[Husker] Nebraska 76, Iowa State 69

[RHartsock at aol.com]

'Whatever colored glasses' you're looking through? Chuck talks like Dave said 
the officiating was one-sided. It WAS, but he didn't say that. Or at least he 
didn't harp on it or offer it up as an excuse for the loss (that's right, 
Nebraska won). I believe he said it was 'horrendous,' and gave an example (the 
NBA 'continuation' call in the first half).


       I think Dave's posted enough objective, critical, supportive, factual, 
unbiased and informative posts regarding basketball to establish that the 
glasses he’s wearing are ones that someone would possess who actually knows the 
game and will share both positive and negative perspectives. The 'whatever 
colored glasses' comment was a lame cop-out. Just what game WAS Chuck 
watching???!! 


Some more examples to back up Dave’s point; a point that he wasn't 
overstating to begin with: 


**First, why don't refs stuff their whistle and let 'em play? Let the teams' 
play influence the outcome. 


**Maric picks up his third and fourth fouls 26 seconds into the second half!! 
A minute later, Turek picks up his third and fourth -- three seconds apart!!! 
A ref has to be lookin' to call something when that happens. That was 
rediculous.



**Two minutes into the second half, after the Maric and Turek fouls, the foul 
status was Nebraska 6, Iowa State 1 ... two minutes into the half!!! Did you 
see us being that overaggressive out there?? 

**Normally mild-mannered Barry Collier: I doubt if anyone will ever call him 
a referee-baiter. Did Barry chose this one game to start looking at things 
through red-colored glasses or perhaps was he justified in his reaction? This guy 
is not a 'boy who cried wolf.'


**ISU shoots 38% for the game. Stinson and Blalock were a combined 7 for 27!! 
I wouldn't mind asking Chuck if he thinks the refs cost Iowa State the game. 
'Colored glasses?' I think not!! 

 
**Don't be fooled by the fact that team fouls ended up tied at 25. Those 
totals were skewed by ISU's playing catch-up and fouling late in the game.



**McCray wasn't hammered on the play where Barry got the T? Must have been 
those glasses we were all watching through. We're not talking about tough 
block/charge calls here. We're talking about a poorly officiated game. And about the 
time someone says that the refs don't care who wins?? Of course not, but if 
you tell me that a ref's ego never got in the way of him doing his job, I'd 
tell you that you've not played or even watched much b-ball in your lifetime or 
maybe you haven't known many refs in your lifetime. Especially Big XII b-ball. 
As an underdog, you've got to be twice as good as the home team if you wantto 
win on the road. And yesterday at least, we WERE twice as good as Iowa State. 


Thanks for the drive-by post Chuck. This kind of nit-picking is why (in my 
opinion) most of the people that post relevant, informed opinions leave the list 
in a fast way. 



Rich Hartsock


> I guess this illustrates how the perception of the performance of the
> officials depends on which color glasses you have on.  The officiating
> in the game was bad, all the way around.  Yes, Nebraska had two big men
> in early foul trouble, but the same thing happened to Iowa State.
> Staple had his fourth foul at about the same time, and Clark picked up
> his fourth shortly after.  Both teams finished with 25 fouls.  Iowa
> State had two players foul out, and two others with four.  I saw plenty
> of "phantom" calls go the other way.
> 
> Nebraska won the game, in my estimation, because of three factors: Iowa
> State could not make a basket; Nebraska absolutely killed on the boards;
> Nebraska had significantly more depth.  The last factor, the depth, had
> me recalling some of the complaints earlier in the season on this list
> about playing freshman rather than upper classmen.  As an ISU fan, I
> would kill to have that kind of depth.
> 
> So please enjoy the victory -- it was a great effort by the Huskers --
> without the "despite the bad officiating" claims.
> 
> Chuck Knox
> Pella, IA
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NUStLNorris at aol.com [mailto:NUStLNorris at aol.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 5:03 PM
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Fwd: [Husker] Nebraska 76, Iowa State 69
> 
> In a message dated 2/27/05 4:51:08 PM Central Standard Time,
> gzimmerman at everestkc.net writes:
> 
> >______________________________________________
> >
> >An understatement IMHO. Is there a current basketball referee on the 
> >list who can answer why when the offensive player initiates contact, 
> >lowers their shoulder and bowls over the defender it is almost always 
> >called a defensive foul?
> 
> It was meant to be an understatement, actually.  Since Nebraska won, it
> makes it easier to say now.  The officiating was absolutely horrendous.
> The play that Greg mentioned was one of many ... how about the NBA
> "continuation" call in the first half?  Seven calls against Nebraska in
> the first 2 minutes of the second half ... many of which were of the
> "phantom" variety.  NU won this game despite their big men, Turek and
> Maric, both picking up their fourth foul with 18 minutes yet to play in
> the game!!
> 
> Great job by NU playing in a tough environment (sellout partisan crowd)
> and having a lot of calls go against them ... great job of playing above
> and through the elements.
> 
> Dave Norris
> 
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> 
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