I mentioned this in the game thread, but people sometimes forget where the play started from. TT should have never backpeddled that far and Ohio should have never been in the situation to begin with. Was it an absolutely terrible call? Yes. One of the worst I have seen. Could it have been avoided? Yes, and not just on the part of the referee.

There also was a call in the first half of that game where Ohio made a play for a big first down into scoring range but it was ruled incomplete. The call was reviewed and upheld. The MAC released a statement on both plays, noting replay should have overturned the call and given Ohio the catch. Because of the later call, most forget about that one, which might have been the more important one in the game.

It's certainly true that both calls had a dramatic effect on momentum, so it's hard to guess what might have happened if the calls were called correctly.

I have to wonder it the lead on ESPN tonight will be "A year ago, one of the worst calls ever...."

Are you trying to tell me to let it go?

Because I'm not letting it go.

That call had little to no influence on the final outcome of the game, or the season. I will readily and freely admit to this. Although it is certainly the point where things went from a daily struggle to an all out train wreck.

That call has everything to do with the dregs of officiating that the league office has foisted upon us for decades. And I will tilt at that windmill until my dying breath.

*Last night's ref gets a nod from me for being man enough to admit they mucked up and called a player down that didn't have the ball. He gives it back though for failing to throw a single holding flag on Buffalo's left tackle (If he had, however, Licata may have sustained permanent psychological scarring).

I think the effect of being McCabed was more mental. It just seemed like things snowballed after that and the team never really recovered from it.