Could This Possibly Be the Worst Foul Call in the History of Sport
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I'll take a stab at arguing the other side.
The refs must have believed (as I do, although barely) that the Penn State player was trying to impede the progress of the defender, which means he was called for a moving screen.
It's not as egregious as you make it out to be. As for the shove by the defender, I can't defend that.....
This post was edited on 3/5 2:03 PM by St.PatterSoN-54-
The refs must have believed (as I do, although barely) that the Penn State player was trying to impede the progress of the defender, which means he was called for a moving screen.
It's not as egregious as you make it out to be. As for the shove by the defender, I can't defend that.....
This post was edited on 3/5 2:03 PM by St.PatterSoN-54-
That one is pretty bad but the actual worst foul call ever also involves Penn ST. It was Feb. 1993 against IU. Up two with under 20 second to go Penn St. got a steal and a break away that would've sealed the game but an IU player grabbed his jersey from behind to obviously give a foul and stop the clock. but the ref blew the whistle when the Penn St. player slapped the hand holding his jersey away and called him for pushing off. I tried to look for the video of it but the best I could do was a written account from the NY times. To this day it is the most blatant home cooking I have ever seen.
St.PatterSoN, I give you A+ for creativity. If I ever commit a crime in from of 10,000 witnesses, I'd like to hire you as my attorney. Your argument actually makes sense. However, I just don't have enough reasonable doubt to let the Ohio State player off the hook.
Really crappy quality here, but I found it.
Video: 1993 Indiana vs. Penn State
Indiana went on to win in two overtimes. That video cut off right at the end of regulation and it missed the Penn State coach just staring and pointing at the referee who made the bad call for the entire break leading up to the first overtime.
Someone show the foul they called on Towns vs UNC when Meeks shoved him 3ft and threw him to the ground.
Well I'll admit it's not as bad as I remember it but at the time It was the worst call I'd ever seen
Basketball is the most corrupt sport in all of athletics. There have been some horrendous officiating that there is no way to label it as anything other than total corruption. Nobody gets to that level and is that stupid on accident.
I've seen some pretty terrible ones in high school ball too. But one that has probably lit me up is Shabazz Napier's flop on Darius Miller in 2011. I absolutely hate officials for their stupidity and feel there should be some type of coach's challenge on garbage like that.
I've seen some pretty terrible ones in high school ball too. But one that has probably lit me up is Shabazz Napier's flop on Darius Miller in 2011. I absolutely hate officials for their stupidity and feel there should be some type of coach's challenge on garbage like that.
Though it didn't factor into the outcome of the game, the foul against Towns at the end of the Georgia game was unbelievably horrible. He was basically standing there, the UG player ran into him and bounced off out of bounds.
That is pretty bad, and it's not even home cooking. The ref gave the call to the road team. That reminds me of a lot of the UK football games where the SEC refs will protect the more established teams. For example the missed call on the delay of game against Florida this year.
Think hes pretty serious mwess. There have been more than a handfull of absolute phantom calls on our big men this year. The first time we played arky comes to mind...lsu...pretty much any game doug shows reffed, there was at least one absolute phantom call against the cats...not sure how you could uave watched the games and not noticed?
Yeah my memory was a little foggy about some of the details. I agree with what you're saying about the refs protecting the conference heavy weights and that is probably what happened here. That was Penn states first season in the big ten. I don't think they won a conference game that year...if I remember correctly
1994 vs. UCLA in Anaheim. Rhodes was taken down on a breakaway and he fell on top of the defender, who literally grabbed him as he rolled under. Charging. Pitino went nuts and was given a technical. Steve Jones on the broadcast couldn't stop laughing at the call. 6-point turnaround. UK loses by 1.
The ref was Gerry Donaghy, father of Gambling Tim.
The ref was Gerry Donaghy, father of Gambling Tim.
