[Husker] Game Perspective

[Mark Landin]

Thanks for that lesson on snap judgements, Agris. Much appreciated.

On 11/27/10, Agris Taurins <taurins at scifipenguin.com> wrote:
> I'll have to disagree with you on the pre-game "kick-off kid" part.  I work
> on the field and was maybe 10 feet from where they were.  The little girl
> had developed an amazing case of "I'm shy" as the whole presentation went
> on.  She was clinging to her mom pretty good just before and right after the
> whole bit.  The Referee was there quite a bit early and was trying to be
> very friendly and nice not only to the little girl but her family.  In my
> book, the Ref get's props just for going through the whole thing.  More
> often than not, I've seen the white hat pawn that job off to another member
> of the officiating crew.
>
> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Martin, Douglas W.
> <MartinDW at stlukes.org>wrote:
>
>> I was next to the student section tonight.  Great idea by them to wave the
>> yellow flags when a call went against us.  The level of officiating by the
>> back judge and line judge defies explanation.  Line judge (the guy with
>> the
>> "L" on his back) is the guy who missed the incomplete Burkhead "fumble"
>> (happened right in front of him) and had a half dozen poor spots.  The
>> back
>> judge (guy with the "B" on his back) had a terrible game.  Folks, there
>> was
>> no interference on the Kinnie reception touchdown (the number 3 from
>> Colorado did not even touch him).  The blocking below the waist on Marlowe
>> was a terribly call in the first half (look in the rule book......it is
>> not
>> blocking below the waist if the contact is initiated above the waist and
>> then proceeds to below.....which is exactly what happened).   He had two
>> other flags that were "picked up" and he was the one who was non-chalant
>> on
>> the fair catch where our guy go hit (rules state it makes no difference
>> about the level of contact......only states "incidental contact" is not
>> penalized....but there was no one else near our guy from our team so how
>> can
>> this be incidental?).  I knew there would be trouble when the head referee
>> did not shake the hand of the little girl who was the "kick off kid" prior
>> to the game.  Also, what in the he__ is the umpire (the guy with the "U"
>> on
>> his back) down by Colorado during warm ups and shaking hands with the
>> Buffalo line coach and the offensive line of CU???.
>>
>> Douglas W. Martin, MD, FAADEP, FACOEM, FAAFP
>>
>> Medical Director
>> St. Luke's Center for Occupational Health Excellence
>> 4230 War Eagle Drive
>> Sioux City, IA  51109
>>
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