Comments on: BYU Football: One win in the books but the “Quest For Perfection” still needs work

By: Blake

Blake — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:02:21 +0000

LL: The ref explained that he was absolutely required to throw the flag by rule 9-2-21a because the Wash. QB threw the ball in the air. If the ball is thrown so that the a ref has to retrieve it, then it must called. Not incompetent or biased reffing; just stupid rules.

By: Last Lemming

Last Lemming — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:30:17 +0000

I dunno. Calling excessive celebration on the home team with 2 seconds left doesn’t sound like biased officiating to me. Just incompetent.

By: Blake

Blake — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:57:32 +0000

Is it just me or are the PAC-10 refs cheaters? I saw so many open field holding penalties committed by Washington that weren’t called by the PAC-10 bozo team that I just shake my head in utter disgust. The PAC-10 insists on having a full squad of PAC-10 refs for an obvious reason: it gives an advantage to PAC-10 teams. Game in and game out against the PAC-10, the ref crews are atrocious. Washington repeatedly grabbed defensive lineman jerseys in the open field in plain site and tackled defensive lineman from behind at the point of attach in the open field in plain site. What is it that has to happen for fairness. Yeah, BYU beat Washington. It should have won by at least two touchdowns.

Next week we face another crew of PAC-10 bozos on our home field. Every game against UCLA where there is a PAC-10 officiating crew has been an obvious “miss the call” when its the PAC-10 team and “make it up as you go along” with BYU.

By: mondo cool

mondo cool — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:27:03 +0000

I hate the mtn, too. I should get out more ’cause I don’t know anybody w/ direcTV. Still, grateful for the W.

By: Eric Nielson

Eric Nielson — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:56:11 +0000

I am no fan of the U of U, but folks in my neck of the woods are feeling pretty low seeing them beat Michigan. That could be a huge game at the end of the year.

By: Geoff J

Geoff J — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:28:58 +0000

It was indeed a bit like a pre-season game Clark. As for the MTN coverage — yeah it was weak. One would do well to turn down the sound and listen to the streaming KSL radio broadcast I think.

By: Clark

Clark — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:18:36 +0000

BTW – was the Mountain coverage as bad as in prior years? (i.e. bad commentary, bad camera work, bad direction?)

By: Clark

Clark — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:08:47 +0000

I wish I could have seen it. (D*** you Dish for not picking up the Mountain)

Sounds like it was the game to miss if I had to miss one though.

By: Geoff J

Geoff J — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:01:45 +0000

Dan — For some reason the spam filter caught your first comment. Let me know if you have that trouble again.

Rusty — So I take it you don’t get DirecTV at your Brooklyn apartment? Kinda hard for find a place for that dish I suppose…

By: Clean Cut

Clean Cut — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:00:03 +0000

I’m also glad that at least one satellite company has picked up the mountain. I’m still stuck with Dish, but we were lucky to have some friends invite us over who have Direct and the MTN. I wish I could say that I was as impressed with BYU’s playing as much as I was with Oregon against Washington, but I can’t. I’d like to see BYU get more pressure on the QB, like Oregon did all night against UW. I’d like to see more consistency from blockers and ball handlers alike. And of course, I’d like to see our first non-conference road win this weekend. (Go Cougs!)