"Third Party" overruled all officials in Pac-12 game
According to this document, some Pac-12 suit phoned in to overrule the officials both on the field and in the booth on the matter of a targeting foul in the Washington State vs. USC game on September 21.
This discovery is, to put it mildly...troubling. What other implications could this have? Why does this guy's opinion matter in the slightest? Is this merely clickbait and not the mess it appears to be?
October 11th, 2018 at 12:48 AM ^
who is the second party in this scenario?
October 11th, 2018 at 1:55 AM ^
The Pac-12 has an "officiating command center" in their HQ in San Francisco. My interpretation is that they are the second party.
October 11th, 2018 at 9:02 AM ^
usually when people say "third party" they mean someone not part of the agreement/scenario or someone not involved in the actual process. Like they could just mean the involved parties (which could be 2, 5, etc) vs the uninvolved (3rd) parties.
I'm just saying don't interpret too much and try to find the 2nd party in this situation.
October 11th, 2018 at 11:34 AM ^
The second party is the replay official in the Pac 12 review center. The first party (the person who submitted the report) is the booth replay official.
October 11th, 2018 at 12:49 AM ^
Freemasonry at work?? Smells like fraud to me. This type of shit needs the brightest of lights shined upon it. Bring this type of crockery out in to the open, and expose these behind the scenes fucks who want to have "control" over outcomes in college athletics. Players and coaches work way too damn hard in the off season, and in-season, for these seedy sleaze bags to have any affect on football and or basketball games.
October 11th, 2018 at 12:54 AM ^
Come on man, thats stupid.
It was clearly the Illuminati
October 11th, 2018 at 7:26 AM ^
Maybe he called from the sunken place...
October 11th, 2018 at 7:44 AM ^
Looks more like the work of the Pentaverate to me. The Queen, The Heroes, the Rothchilds, the Vatican, and Colonel Sanders.
October 11th, 2018 at 9:18 AM ^
I've been telling people for years that the location of the real Holy Grail is hidden inside the Colonels Secret Recipe.
October 11th, 2018 at 8:49 AM ^
Illuminati....ha! This was clearly the work of the Stonecutters.
October 11th, 2018 at 11:20 AM ^
The No Homers Club....
There, fixed that for you.....
;-)
October 11th, 2018 at 6:14 AM ^
Free masonry work? I need some masonry work done. Please provide the telephone number.
EDIT: This makes me think there was some third party interaction in the 2016 game in Columbus. I would not be surprised one bit.
October 11th, 2018 at 7:07 AM ^
867-5309
October 11th, 2018 at 7:31 AM ^
I got it....I got it....I got the number on the blog....
October 11th, 2018 at 8:05 AM ^
Shelly Shelly don' change your number free masonry.
October 11th, 2018 at 8:14 AM ^
NOT THAT SONG AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TAKE THAT!
October 11th, 2018 at 8:24 AM ^
Ask for Jenny.
October 11th, 2018 at 8:05 AM ^
Am I the only one who hears the phrase, "work way too damn hard" exclusively in Don Brown's voice?
October 11th, 2018 at 8:30 AM ^
More likely attorneys at work if it was a targeting call.
October 11th, 2018 at 10:23 AM ^
Wouldn't an attorney only be interested in enforcing targeting? NOT overturning?
For CYA reasons?
More likely a person within the Pac12 who feels about USC the way ppl within the B1G feel about Michigan-
i.e. "How can we screw these guys, even if it puts us under scrutiny & opens us up to charges of chicanery?"
Remember- the refs at cbus 2016 had been ruled ineligible to work osu games due to stuff they'd posted on Facebook that made it clear they couldn't be neutral about osu.
Yet there they were, calling unsportsmanlike on JH for tossing his clipboard (those 15 yds were MORE than double osu's for the entire 2 OT game), and of course ruling on the famous spot.
Ever hear an explanation of why that crew was working The Game? I haven't
October 11th, 2018 at 1:11 PM ^
Lodge 49
October 11th, 2018 at 12:56 AM ^
he phoned in? Who did he call? Was he just watching the game and has the replay booth on speed dial? How did he know they were going to confirm the targeting?
October 11th, 2018 at 1:37 AM ^
He called me from his shoe phone.
October 11th, 2018 at 10:28 AM ^
Wish that same guy used his shoe phone in cbus 2016 to call in to say
"Missed it by that much!"
October 11th, 2018 at 2:22 AM ^
He called the cell phone of the replY official just like the mobsters in Vegas do when they want to impact the outcome of a game.
/s. (I think. I may be swimming with the fishes soon)
October 11th, 2018 at 7:55 AM ^
It happens in golf.
/shrugs
October 11th, 2018 at 8:04 AM ^
Foam ... not any more. Golf figured out how ridiculous that was and now does not allow this any more.
Go Blue!
October 11th, 2018 at 1:00 AM ^
Not sure the hyperlink text contrasts all that strongly with regular text, so here's the link again:
October 11th, 2018 at 1:34 AM ^
Obviously the third party was a waiter at Buffalo Wild Wings.
October 11th, 2018 at 6:55 AM ^
Are we sure that it was not the Field Judge On The Grassy Knoll?
I mean, I don't want to throw around an officiating conspiracy theory, BUT....
October 11th, 2018 at 2:32 AM ^
Yeah, this is really troubling. The dude is just a suit:
“unfortunately a third party did not agree” with the call. That “third party” was Pac-12 general counsel and senior vice president of business affairs Woodie Dixon, Yahoo Sports sources have confirmed.
Dixon oversees football for the conference but is not a formally trained official. Dixon telephoned in his opinion that the play wasn’t targeting, sources said. According to the report, his opinion overruled both the trained officials in the stadium replay booth and in the league’s command center.
October 11th, 2018 at 7:39 AM ^
Makes sense that he qualified to overrule. He did stay at a Holiday Inn Express the night before.
October 11th, 2018 at 1:41 PM ^
How many times do we all wish we could call in and "correct" a call? Now we know MGOLawyer needs to do it.
October 11th, 2018 at 3:09 AM ^
But seriously the USC hit later on that went unflagged was more egregious than the hit in question and Scott's comments on it later that week left a lot to be desired. There are crooks amidst college football but people don't want to believe it because "that would never happen, some calls are just unlucky, the officials really do try hard to be good and aren't bias...ever".
October 11th, 2018 at 8:28 AM ^
I watched the 2016 OSU game, and I completely believe it.
October 11th, 2018 at 8:38 AM ^
Seriously. For those who haven't seen what B-Nut is talking about, watch this and tell me how the hell this isn't targeting:
But yeah, it's all about player safety.
October 11th, 2018 at 9:11 AM ^
holy shit, that is a dirty hit
October 11th, 2018 at 10:38 AM ^
I watched this game, if I recall this play wasn't flagged or even reviewed. I was dumbfounded while watching it.
The play that was "overruled" was a WSU player targeting a USC player, I remember it being sort of sketchy as targeting, but I could be wrong
I've watched a lot of Pac12 football the last 2 or 3 years, of all the conferences the Pac!2 has been the most cautious and frankly ludicrous at calling targeting. And also miss a lot of opportunities to review rather obvious targetiing calls (mostly due to high tempo offenses) and review way to many plays that shouldn't be targeting.
October 11th, 2018 at 5:12 AM ^
So is this getting much attention at all?
October 11th, 2018 at 5:25 AM ^
Not smart protocol! Has the PAC 12 learned nothing from B1G commissioner Delaney?
Bias the officiating prior to the games! Nothing in writing, no communication after games begin, etc, etc
#Delaney’ed, #UM-OSU 2016
October 11th, 2018 at 7:31 AM ^
The play where Curtis Samuel revereses field and you can clearly see several holding penalties that affect the play, still burns my ass. Barring a public apology by the Big Ten recognizing this BS, it probably always will.
October 11th, 2018 at 10:00 AM ^
Some of the worst ones to me were the clear pass interference that were "missed." Obviously the worst was the spot on that fourth down play where he was clearly short. I'll never get over that atrocity.
October 11th, 2018 at 10:13 AM ^
I'll never forget Speight throwing a pick 6 and the fumble on the 1 yd line. Michigan beat itself that day. Nobody else is to blame.
October 11th, 2018 at 10:31 AM ^
WRONG!
October 11th, 2018 at 10:20 PM ^
October 11th, 2018 at 6:25 AM ^
College football is the dirtiest sport in the country anymore. Every year it gets harder and harder to care.
October 11th, 2018 at 7:12 AM ^
I'd argue CBB is more corrupt than CFB, point taken though
October 11th, 2018 at 7:39 AM ^
Definitely use to be for sure, bit now a days im not so sure. Either way both have been corrupted so bad its embarrassing
October 11th, 2018 at 10:40 PM ^
It's a rigged system. These kids and coaches work their asses off for us fans and our own enjoyment. It'll be interesting to see if Wiscy gets the shaft in the big house this Saturday. You dumb young little shits on this blog need to look for this stuff. Maybe you'll catch on to what's going on. We've been pointing it out for you know it alls for what seems like forever now. I hope it's a fairly called game. I don't want no fuckhead refs ruining the night, Isn't going to matter though. The fix is always in.