Games That Felt "Rigged" By Suspiciously Convenient Calls
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Honestly I’ve lost count and recollection of most IB screw jobs. Especially those that seem to happen in JHS.
Since the 1983 Alabama at Penn State game was mentioned I'll go ahead and mention another Penn State game that appeared rigged and it happened just the prior season which was the 1982 Nebraska at Penn State game. Penn State was trailing Nebraska with 12 seconds left when Penn State receiver Mike McCloskey caught a pass that was clearly out of bounds, however the official said he was in bounds and the catch was good. On the next play Penn State scored a TD and won the game. They went on to win the National Championship that season. It's just too suspicious that an incorrect call that decides the game would go Penn State's way two consecutive seasons when they are playing at home against a high profile opponent.
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This comes up a lot on a basketball forum I use. It didn't help that Stern said the best Finals would be the Lakers vs. Lakers either. There's also a bit of evidence there since we have a ref on record as saying they were encouraged to call certain games certain ways.
Stern also rigged the Chris Paul trade years ago when the Pelicans were " owned" by the NBA.
I was trying to remember what year that was and hoping somebody would post it for me!!!
That was a horrible call and I have yet to see another game where the same call was made. I am still upset about this one and the MLB League office even backed the ump saying it was the correct call!
Rigged for sure!!!
Also, 2003 Bama vs UGA. Blatant fumble was recovered by Bama but Refs said the Ga RB was down. That was a game changing call and not the only bad call made by the refs that day!!!
It was one of the guys on "The Sports Reporters" who pointed out the obvious - BRADY HIMSELF knew he'd fumbled the ball by the way he reacted. His reaction changed a bit later, but his immediate reaction was that he had fumbled and the game was for all intents and purposes over.
That game always felt to me like Franchione believed way too much of what he'd heard about Alabama fans - and so he figured, "If I lose the Iron Bowl, they'll fire me, and then I can go to ATM." I know, I know, you can't get an entire team of prideful players to just lay down. But it was like he'd secretly changed the actual players on the team with some mediocre players.
These are the two that burn me up the most, but almost 24 years later I still get enraged over Eric Gregg's abomination. His strike zone (for only Livan Hernandez) was even wider than his ample posterior.
And Don Guman WAS the official that made that call. Play was on the chains side of the field and in his 37 years of officiating Don Guman was always a Head Linesman. Jack O'Rourke was the Back Judge that made the Gothard call.
Nope. That SB is nowhere near as badly officiated as many remember. It’s not even as badly officiated as many recent ones. 47, 52,53, 54, and 55 actually have far more blatantly missed calls that could’ve resulted in more competitive games or even different outcomes. Hell even 43 was worse.
The truth is most people hate it when the refs favor a great organization or program over an underdog. That’s why no one outside of Alabama and South Carolina fans ever humor the complaints of pick plays or the fact that Clemson ran 90+ plays vs one of the greatest defenses of all time with 0 holding calls. No one cared until the Patriots started winning every year about the complaints the Rams had before SB 36.
Only when the “villain” wins does anyone care about rigged games.
The rule was changed in the rule book only. Since that time there have been so many blatantly obvious pass interference penalties (to any football fan) that have not been called. And when the challenge flag is thrown the bozos in the review booth almost always side with the refs on the field's initial no call.
Steelers fan or not, no 3 “questionable” calls going the other way definitively results in a Seahawks victory. They were outplayed for most of the game and could not stop the Steelers in the 2nd half. People have a bigger issue with that game mostly because the whole story of that season was a Disney like production. But when you analyze it then it’s no worse than last year when the Chiefs got every damn call in key moments vs the 49ers. But at the end of the day its hard to ignore that the score was 21-10. Hassleback was throwing horrible balls all night, and Holmgram was too stupid not to keep running the ball. But yes lets blame the refs for that game and retroactively claim that the Seahawks won that game despite overwhelming evidence that they didnt. Sounds like a Browns fan
Looking at all of the calls in XL
But if You want to talk about questionable calls that actually affected the outcome of a championship game, 2002 NCG is one. But I’m guessing no one especially Ohio St fans are boo hooing for Miami getting hosed.
But it goes back to who it is getting hosed. Noone cares when the Patriots or Tom Brady teams get screwed, but let them win and everyone calls foul. Hell the Chiefs fans are still claiming the refs decided that game last week.
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I have felt that way in more than a half dozen games against Auburn.
They have better 'Home Cookin' than any college team I can remember.
Everyone technically does, but last time was probably the first time since the 90's in which I really bought into conspiracy theories about JHS. Most of our losses down there under Saban were due to them being more loose than us or just the better team that day. But 2019 reminded me of the 90's games down there where they were getting away with murder and everything was called against us.
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