Wading into the officials and calls debate. I saw on social media someone noting their last touchdown came out of an illegal formation since both the lineman receiving the pass and a wide receiver on that same side were both lined up on the 10 yard line; thus, the receiver had the lineman "covered up" making the lineman ineligible. To be honest, I do not know the precise details of the rule but I believe this is true regarding how formations must be lined up. I understand mistakes are made, and our team did not get the job done in the 4th qtr although they had several opportunities. But teams like IL do not have enough to overcome multiple officiating mistakes game after game. The thing that really irks me is BB and coaches have to answer for their mistakes, as they should. But the officials and the league that hires them answer to no one, and a program like IL has no recourse at all. It happens game after game, week after week, year after year and it's basically, "oh well, that's the way it is, you have to play well enough to overcome officiating mistakes." I've very rarely heard of officials or crews disciplined or, forbid, fired over these continual errors. Makes it very frustrating not only constantly being outmanned talent wise, but to have to overcome blatant mistakes in on-the-field/court game management. It also makes it very difficult to not lump college sports into the same category as professional wrestling. Why even watch the games when the outcome is not determined solely by the players? Anyway, I think it is worth considering instead of simply complaining about those upset with the calls.
P.S. Sorry if this was covered by a post I may have missed. I have not had the opportunity to read through the entire thread today, and did not see anyone addressing that particular play in a quick scan of posts.
