unbelieveable no call

If I was cynical I'd figure that the refs had money on the Cardinals, a tight flight schedule or a serious dinner date to make.

The conference has suspended 2 of the 3 officials for 2 games, and blackballed them from the MAC tourney

http://mac-sports.com/news/2016/1/24/GEN_0124164048.aspx

And look for Murphy to take a hit in the wallet and to sit a few games for his post-game comments: http://www.hustlebelt.com/mac-basketball/2016/1/24/108230...

I thought I saw one of them call a safety.

If the MAC suspended the officials, I highly doubt he gets fined. Especially when nationally this is getting a ton of pub on how bad refs were. Murphy should get a couple of technical FTs for his team the next time they play Balls.

Between this ridiculous affair and the techs handed out in the BG-Ohio game, I have no faith in watching what I'm seeing any time a MAC game is being played. There's just no consistency across the board with officiating.

I think swallowing the whistle is my biggest pet peeve in every sport. I've heard refs say they don't want to decide the game and that is just an idiotic statement. By changing the way you call the game you are deciding the game just not the way it should be. Murphy is going to get fined and possibly suspended but I wonder if the refs would have received any punishment if he hadn't sounded off.

This is actually one of my pet peeves. And, I practically throw my shoe at the TV screen when I hear an announcer praise this behavior with words like, "Officials aren't going to call that at the end of the game, got let 'em play." What a stupid statement and attitude. IMHO, this kind of thinking really threatens the integrity of the game. What's a foul in the first minute should be a foul in the second minute, or you're making a mockery of the whole concept of unbiased officiating. Sorry for the soapbox, but this type of thinking set me off.

So this reminds me of actually when Tommy took multiple charges during the course of a game, I think against BSU (possibly NIU). Can't remember if it was home or away. Anyway, he was getting crushed by these guys, and continued taking the charges.. Then the ref called block (easy as pie charge call), and out loud said he's not calling any more charges for the rest of the game. And it's a ref we have in the Convo frequently, and a couple times this year (TVS).

Another interesting comment I heard was from a MAC ref that also is a NFL head referee. I cannot remember who we were playing last year, but we were down quite a bit, drawing all sorts of fouls, missing the FTs, and never evening the score. The ref, who usually stations himself by our seats, said to us "I'm going to have to quit calling them if they can't make any". I think that was more in a joking manner and not really serious, but it at least crossed his mind.

About 25 years ago, when the women played before the men, I was down in the tunnel behind a guy watching the women play. He kept on muttering to himself about the missed calls and the general ineptness of the referees for the women's game. After a particularly biting remark about how bad the referees were, I got his attention and asked him why he felt he knew so much about how bad the referees were. He laughed and told me, 'I am one of the men's games referees tonight." He went on to point out some of the things he saw the referees on the floor were missing or miscalling. Quite an education for about 5 minutes on refereeing from a referee. In his mind, the women's game referees were rank amateurs compared to his level.