Pac 10 suspends officials for one game

[babyblues]

Not sure I agree with this. Before instant replay, we counted on the judgement of the refs to make the right call. And their word was gospel. Now, every call is questioned and reviewed and now the president of the University of Oklahoma is trying to get the results of the game erased from the record books after the damn game is over. If Oklahoma had won the game anyway, no one would have given a tin shit. Poor sportsmanship is what it is. Making a spectacle out of losing and blaming it on the refs. I'm sure there were plenty of calls that went their way that should have gone Oregon's way but they're not too worried about that possibility.

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/5979210?FSO1&ATT=HMA

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - The Pac-10 Conference issued a one-game suspension Monday to the officiating crew and the instant replay officials that worked last weekend's Oklahoma-Oregon game after finding mistakes were made in calls near the end of the game.

Pac-10 commissioner Tom Hansen said a video review of the game by conference officials revealed that both the instant replay officials and the game officials made errors in the final 1 minute, 12 seconds of the game.
Oklahoma lost 34-33 after Oregon scored two late touchdowns.

Earlier on Monday, University of Oklahoma president David Boren sent a letter to Big 12 Commissioner Kevin Weiberg, asking him to push for the Sooners' game against Oregon to be eliminated from the record books and having the Pac-10 officials involved in the game suspended for the remainder of the season.

"To describe the lapses in accurate officiating at the Oklahoma-Oregon football game last Saturday as constituting an outrageous injustice is an understatement," Boren wrote in the letter dated Monday.

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops has said he believes an Oregon player interfered with Oklahoma's ability to recover the onside kick by illegally touching the ball and a Sooners player before the kick traveled 10 yards. He also believes the Sooners recovered the kick, as tailback Allen Patrick had possession at the end of the play.

Stoops has also said he believes Oklahoma defensive end C.J. Ah You tipped a pass by Dennis Dixon that resulted in a pass interference call. If the ball was indeed tipped, the pass interference call would have been negated.

Both plays were reviewed using instant replay Saturday, and Hansen had said an announcement would be made Tuesday on whether the calls were correct.

Boren requested "an apology from the Pac-10 for the gross errors in officiating" and also called for the Pac-10 to change its rule that requires only Pac-10 officials be used for nonconference home games.

The letter also asked the Big 12 to place on the agendas of NCAA meetings and conference commissioners' meetings a discussion of how the review process should be implemented.

"It is truly sad and deeply disappointing that members of our football team should be deprived of the outcome of the game that they deserved because of an inexcusable breakdown in officiating," Boren wrote.

[Shibby]

Well I think they really screwed it up. It was obvious on both challanges that it should have been over turned. It's one thing if it was debatable, but it looked as if the refs were rooting for Oregan.

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I hate OU, but even I think they got robbed. OU should have won that game.