Stephen Pamon Approves of Pac-10 Officiating
Alternate official for Saturday (via Pac-10 Poon)When the Buckeyes take to the field Saturday night to face USC in the latest game of the century, they will be battling more than the Trojans. Pac-10 rules stipulate that conference officiating crews are to be used for all out of conference home games involving Pac-10 teams, so the game will be called by a group that has come under heavy criticism twice in the last three years for huge blown calls.
I’m certainly not trying to say that the hometown crew will be in the bag for USC — the Jake Locker call over the weekend late against BYU proved that there is no left coast bias out of these guys. You’ll recall that it was another Pac-10 crew that was suspended for one game after not only blowing an onside kick call in an Oklahoma/Oregon matchup, but also failing to correct the call during instant replay.
No conference is above terrible officiating — we’re keenly aware of that, but two major blown calls in marquee non-conference games lately should give most of us pause heading into the game.
Of course if the Buckeyes don’t solve several problems of their own, most notably the failure of the offense to generate any kind of… well… offense, these concerns will all be moot.
It’s OSU/USC Week on ESPN Classic with the following games scheduled to air:
- 1969 Rose Bowl
- 1975 Rose Bowl
- 1980 Rose Bowl
- 1985 Rose Bowl
- 1990 Regular Season
More details here. Thanks to BrotherBuck for the tip.
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Why in the world are they showing that pedestrian 1990 game? I remember wishing the lightning would strike us all in the first quarter. Too bad they called it in the fourth.
What is that girl doing with her mouth?
Joe Fox - 09/08/08 @ 2:11 pm - #
Joe - She’s prepping for Principal Skinner.
Principal Skinner - 09/08/08 @ 2:15 pm - #
“Game of the Century”? You must have been out the last couple of days. National experts and internet know-it-alls have downgraded this game to just another showcase for USC’s glorious-ness.
MSP - 09/08/08 @ 2:18 pm - #
Terelle is gonna have a coming out party… Pony with Terrelle, Saine and Rasta….. Beanie as the battering ram out the I ……… alot of yards on the ground opens up the passing game…………
27-24 Bucks
Mitch G. - 09/08/08 @ 3:21 pm - #
ESPN told me that Ohio State’s first meeting with USC was 1990. Who knew?
So what’s the probability of Beanie playing?
Poe McKnoe - 09/08/08 @ 5:52 pm - #
Beanie’s playing. Count on it.
Joe Fox - 09/08/08 @ 8:44 pm - #
He better be playing and 100% or it’s gonna be a long flight back to the ‘bus.
Travis - 09/08/08 @ 10:07 pm - #
He doesn’t need to be 100%. Beanie was the best back in the nation last year and he played at maybe 75%. I’d guess him at 60% physically, shot up all to shit with Novocaine, and absolutely refusing to lose, a la wisconsin 2007 controlled fury. Stop freaking out so much, you guys sound like a bunch of Michigan Wolverines. In Tressel We Trust.
Matt - 09/08/08 @ 11:14 pm - #
Espn Thinks College football started in 2003 with USC . If you watch ESPN it will ruin your brain.
Street_Corner_Barbie - 09/08/08 @ 11:25 pm - #
The depth chart on the OSU press release today has Beanie as the starting tailback (this is as of September 7th). Tressel would not be playing Beanie if he wasn’t damn near close to 100%. I strongly believe that he wouldn’t put any of his players in danger regardless of the magnitude of a game. Alas, we’ll find out more tomorrow during JT’s press conference. Also, SC WR Vidal Hazelton is questionable for the game, and Maualuga (hand) and Cushing (wrist) will both be wearing protective casts.
Bobby - 09/08/08 @ 11:46 pm - #
Small apology for yesterday’s downer of a post I made about the Bucks yesterday:
The Bucks are my team, I mean I take “Our honor defend, we’ll fight to the end” very seriously. I graduated from OSU, I blog about them all year, and that’s probably why I’m a little disappointed this year that they’re not meeting my expectations on the field. So, I’ve been a little down, and I’ve expressed my anxiety on previous postings.
But on the bus today (I’m in Seattle), I saw a guy standing on the street with his fratboy hair all spiked up and a gray t-shirt that was obviously meant to show off his biceps which had the letters USC on the front. I wanted to bust his face with a buckeye necklace. And that’s when I realized that I’m a Buckeye, dammit, and like Woody, I despise those that beat us or who write us off because they think we’re weak. And I’ll be damned if some University of Spoiled Children, half of whom only got in because their mommy or daddy went there, who get free passes from the NCAA, who have criminals as Heisman winners, and who wouldn’t give their team or their stadium the time of day if they’re not favored to win the Pac-10, go out there take our Ohio State Buckeyes to the woodshed.
Screw them! The streak ends now! GO BUCKEYES!!!! O-H!!!!
Steve - 09/09/08 @ 12:10 am - #
F*CKING I-O
Bobby - 09/09/08 @ 12:12 am - #
Great post Steve … fired me up
I have never been so down on this team as I have the last few days, but I hold out hope … please God throw us a bone
one problem, we have more fire than this defense!! (your post shows more leadership than this entire team) This team reflects its head coach and that means no real lows but no real highs, either - I guess that’s both a good and bad thing.
Chuck - 09/09/08 @ 11:00 am - #
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