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I cringe every time I see a John Higgins crew reffing our game. Just not a fan of him and the way they call games or inconsistently calling games. Kansas fans use to beef when they saw he was the ref. I wish I could find where it was but I read a breakdown of Officials vs the Vegas Spread. There was a stat where games John Higgins reffed that the Away Team covered every game except for a couple that season. I'd hate to be a home team if he is doing the game. Gotta believe he was talked to about that. Same article mentioned how the Chiefs were 19-2 in games reffed by a certain NFL ref. Hoping those were just fluke trends.
Big ten officiating is basically Calvinball at this point.
Don't forget the missed goal tending early in the game. Pretty clear he hur it after touching the glass.
Watched this game with my wife and even she said that this was the worst officiated game she has ever seen. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason to their calls. It was so painful to watch...they had their fingerprints on way too much of this game.
The first 5 minutes of the second half were atrocious. 10 fouls I think before the first TV timeout. Those early fouls really allowed Maryland to get back in the game since it made Griesel ride the pine for awhile and made D Walk sit, too.
I only saw the last 10 min of 2nd half + OT... I thought the refs displayed an INCREDIBLE amount of deference to Derrick Walker. An unbelievable amount. DW was on 3 fouls forever and it looked like he was daring them to call his 4th and they never did.
weird take tbh considering the 3rd foul they called on D Walk wasn't him who committed it (should have been on Wilcher)
and the same thing happened to Griesel late game (he got body slammed) and it was a no call. they were equally bad both ways
Just another John Higgins Crew reffed game. Players hammered and no call then a BS call. So inconsistent. Fred Hoiberg was far from happy with how they called the game and he rarely complains. Both Maryland & Nebraska fans complaining, and they both have valid complaints.
Did the fireworks ever go off? Still waiting on them...
I agree that Walker benefitted from calls (or lack of calls) down the stretch. But that only goes further to prove my point - that was one of the most inconsistently called games I've seen all year. Walker's 3rd foul was completely bullshit, and Griesel had some highly questionable ones called against him too. Their terrible and inconsistent calls forced both Walker and Griesel to the bench and that let Maryland comeback and take the lead. After that, it felt like they realized how bad they effed up and swung completely the other way and both guys benefitted from a few calls.
