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Originally Posted by Deety
I don't know about cheating, but there I thought there were definitely a few questionable calls. Well, okay... awful. Luckily Pitt stepped up and did what they had to do, and didn't let the game rest on the refereeing. Always best if a team makes the most of the factors they control to outweigh the ones they can't.
You don't think the BIG EAST officials might have believed they had a better shot at keeping their jobs, if they nudge their best team over that national championship goal line on 4th and 1? Both phantom holding calls seemed to occur after the virtual sealing TD's and 1st downs were inevitable. The unsportsmanlike call was just a desparate attempt to keep West Virginia in the game. Who doesn't show that level of jubilation at the culmination of a victory? It was an obvious fix, be it conspiratorial, or silently understood.
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You don't think the BIG EAST officials might have believed they had a better shot at keeping their jobs, if they nudge their best team over that national championship goal line on 4th and 1? Both phantom holding calls seemed to occur after the virtual sealing TD's and 1st downs were inevitable. The unsportsmanlike call was just a desparate attempt to keep West Virginia in the game. Who doesn't show that level of jubilation at the culmination of a victory? It was an obvious fix, be it conspiratorial, or silently understood.
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Originally Posted by Bernini
You don't think the BIG EAST officials might have believed they had a better shot at keeping their jobs, if they nudge their best team over that national championship goal line on 4th and 1? Both phantom holding calls seemed to occur after the virtual sealing TD's and 1st downs were inevitable. The unsportsmanlike call was just a desparate attempt to keep West Virginia in the game. Who doesn't show that level of jubilation at the culmination of a victory? It was an obvious fix, be it conspiratorial, or silently understood.
Yes, well... I don't like to complain about refereeing... or to assume bad intentions... but I do think it would make for a most interesting review.
