Yesterdays officiating crew included an Ohio HS ref, a self proclaimed OSU fan, and a previously fired B1G official
Kevin Schwarzel (back judge):
Referees can move up through the ranks (for example, you can't do a varsity basketball game the first year you referee), and Schwarzel moved up to Division III football games in 1991. He covered games for the Ohio Conference, which includes colleges such as Marietta College and Capital University. In 1997, Schwarzel began doing MAC games, and in 2002 he refereed his first Big 10 game.
'This year, I did my first full schedule in the Big 10,' he said. Schwarzel was an Ohio State fan growing up, and said he was excited to be on the field for the Ohio State/Texas game, which featured (at the time) the top-ranked team in the country against the second-ranked team.
His crew worked the Ohio State/Michigan game this fall, which also featured the two top-ranked teams at the time, but Schwarzel was not allowed to work the huge game because he is from Ohio.
Daniel Capron (lead official):
Four officials who worked the Sept. 21 Purdue-Wake Forest football game were dismissed by the Big Ten Conference on Wednesday after being determined to have done a poor job during the game.
"During the course of the game, these officials did not officiate well enough to meet Big Ten standards," Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said in a statement. "Therefore, they will forfeit future officiating assignments."
The eight-man officiating crew had four officials that are listed on the Big Ten’s staff. They are referee Daniel Capron, linesman Steve Beckman, back judge Scott Buchanan and side judge Don Swanson.
Beckman had been a Big Ten official since 1990. Capron and Buchanan both had been officials in the conference since 2000 and Swanson began in 2001.
Purdue head coach Joe Tiller said it was gratifying to see the Big Ten hold its officials accountable.
"Obviously, they felt the performance of some of the officials in our Wake Forest game did not meet conference standards," said Tiller. "I think this action is a positive step by the conference."
http://www.purdueexponent.org/sports/article_f22a455e-1bc6-504f-957d-876628375294.html
Bobby Sagers (side judge):
November 27th, 2016 at 1:01 PM ^
November 27th, 2016 at 1:03 PM ^
Ohio is the butthole of America. Everything seems to come out of there eventually.
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November 27th, 2016 at 1:54 PM ^
let me taste your tears, your hatred, your suffering, and your pain
November 27th, 2016 at 2:21 PM ^
ok, tough guy emperor palpatine. weirdo.
November 27th, 2016 at 1:33 PM ^
November 27th, 2016 at 1:33 PM ^
Would any of these people with Ohio connections have felt safe in their own home if they had said OSU didn't get the first down or if it was overturned. The answer is no and therefore, none of them should have been on the field.
November 27th, 2016 at 1:37 PM ^
Yeah...I mean...sort of...
I hate to parse things like this, but this one was a bit odd. Sometimes refs fanny pat guys as they walk by without really paying attention to the individual, without looking at him, etc. When I saw this live, it seemed weird to me, too, because the ref whispered something in his ear and looked at him with a smile.
It was more...affectionate than I would have liked.
IMO, refs should keep their hands off of players, period, unless it's absolutely necessary (breaking up a fight, pulling guys out of the pile, etc.). Refs shouldn't help players up off the ground, give them fanny pats, etc. Not only do I think it's a bit unprofessional, but it opens up room for stuff like this to be questioned later.
November 27th, 2016 at 2:20 PM ^
Agree 100% refs have no business touching any of the players. Refs also should not be from the state they are officiating nor have known associations
November 27th, 2016 at 6:09 PM ^
some pleasure out of it, anyway. Yeeks.
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November 27th, 2016 at 1:44 PM ^
You know you are losing your argument when you resort to the tactic of separating all the interconected pieces of evidence into silos and arguing as if they are not connected.
November 27th, 2016 at 3:33 PM ^
okthen, show me a ref fanny patting a UM player yesterday,,since you can see it any time
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November 27th, 2016 at 3:52 PM ^
So what you are saying is he got a nice, firm grip of that fanny?
November 27th, 2016 at 4:45 PM ^
Thanks for capturing that. I responded in yesterday's post regarding the officiating that I saw an official pat an OSU player on the ass as he came back out on the field.
I said to myself... did I just see that.
Yep! I did..
November 27th, 2016 at 1:02 PM ^
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November 27th, 2016 at 3:48 PM ^
That's becoming seriously relevant in America today (football aside, if you get my drift)
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remind me to never join you in a foxhole!
Some of us believe in fighting for what's right and standing up to what's wrong.
November 27th, 2016 at 2:09 PM ^
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November 27th, 2016 at 2:36 PM ^
While it's true that no amount of analysis, arguing and critisism can change the outcome of the game now (just ask Oklahoma State about their CMU game), there IS a valid reason to go over it in detail and make certain that all the facts and evidence are 1) known and 2) well publicised. The reason is primarily to prevent future occurances (just like in baseball, you argue the last call to influence the next). As an added incentive, when the public (including pollsters, playoff committee, and recruits) see that the game was much closer than the score (and should have gone the other way), there are benefits there as well. I completely undertand the stoic and dignified stance, but in this environment the worst thing to do is let it go without comment or reaction (i.e. Lloyd and Hoke).
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We don't need the B1G. The B1G needs us.
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November 27th, 2016 at 1:15 PM ^
and why the fuck hasn't he fixed this in the last 24 hours?
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November 27th, 2016 at 1:31 PM ^
They don't like us either
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November 27th, 2016 at 1:07 PM ^
You know what's not a good look? Two penalties for six fucking yards. There are only so many missed PI's and missed holding penalties a man can take without feeling like the system is set up against him. Why some people continue to deny officials can determine outcomes of games is beyond me.
November 27th, 2016 at 1:12 PM ^
November 27th, 2016 at 1:16 PM ^
But they didn't. Mason Cole got called for an innocuous facemask and a huge Michigan gain and Speight threw a pick a few plays later. Michigan had 8 sacks yesterday but couldn't draw one holding call? How about the egregious PI's?
Please go home you're drunk.
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November 27th, 2016 at 3:59 PM ^
The 5 yard facemask no longer exists, the personal foul/grab and yank the facemask does. That was a 5 yards variety if its a facemask. They could have gone with hands to the face, but my recollection is a hand on the facemask, then pulling away off the facemask and moving back up. I did not see anything that altered the play, forceful contact to the facemask, or grabbing and yanking. Perhaps my homerism missed it, but I thought at the time that while yes the hand was there, it wasn't egregious.