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Purdue 31, Illinois 24 Postgame
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<blockquote data-quote="Illini2010-11" data-source="post: 1815293" data-attributes="member: 748820"><p>You make valid points on Illini being undisciplined, but I disagree with the entire premise of using the post-game thread from Wisconsin to justify that these officials are somehow competent. We throttled Wisconsin, why would anyone complain about officiating then? You would overlook any bad calls because we were too busy reflecting on the good performance of the team. However, in one score games, that is a completely different scenario. </p><p></p><p>Any objective observer can tell that this particular officiating crew is simply pathetic. Multiple times the referee announced the wrong down after a penalty call. I am not one for saying Illinois lost because of officiating, but in both the IU and Purdue games the officiating was a small to moderate factor in the game.</p><p></p><p>Three plays in particular this season were potentially game changing:</p><p></p><p>1) IU game where replay did not give us a TD on a pass that was clearly caught - a complete embarrassment to the entire officiating crew</p><p>2) MSU game where Tucker was allowed to change his mind on declining flag after Illini brought out kicking team - this was mind boggling error by officials</p><p>3) Purdue game - 2nd qtr interception taken away for PI, when offensive player made all the contact. Illinois would have gone into half at 14-7 at worst, instead Purdue scores next play to tie game before half - momentum changing call that had large impact on game</p><p></p><p>Yes, Illinois lost for football reasons, but officiating did come into play as well. To discount officiating is a great disservice. Officiating should never be a factor in helping decide an outcome of a game, but still we have seen at least two games where officiating may have at least changed momentum in the game. This is unacceptable by any measure, and the officials need to be held accountable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illini2010-11, post: 1815293, member: 748820"] You make valid points on Illini being undisciplined, but I disagree with the entire premise of using the post-game thread from Wisconsin to justify that these officials are somehow competent. We throttled Wisconsin, why would anyone complain about officiating then? You would overlook any bad calls because we were too busy reflecting on the good performance of the team. However, in one score games, that is a completely different scenario. Any objective observer can tell that this particular officiating crew is simply pathetic. Multiple times the referee announced the wrong down after a penalty call. I am not one for saying Illinois lost because of officiating, but in both the IU and Purdue games the officiating was a small to moderate factor in the game. Three plays in particular this season were potentially game changing: 1) IU game where replay did not give us a TD on a pass that was clearly caught - a complete embarrassment to the entire officiating crew 2) MSU game where Tucker was allowed to change his mind on declining flag after Illini brought out kicking team - this was mind boggling error by officials 3) Purdue game - 2nd qtr interception taken away for PI, when offensive player made all the contact. Illinois would have gone into half at 14-7 at worst, instead Purdue scores next play to tie game before half - momentum changing call that had large impact on game Yes, Illinois lost for football reasons, but officiating did come into play as well. To discount officiating is a great disservice. Officiating should never be a factor in helping decide an outcome of a game, but still we have seen at least two games where officiating may have at least changed momentum in the game. This is unacceptable by any measure, and the officials need to be held accountable. [/QUOTE]
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