Some of the calls yesterday were pathetic. I expect the officiating to be bad, but it was particularly slanted as far as penalties were concerned.
I’ll post some screen shots later if I can figure them out but Keyshawn McLeod got called for holding on a play where the DE was clearly offsides (arm/head/shoulder). No call on the offsides which is what gave the defender leverage On McLeod and caused the hold.
The OPI on Toles was really questionable. He didn’t seek out contact with the DB and the DB ran into his path. The same official didn’t call a pick on Tulsa five minutes later when one of the receivers was blocking his man downfield and picked off another defender while the ball was in the air.
The roughing the passer on Graham was a joke. He took one step and hit the QB in the midsection with his shoulder. As the announcer said “I guess you can’t touch the QB anymore.”
On McMillan’s first TD, the Tulsa LB is pulling Tyrick James down by the jersey while he’s trying to get out into his route...no call. The same player did it to James again on the TD pass to Booker that got called back. Again, no call. But we get called for illegal man downfield 30 yards away from the play. That should at least have been offsetting fouls.
There were several other questionable calls and no-calls that I can’t think of off the top of my head but it was bad.
Then we get the benefit of the biggest call in the game (the scoop and score) where it looked like the receiver either might not have made a football move or he was possibly down. The call on the field was going to be upheld regardless of what it was, so we got the benefit of that doubt.
Overall, a really bad day for the officials.
I’ll post some screen shots later if I can figure them out but Keyshawn McLeod got called for holding on a play where the DE was clearly offsides (arm/head/shoulder). No call on the offsides which is what gave the defender leverage On McLeod and caused the hold.
The OPI on Toles was really questionable. He didn’t seek out contact with the DB and the DB ran into his path. The same official didn’t call a pick on Tulsa five minutes later when one of the receivers was blocking his man downfield and picked off another defender while the ball was in the air.
The roughing the passer on Graham was a joke. He took one step and hit the QB in the midsection with his shoulder. As the announcer said “I guess you can’t touch the QB anymore.”
On McMillan’s first TD, the Tulsa LB is pulling Tyrick James down by the jersey while he’s trying to get out into his route...no call. The same player did it to James again on the TD pass to Booker that got called back. Again, no call. But we get called for illegal man downfield 30 yards away from the play. That should at least have been offsetting fouls.
There were several other questionable calls and no-calls that I can’t think of off the top of my head but it was bad.
Then we get the benefit of the biggest call in the game (the scoop and score) where it looked like the receiver either might not have made a football move or he was possibly down. The call on the field was going to be upheld regardless of what it was, so we got the benefit of that doubt.
Overall, a really bad day for the officials.
