021 Notre Dame scrimmage with Luklan.

I wonder how much they got paid, and how they were assigned by the ACC to officiate the Cal Notre Dame game.

I wonder if Cal needs to screen such things. We play at Notre dame and they get to have their refs assigned ?
The suspicious backwaters of NCAA corruption!

https://und.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-Blue-Gold-Final-Book.pdf

concordtom said:

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Of course, the offsides flag was BS, but I'm surprised that nobody is talking about the joke flag thrown on Sturdivant after his touchdown grab.

Unsportsmanlike? OMG, that was weak.

That penalty before THE penalty let me know Cal wasn't going to win.

Here's the entire game, but queued up to the play I'm talking about. Just hit play and see. Let me know what you think.



The replay shows a guy with a B on his shirt throwing the flag. I suspect that's the Back Judge.
Here are the crew from a box score on calbears.com

Referee: Roche,Mike
Line Judge: Campbell,Hugh
Side Judge: Liotus,George
Umpire: Riley,Troy
Back Judge: Luklan,Robert
Score Keeper:
Linesman: Fitzgerald,Matthew
Field Judge: Dishaw,Jake

Luklan has worked Notre Dame practices, bottom of this article.
Bias!

https://m.facebook.com/boardmannews/photos/a.524076854346152/4656119291141867/?type=3&locale=ne_NP&_rdr

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It's the spinning of the ball that is unsportsmanlike.

Fitzgerald was the Linesman in the ND - North Carolina game last Saturday.

https://und.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-NDFB-at-UNC-Full-Book.pdf

Big C said:

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Okay, I knew peanuts were not nuts (and I'm in a support group for that), but almonds are not nuts either?!? Weak. (not Cal Strong, but whoever decides these categories) Look, if grows on a plant, it's little, hard, comes in a shell and we dry 'em, salt 'em, put 'em in a can or jar and eat 'em, it's a damn nut! End of story.

It's like when some bozo tells me that a tomato or whatever is a fruit, not a vegetable because blah, blah, blah... WEAK! If it's sweet, it's a fruit and if it's not, it's a vegetable. Full stop. What the hell is the world coming to?

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Next thing I know these crazy Liberals will be telling me the pronouns of fruits and vegetables. I miss when America was great and you knew what gender a fruit was and what was and what wasn't nuts.

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concordtom said:

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Of course, the offsides flag was BS, but I'm surprised that nobody is talking about the joke flag thrown on Sturdivant after his touchdown grab.

Unsportsmanlike? OMG, that was weak.

That penalty before THE penalty let me know Cal wasn't going to win.

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It's the spinning of the ball that is unsportsmanlike.

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Thanks for pointing out that he spun the ball momentarily before doing two dance steps.
But as I said, weak.

The more I think about this, the more it wreaks of network intervention than individual ref corruption.

The game to this point:

ND: 3 and out (with a 3rd and 1 turned into a 3rd and 6 by a false start penalty)
Cal: 3 and out
ND: 3 and out
Cal: 3 and out
ND: 3 and out (with a 3rd and 3 turned into a 3rd and 8 by a false start penalty)
Cal: 3 and out
ND: 3 and out

At this point we have had 7 straight 3 and outs to open the game. No hugely exciting plays, with a lot of missed execution. ND had 2 3rd and shorts killed by false start penalties. This is not looking like its going to be an entertaining game at this point.

Cal: Actually puts together a drive. Missed field goal.
ND: Fumbles the ball

This game is going no where. Officiating seems to start favoring offense in general. Not a down right "Help ND win the game", but a "Stop calling penalties on 3rd and short if you can avoid it, and try to get some offense going".

Cal: Touchdown. Set up by a 15 yard pass on 3rd and 10 that was questionable, but no review occurred. It was close enough that one should probably have happened, even if it was the right call.

Unsportsmanlike like penalty on Cal (to help set up ND's offense). Questionable, but again, trying to get some action going here in the game and the ball spin was enough, especially when refs are "looking to get offenses going".

ND: set up by the short field gets a couple first downs (their first of the game, now in the second quarter). This sets up a field goal which....ND misses. Overzealous ref takes the "we need some offense to make this game interesting" edict too far and throws a flag *hoping* someone was actually off sides (or close enough to off sides) to justify it.

This flag ended up being too over the top and caught on tape so some "disciplinary" action item HAD to happen.

MrGPAC said:

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The more I think about this, the more it wreaks of network intervention than individual ref corruption.

The game to this point:

ND: 3 and out (with a 3rd and 1 turned into a 3rd and 6 by a false start penalty)
Cal: 3 and out
ND: 3 and out
Cal: 3 and out
ND: 3 and out (with a 3rd and 3 turned into a 3rd and 8 by a false start penalty)
Cal: 3 and out
ND: 3 and out

At this point we have had 7 straight 3 and outs to open the game. No hugely exciting plays, with a lot of missed execution. ND had 2 3rd and shorts killed by false start penalties. This is not looking like its going to be an entertaining game at this point.

Cal: Actually puts together a drive. Missed field goal.
ND: Fumbles the ball

This game is going no where. Officiating seems to start favoring offense in general. Not a down right "Help ND win the game", but a "Stop calling penalties on 3rd and short if you can avoid it, and try to get some offense going".

Cal: Touchdown. Set up by a 15 yard pass on 3rd and 10 that was questionable, but no review occurred. It was close enough that one should probably have happened, even if it was the right call.

Unsportsmanlike like penalty on Cal (to help set up ND's offense). Questionable, but again, trying to get some action going here in the game and the ball spin was enough, especially when refs are "looking to get offenses going".

ND: set up by the short field gets a couple first downs (their first of the game, now in the second quarter). This sets up a field goal which....ND misses. Overzealous ref takes the "we need some offense to make this game interesting" edict too far and throws a flag *hoping* someone was actually off sides (or close enough to off sides) to justify it.

This flag ended up being too over the top and caught on tape so some "disciplinary" action item HAD to happen.

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Where was this ref during the cheeze it bowl? Seriously, throwing imaginary flags on the defense to get more points going on offense is ludicrous.

oski003 said:

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MrGPAC said:

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The more I think about this, the more it wreaks of network intervention than individual ref corruption.

The game to this point:

ND: 3 and out (with a 3rd and 1 turned into a 3rd and 6 by a false start penalty)
Cal: 3 and out
ND: 3 and out
Cal: 3 and out
ND: 3 and out (with a 3rd and 3 turned into a 3rd and 8 by a false start penalty)
Cal: 3 and out
ND: 3 and out

At this point we have had 7 straight 3 and outs to open the game. No hugely exciting plays, with a lot of missed execution. ND had 2 3rd and shorts killed by false start penalties. This is not looking like its going to be an entertaining game at this point.

Cal: Actually puts together a drive. Missed field goal.
ND: Fumbles the ball

This game is going no where. Officiating seems to start favoring offense in general. Not a down right "Help ND win the game", but a "Stop calling penalties on 3rd and short if you can avoid it, and try to get some offense going".

Cal: Touchdown. Set up by a 15 yard pass on 3rd and 10 that was questionable, but no review occurred. It was close enough that one should probably have happened, even if it was the right call.

Unsportsmanlike like penalty on Cal (to help set up ND's offense). Questionable, but again, trying to get some action going here in the game and the ball spin was enough, especially when refs are "looking to get offenses going".

ND: set up by the short field gets a couple first downs (their first of the game, now in the second quarter). This sets up a field goal which....ND misses. Overzealous ref takes the "we need some offense to make this game interesting" edict too far and throws a flag *hoping* someone was actually off sides (or close enough to off sides) to justify it.

This flag ended up being too over the top and caught on tape so some "disciplinary" action item HAD to happen.

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Where was this ref during the cheeze it bowl? Seriously, throwing imaginary flags on the defense to get more points going on offense is ludicrous.

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Not disagreeing. Just seems more likely than outright fixing the game for ND and would be an easier pill to swallow (for me personally anyways).

lol...I saw somewhere wearing that shirt on Sat and fought back the urge to ask them if they were Cal Strong from Bear Insider.

So the ref wasn't suspended.

"...the ref wasn't suspended..."
He's a wanker!

Cal Strong realize that all teams complain about officiating. But it seem to Cal Strong we get boned more than any other team.

Do you remember when the refs gave stanfurd something like 9 consecutive chances to score in the red zone against us back when Dykes was coaching? Dykes' defense didn't need any additional obstacles to overcome.

And it is not like football powerhouse ND needed a phantom offside call. Maybe help out Cal, not a perennial 5-star recruiting magnet like Notre Dame.