Does Michigan only have one pre-Christmas conference game?
Anybody hear as to why that is? I’m pretty sure I read their schedule right.
Anybody hear as to why that is? I’m pretty sure I read their schedule right.
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So does Iowa. Just the way their non-conference scheduling worked out, I would assume.
Seems like we aren't the only ones with low opinions of B1G refs.
https://thespun.com/big-ten/rutgers...with-officials-after-blown-call-vs-ohio-state
You mean to tell me there's a Jerry Colangelo Classic and we aren't part of it?
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No reversal of the victory, but admission by the Big Ten offices that mistakes were made.
EDIT: Didn't even realize that Thornton (the OSU player who was bringing the ball up the court) also stepped out of bounds on that final play. That's a lot of missed calls.
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I watched the video and if they had blown the play dead when Holden caught the ball there would have been 1.1 seconds left.
Rutgers with the ball and 1.1 seconds left is near impossible for tOSU to win.
But because it wasn’t IMPOSSIBLE for tOSU to get a steak and a miraculous shot, they can’t reverse the outcome.
If tOSU wins a share of the title this year there will be a lot of hand wringing about how they shouldn’t have the record they have. And I’d agree.
Somehow the apology didn’t make me feel any better about tOSU being gifted a victory. I can’t imagine how it grinds the gears of everyone at Butgers.
pruman91
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The league released a statement several hours later that said the winning play "should have been stopped and the ball ruled dead. The officiating crew that was on the court is one of the best in the country, but unfortunately missed the call. The Big Ten Conference takes officiating very seriously and has addressed the matter with both the member institutions and the officiating crew. Additionally, the conference will be providing added education and rule reinforcement to our basketball officials."
BillyBob1
- Champaign
Did we see any type of article like this after the Michigan football game?
They forgot to put /s after the statement!
I can dig up some links, but in Pittsburgh his department contracted with a software company that was awarded a sizable contract but did no work. His police chief tasked someone to audit his departments use of that company then filed a federal whistleblower complaint. His subordinate then harassed the auditor until it went to the courts when Larry strategically retired and played dumb.
In Florida, not only was was he demonstrating bias based on race he was having a subordinate clock him into his police job while he was away officiating. An auditor noticed that he was clocked into his police job while he was on TV and he opened an investigation. Larry fired the auditor, then was fired himself.
You wrote “he’s been fired twice for corruption” in your previous post, yet you admit he resigned from one post and news reports say he was fired for alleged bias not corruption. I think it is probably important to point out that the allegations were lodged by white male officers that he made promotions based on race (non-white) gender (female) and sexual orientation. Scirotto is mixed race and openly gay. I’m not saying that bias of any kind is OK, but just saying “bias based on race” conjures up a different image than what was true.
You then said part of the reason he’s allowed to officiate is because he’s corrupt and seem to say he is doing Las Vegas’ and the Big Ten’s bidding in I assume you mean influencing outcomes of games. Well there’s a wild leap.
Is Scirotto a bad official? I know he’s made his share of bad calls and Illini fans love to hate him. Is he a “corrupt ref”? Well you certainly seem to think he is. I will point out that there were two other refs on court other than Scirotto who missed the call in the OSU-Rutgers game. But you chose to call it a “Larry Scirotto special.” No bias there though.
I’m not saying Scirotto was a good cop or employee — or even that he is a good ref. But your what can only be generously described as “shaping of the particulars” does nothing to bolster your assertion that he is a corrupt ref.
I saw that too Pru. Thought it was a joke…
Fired city auditor believes ex-Fort Lauderdale police chief possibly committed ‘criminal violations’
A Fort Lauderdale auditor who was fired last month over an investigation into then Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Larry Scirotto issued a memo to the mayor and commissioners Friday, saying that he believed Scirotto possibly committed “criminal violations.”
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A Fort Lauderdale auditor who was fired last month over an investigation into then Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Larry Scirotto issued a memo to the mayor and commissioners Friday, saying that he believes Scirotto possibly committed “criminal violations.”
The auditor investigating Scirotto was fired Feb 15th according to article, then Scirotto was fired two weeks later.
Yes, I saw that or a similar article. Doesn’t change the fact that you CHOSE to say in your original post that he was fired twice for corruption, which is not true, rather than there were two cases of alleged corruption lodged against him. For what reason? It seems like it was to bolster your assertion that he is a corrupt ref — rather than just a bad one — and doing Las Vegas or the Big Ten’s bidding. Also It does not look like Scirotto had anything to do with the auditor’s firing as it happened after or around the time he was fired himself.Fired city auditor believes ex-Fort Lauderdale police chief possibly committed ‘criminal violations’
A Fort Lauderdale auditor who was fired last month over an investigation into then Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Larry Scirotto issued a memo to the mayor and commissioners Friday, saying that he believed Scirotto possibly committed “criminal violations.”
A Fort Lauderdale auditor who was fired last month over an investigation into then Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Larry Scirotto issued a memo to the mayor and commissioners Friday, saying that he believes Scirotto possibly committed “criminal violations.”
The auditor investigating Scirotto was fired Feb 15th according to article, then Scirotto was fired two weeks later.
Again, I’m not arguing that Scirotto isn’t a bad ref. I’m sure there are plenty of bad calls to bolster the claim that he is. But to jump to him being a corrupt ref doing the Big Ten’s bidding as far as consciously influencing the outcomes of games is a huge and bit of a crazy leap. Maybe that’s why you chose to twist or omit facts — to make it sound less like a conspiracy theory.
FYI, I don’t know Scirotto. I just don’t subscribe to the notion that the Big Ten is out to get the Illini. Now on to more important stuff like the Illini beating Penn St today.
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They really put that on their letterhead, eh? Yikes
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