BW3 Officiating - Where Commercials Become Real Life
While attending yesterday's game, it became pretty apparent that BW3 commercials are apparently becoming real life for some of these officials. From my vantage point in Section 1, the Odoms block was valid and the ref through the flag only after getting the signal from BW3 (or the whining from Clawson).
In addition, there must have been a BW3 fairy somewhere on the field that prevented Hemmingway from making the catch or on the Hopkins fumble so that the game could remain close at least till the first series of the first half. ...
I hope the officiating picks up now that the second portion of the season begins.
Go Blue!
September 26th, 2010 at 9:59 AM ^
Those BW3 commercials are baffling to me. Half of them have fans who actively sabotage the team they're rooting for so that they can stay there longer. The main message I take away from the commercials is that BW3 is the place for really awful douchebag fans.
September 26th, 2010 at 10:47 AM ^
And dumbasses who think they have to leave when the game is over.
September 26th, 2010 at 1:18 PM ^
Do they have some weird house rules where you have to leave as soon as your team's game is over?
/advertising fail
September 26th, 2010 at 10:20 AM ^
I've never seen refs so utterly confused about their job, and I've watched a lot of high-school sports.
September 26th, 2010 at 10:24 AM ^
I don't think i have ever encouraged overtime, seems very contradictory to the point of games. I also have never wanted a game to last longer just so i could pay $5 for another beer.
September 26th, 2010 at 10:25 AM ^
BW3?
...You mean Bdubs?
September 26th, 2010 at 12:21 PM ^
Buffalo Wild Wings was originally called "Buffalo Wild Wings and Weck", hence BW-3. The name has stuck for those who remember and didn't officially change to what we now know it is until the late 90's.
September 26th, 2010 at 10:29 AM ^
These refs were precious. Two men on the field with the same number, I get that was an infraction, but it would be nice if they knew what the actual penalty was. I did not get the blocking below the waist as I thought that was okay? I loved the one where Molk got a penalty for blocking a defenseless player, with BGSU's defense couldn't that be called on every play? I'm not sure where they found these guys but i hope they don't ever find them again...
September 26th, 2010 at 10:36 AM ^
I would really like to see a replay of Molk's hit. I was under the impression that anyone on the football field is legal to hit between the whistles. I thought defenseless player calls were only after the whistle.
September 26th, 2010 at 10:41 AM ^
A ball is overthrown and a safety goes high on a receiver that is defenseless in the air.'
I didn't see the Molk play and can only wonder what a center can do to pick up the penalty.
September 26th, 2010 at 1:39 PM ^
This was why everyone is taught to "keep their head on a swivel" and play 'til the whistle blows. Unloading on lineman who become spectators on passes or guys that are peaking into a pile used to be fair game (and a lot of fun). Now they are calling it unsportsmanlike conduct for unnecessary roughness away from the play. Kind of sad. (Until someone unloads on one of your players, say Denard well after a handoff on a read option.)
September 26th, 2010 at 10:42 AM ^
Two men on the field with the same number, I get that was an infraction, but it would be nice if they knew what the actual penalty was.
Look at it this way: you guys managed to commit a penalty so rare that nobody knew the specifics. Kudos to you.
September 26th, 2010 at 10:49 AM ^
Save them for November 27.
September 26th, 2010 at 11:47 AM ^
I do recall there being two players with the same number on the field for Tulsa during the ECU-Tulsa game on Sept. 5th. To be more specific, it was on the hail mary game-winning pass for ECU, and Tulsa threw on one of their WRs to add height, but that also had two of the same number on the field.
Anyway, nobody caught it during the play, and I wonder if this happens more than we think on specific plays like last minute hail marys, etc. Just a thought, but our penalty was definitely a mental error/communication breakdown on the field.
September 26th, 2010 at 10:42 AM ^
Is in an alternate universe where St. Louis vs. Detroit feature one team wearing green unis and the other one wears orange. Or maybe the commercial's director is just color blind.
September 26th, 2010 at 4:17 PM ^
Apparently that game is compelling enough to watch
September 26th, 2010 at 10:49 AM ^
From my vantage point in Section 1, the Odoms block was valid and the ref through the flag only after getting the signal from BW3 (or the whining from Clawson).
Speaking of which, how come Odoms' block was illegal but the BGSU receiver was allowed to dive at our cornerback's knees on the exact same type of play?
September 26th, 2010 at 11:04 AM ^
Well, clearyl hitting a guy in the chest = penalty, hitting a guy in the knees =/= penalty. Geez man, know the rules!!!
September 26th, 2010 at 10:53 AM ^
We were speculating in the stands whether or not some of the real refs took sick just before game time and had to be replaced by high school officials.
I have never in my life heard of a penalty for "hitting a defenseless player." That call on Odom's block was comically bad as well.
That's what you get when you have 58-year old guys with bad eyesight who are insurance agents 90% of their waking hours huffing and puffing around on the field struggling to keep up with 20-yr olds. The only thing I can say on their behalf is that they're not as bad as the referees in college hockey have been recently.
September 26th, 2010 at 1:30 PM ^
Hitting a defenseless player is a relatively new emphasis for college refs, but I have no idea how Molk could have picked one up. The rule is basically to protect wide receivers on passes where they have their eyes on the ball and a safety is running full tilt and them and lights them up when they have no way to see the hit coming. Again, I have no idea how Molk got one and would love to see the play.
September 26th, 2010 at 3:29 PM ^
i seem to remember that penalty being called against one of our opponents this year. however i can't remember who. it was but it was an uncatchable ball that our receiver got laid out.
September 26th, 2010 at 10:55 AM ^
I was pissed about the non-call on the late hits on Denard and Hemingway in the 1st quarter.
Denard was clearly stepping out when that guy took his knees out, and Im almost positive Hemingway was out as well before he got hit... refs are there to protect the players.
September 26th, 2010 at 11:37 AM ^
Denard was still clearly in the field when the defender initiated the contact. Had that been called a late hit then they could have just pulled the refs from the field. That was on Denard to know he wasn't going to get the TD and to get out of bounds sooner. The defensive player can't just assume that he's going out and then lay off his tackle only to watch him make a cut and score. If you're on the field you're legal to get hit.
The Odoms block was a terrible call as it clearly showed he put a shoulder into the defender's gut and also he was in front. Chop blocks I thought were ony illegal if hitting from behind or if you were chopping a defender who was otherwise already engaged with another blocker. A one on one block of receiver on DB where the receiver attacks the DBs center of gravity is a perfect football play and he will get credit for it in the film room session.
Molk hitting a defenseless player may be one of those instances where he hit someone who had their head down and didn't allow them to establish themselves. I never saw it but that's my guess. Much like the penalty on field goals or punts where the NT has to let the long snapper get his head up before initiating the attack. Very dangerous for the player on the bottom. This has benefited Michigan before I think in that 1vs2 tOSU game.
September 26th, 2010 at 11:20 AM ^
BDub's has horrible food and horrible service, so it makes sense that they would have stupid commercials.
September 26th, 2010 at 11:38 AM ^
The BW3 in my area is a big tOSU hangout, so i never go for that reason alone, but since the food is not that good and the beer selection is worse i prefer to hang out and home and scare my kids with random screaming at the refs
September 26th, 2010 at 1:09 PM ^
well BDub's corporate headquarters are in Columbus.
September 26th, 2010 at 1:07 PM ^
how about the horsecollar on Jeremy Gallon's TD reception that was not called? That happened directly in front of my seats in section 30. I was beside myself that was not called along with the late hit on Denard. For awhile I thought the refs were degenerate gamblers and bet the points.
September 26th, 2010 at 2:13 PM ^
I was screaming from my spot in section 4 that you have to call that penalty, even if the result of the play was a touchdown. It was so freaking blatant even to me, and I was on the opposite side of the field.
Dennis Lipski is a bumbling moron.
September 26th, 2010 at 4:42 PM ^
I imagine it was the sort of situation where if we hadn't scored, they would have thrown the flag. We would have declined anyways, so it doesn't really matter.
September 26th, 2010 at 5:38 PM ^
Even if it wasn't going to affect the play, they need to call it as a reminder that that shit's not allowed. It's a rule that was implemented for the sake of player safty, after all.
September 26th, 2010 at 6:30 PM ^
I was at the game, and there are a lot of comedians at the Big House. It's too bad the refs were bad enough to absorb all the material.