[Husker] Bad Calls, no defense

[Bob Beach]

Tony Lambert wrote:
> I replayed this play. And it looked to me like Purify seen the guy # 8 
> coming to hit him. And Purify did what any other receiver would do. 
> And i have seen this is hit the hitter and push off. # 8 landed on his 
> butt and Purify walked over to him and said something. And as # 8 was 
> getting up the second flag came into play and the personal foul call.
>
>

     You may be absolutely correct amundo.  I saw him run into the guy 
and kind of push.  I guess I didn't interpret that as throwing an elbow 
but I could see it could be taken that way possibly.  Maybe that is what 
they called.  At any rate they evidently thought they saw or heard 
something. 


     I have never officiated on this level but I have officiated high 
school basketball, baseball, and football.  I do know one thing.  It is 
a whole lot different down there on that field than it is in Section 
119, Row 32,  Seat 16,  or watching on TV.  The biggest difference is 
when you are officiating you are looking through the action.  You are on 
the same level as the players.  Sitting in the stands or watching TV you 
are looking down at the action.  I remember always remarking when I was 
officiating high school basketball how the calls all looked so obvious 
when I was sitting in the stands.  They weren't that obvious when you 
were running up and down the floor with the flow of the game.  There are 
a lot of times you just flat get screened out no matter how hard you try 
to be in position to make the call.  I am not saying this discussed call 
wasn't missed.  But there are indeed reasons why calls might be missed 
other than the official is a moron or he doesn't like my team.


Bob Beach