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<blockquote data-quote="Froggy Style" data-source="post: 3211873" data-attributes="member: 89"><p>Generally, I agree, although I suspect there is <em>some conference </em>pressure to not screw up your calls vs the perceived big dogs which could allow them to average several extra calls in their favor (they being us this week); allowing that team to win more as a trip to the playoffs vs not likely means 50-100 million in direct and indirect publicity dollars for a conference...especially vs getting none.</p><p></p><p>However, I agree with your general premise, which is why I say one team may get screwed unintentionally just by one official making some bad calls. </p><p></p><p>Example: I think we have seen officials make awful calls like the ones in the OU game missing the ridiculous interference right next to a fantom fair catch from DD. I think he just sucked, but if their QB was coming back in the game, that could have been truly game changing calls...and maybe subconsciously getting the highly ranked team back in the game. Maybe the ref was keeping them around while the QB had a chance to recover, but it did seem emotionally biased for whatever reason...especially when he tried to keep Sonny from talking to the head ref.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Froggy Style, post: 3211873, member: 89"] Generally, I agree, although I suspect there is [I]some conference [/I]pressure to not screw up your calls vs the perceived big dogs which could allow them to average several extra calls in their favor (they being us this week); allowing that team to win more as a trip to the playoffs vs not likely means 50-100 million in direct and indirect publicity dollars for a conference...especially vs getting none. However, I agree with your general premise, which is why I say one team may get screwed unintentionally just by one official making some bad calls. Example: I think we have seen officials make awful calls like the ones in the OU game missing the ridiculous interference right next to a fantom fair catch from DD. I think he just sucked, but if their QB was coming back in the game, that could have been truly game changing calls...and maybe subconsciously getting the highly ranked team back in the game. Maybe the ref was keeping them around while the QB had a chance to recover, but it did seem emotionally biased for whatever reason...especially when he tried to keep Sonny from talking to the head ref. [/QUOTE]
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