Refs suck

I'm sure part of it is because they're watching it at home like us, but the production crew is there.
Good point. My angst probably goes deeper into the ESPN need to create schtick for years — it is college football - it sells itself —- I don’t need a Game Day Show with 4 people having roles as characters — I want 4 people telling me about college football...

To that point - cameras on field of play... less on sidelines...don’t miss a play to show me anything else
 
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I don’t know if this is a Blake James conversation but someone needs to bring cut ups to the ACC brass and get some type of accountability on these refs

We’ve had a premier pass rush for the last 5 years and probably only seen 5 holding penalties from other teams O line in that span...

If you think our administration is going to do anything, I have some land in south Louisiana to sell you. But in their defense, it would probably make it worse since this goes all the way to the top of the ACC. Finding another conference is the only solution, and then watch their precious revenue sharing fall like a rock.
 
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Good point. My angst probably goes deeper into the ESPN need to create schtick for years — it is college football - it sells itself —- I don’t need a Game Day Show with 4 people having roles as characters — I want 4 people telling me about college football...

To that point - cameras on field of play... less on sidelines...don’t miss a play to show me anything else
Espn is complete garbage....
 
It has been brought up repeatedly over the past 15 years. We used to send weekly game tapes. The ACC doesn't care. And after the Duke game a few years ago they don't even maintain the pretext of impartiality.

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It is what it is.

edit: I should add, they fired the crew after that game. You think any of the current crews are going to call it straight if they want to keep their jobs?
They did not fire the crew, they were suspended for a game. Back judge is a friend of mine and has worked some ACC Championship games and also several BCS bowls
 
One of the worst broadcasts I’ve seen in a while. Terrible all around, announcers, camera angles, etc.

In terms of penalties, does anyone know if they keep stats for specific kinds of penalties by team? We have to lead the country in personal fouls...
U mean U didn’t like it when the announcer kept talking about the VT run game getting “all lathered up”?!? My personal favorite. I bet he was working a nice lather looking at the blond curly dude on the sidelines that they commented on his attire!
 
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They pulled out a new trick to quietly steal yards from us today: There was a series in the second half where Chaney was running the ball and they blew the play dead almost right after he made the contact with the LB to negate the yards he fought for; lost him 2 yards on one carry where he fell forward and at least another 1 on a separate carry. The very next series, VT's RB had what looked like all 11 of our defenders surrounding him for the tackle and they let him fight for AT LEAST another 3 seconds before blowing the play dead. I've gotta give them credit, this method of fu*king us was actually creative...
Agreed. I saw the same **** thing. I think it was Herbert that was able to drag our players for extra yards, after our players were waiting for a whistle
 
How about that hedley shove? You’d think he did a WWE takedown
Did u see they showed him on the sidelines and he looked up at the video replay of it and you could pretty much read his lips saying something like “that’s ***king bull$hit, mate”! Maybe he said ‘man’ instead of ‘mate’, but I want to believe!
 
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It has been brought up repeatedly over the past 15 years. We used to send weekly game tapes. The ACC doesn't care. And after the Duke game a few years ago they don't even maintain the pretext of impartiality.

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It is what it is.

edit: I should add, they fired the crew after that game. You think any of the current crews are going to call it straight if they want to keep their jobs?
They fired the ACC Refs from the last 2nd kick return with laterals game against Duke?!
 
Agreed. I saw the same **** thing. I think it was Herbert that was able to drag our players for extra yards, after our players were waiting for a whistle
The most egregious part was how EARLY they blew the whistle against Chaney though. It was early enough to really stand out to me as unusual, and then when they let Herbert fight for yards on the very next series I started shaking my head.
 
We started getting a few calls last week and I thought “ **** ,maybe they’ll start giving us a somewhat even break”.. boy was I wrong..

having said that bad officiating didn’t cause that 15 yd unsportsmanlike penalty on Boldin for pushing that guy in the back after the play was over.

yea the refs don’t give us an even break for the most part and haven’t for years I’ve ever but we don’t help ourselves by continually doing stupid sHT after stupid sHT every game either
Yeah but it did cause these refs to let their players do the same and say nothing.
 
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