Long time, no blog.....

This has been a nightmarishly busy week. I am up to my armpits in research papers, some of which are pretty good, many of which are average, some of which are atrocious. But isn't that the way it always is?

Speaking of atrocious, how bad was the officiating in the Super BOwl? That phantom offensive pass interference call really hosed the Seahawks after Darrell Jackson's TD catch was waved off by the back Judge. But that didn't cost the Seahawks the game. Their inability to make field goals and Jeremy Stevens dropping 1000 passes made them lose the game.

So officials don't decide games.

But they sure influence the outcome.

See OU versus KU on Sunday.

OU had a 16 point lead with roughly 7 minutes to go. Safe lead, right? Nope. OU got complacent, just passing the ball around the perimeter and launching ill-timed shots. KU roared back into the game.

WHat I'm angry about is the fact that the referees CHOKED on their whistles the last two minutes. Every time Taj Gray and Kevin Bookout got the ball down low they got HAMMERED and the refs never blew this whistle. Not once.

YOu know why? Because it is KU. The Big 12 is not happy unless KU atop the standings. For years they've feasted on an imbalanced scheduling system that has allowed them to feast on the crappy Northern teams each year while only having to play the southern teams once. Do you honestly think KU would have won the regular season if they had to play Texas, OU, OSU, and Texas Tech twice a year?
KU is the team that brings in the prize recruits like BRandon RUsh. So when Rush fouls someone, Big 12 officials tend to look the other way- after all, he's the big moneymaker for KU, who is the big moneymaker for the Big 12, so we can't have him fouling out of games or make HIM look bad, can we?
Nope.