2012 Sun Bowl
USC vs. Georgia Tech.
1st quarter of the game, no score.
USC field goal attempt...
This ensues...
The officials, SOMEHOW, have the unmitigated gall to call that field goal good when EVERY CAMERA IN THE STADIUM can show you it wasn't, the announcers knew it was bad, and the coach of Georgia Tech almost wants to throw something at the idiot that called it.
I mean, SERIOUSLY... I know it looks like the Sun Bowl (the one CBS bowl game, by the way) is played in front of about 15 people in El Paso, TX, but, dear for the love of God, at least TRY to make it look legitimate!!
(Catch #48 for USC at about 1:40 of the clip. "The previous play is being reviewed! The ruling on the field is that the kick went inside the upright." #48: "Not a chance...")
The ruling on the field has been reversed, Georgia Tech won 21-7.
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And that wasn't the only one...
One has to wonder where the referees for the Outback Bowl were for New Year's Eve. It is clear that these officials were clearly intoxicated by the fourth quarter of the contest between South Carolina and Michigan (one of several Hangover Bowls early on January 1 pitting SEC and Big Ten schools).
This fun ensued!!
Michigan, up a point, fakes the punt...
It is demonstrable that, even after the measurement, the line-to-gain was not gained, and yet this referee, having far too much to drink (HA!) on New Year's Eve, calls the first down for Michigan??
Seriously?
You're joking, right?
That thing is so far from the first down that the entire connecting link of the chain itself to the post (which would be a first down) is clearly visible (1:14) that it's NOWHERE CLOSE.
Well, let's just say that there can be some karmic justice on the football field...
Except for the fact that Clowney did another of those helmet-under-the-head jobs, but if the refs can't see a first down or a field goal, a helmet-to-helmet hit is far too complicated for these jokers.
South Carolina won the game 33-28.
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