[Husker] dumb officiating

[Steve Reichenbach]

> I copied and pasted your comment Jerry, And to me  " fault" and 
> "responsibility"  is the same thing. By definition fault is a synonym for 
> responsibility.

Being a former English teacher, I feel more qualified to comment
here than on the football (which doesn't stop me from commentin
on the football).

There are several differences between "fault" and "responsibility".
The first is that one can be responsible for a process whether or
not things go wrong.  Thus, we can credit a person for their
responsible actions, even if there is no event for which one looks
to find fault.  A second is that one can be responsible, but
not at fault, even if things go wrong.  If one has done everything
reasonably possible to design and execute a process, then they are
responsible but not at fault --- because their actions were proper.
In matters of responsibility, many things can wrong without the
responsible party being at fault.  For example, there are so-called
acts of nature or chance/freak events that cannot be reasonbly
expected or accounted for.  Similarly, there are independent actors.
For example, even when a responsible employer or coach or parent
does everything reasonably possible, those in the employment,
charge, or care, may fail to do or choose not to do what they
were instructed and/or trained to do.  In other words, responsible
parties cannot be expected to anticpate and preempt all possible
failures.

Of course, incidents of faillure can be indicators of problems
with the responsible party and frequent incidents could even be
evidence of problems with process and of dereliction to take
responsive actions.