Referees: Teams or Individuals

[dawgball]

I have been trying to come up with some angles where we can use poor officiating or biased officiating to our advantage. There is always screams of fixes and such--now more than ever it seems. I don't think most of the games fall under fixes as they do unskilled officials. 10+ years ago, who watched the MAC, C-USA, etc. if they even existed. Now the major conferences suffer because of the thin pool to choose from. My comparison was about the ACC which does not have teams of officials where the SEC does.

Does this effect the outcome of games in a specific way. Georgia Tech had the same official three weeks in a row once this year. Does that allow him to recognize small nuances with the team, so he can call them tighter? Would this work on the team of officials level as well. I see it effecting false starts, offsides, and holding (on the line) more than anything.

Could someone else that is wiser in the handicapping ways help out on this?

Thanks,

 

[gardenweasel]

something to think about next year

something to think about next year

trying to locate a resource that will provide info as to which conference`s officials ref inter-conference games....i always thought the visitor provided the refs,but,i found out this year that that`s not always the case...some will flame me for even intimating any impropriety,but it`s human nature to be biased and we`re all about gaining an advantage here....i think that might provide an edge...i`d like to have that info to find out if it is indeed,an edge...would be interesting.....btw-wasn`t there an incident this year in which an official from a particular conference got into trouble with their own conference for making a call that cost his own conference team a ballgame?...i remember something like that...

 

[dawgball]

gw--Remembering certain things about a team is what I was thinking also. A certain holding technique or maybe a bobbing head QB like Vick of the Falcons. Once a ref notices something like that, they tend to call it often.