And now, for more Business As Usual, including the first major XFL fuckup (or fix????)....

• First, college basketball is now important -- conference tournaments.

Monumental upset in the Mountain West, as San Diego State now has two losses on the year and one of the bubble spots is gone as Utah State defeated them 59-56 in the final to gain a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

At San Diego State 24-11 up, entering the four-minute timeout, Utah State's Neemias Queta was called for THIS:

Watching crooked refs in action is one of the worst things in sports pic.twitter.com/OMWM5bZF2O

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) March 8, 2020

HE'S NOWHERE FUCKING CLOSE TO OUT OF BOUNDS...

Remember, especially as we enter the bigger tournaments of a WIDE-OPEN Championship Week the likes we probably have never seen (and, see previous articles, no guarantee we even GET a March Madness NCAA Tournament this year!!!), the referees work for the conferences.

• And we have our first XFL fuckup and probable fix:

How NFL-like. https://t.co/TeMBKBapOd

— Brian Tuohy (@TheFixIsInTuohy) March 7, 2020

The "oops" is so NFL. The ending, where there is some recourse, is something new. https://t.co/7MJJWaBjdS

— Brian Tuohy (@TheFixIsInTuohy) March 8, 2020

There does need to be recourse here.  There just does.