- Aug 17, 2018
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The officiating crew was bad, no question...but to say it handed us the win is laughably misguided.
The poor spot (that wasn't reviewed) directly led to 3 points for them in the first half and the refs missed an OL downfield on their flea flicker that should have been called that directly led to a TD; so their protests we had 14 points "handed to us" fall somewhat on deaf ears on that basis alone. At best, thats a +4 balance to us and it was an 11 point final score--but 18 points in the 4th quarter with us playing prevent defense. Sorry, the scoreboard doesn't lie.
And the thing that USCe fans forget is we already KNOW the Muschump song and dance: it's NEVER his fault. Bad officiating calls have gone against us for decades--good coaches find a way to rise above and not have it matter. Muschump isn't a good coach and this is part of why he never will be.
The poor spot (that wasn't reviewed) directly led to 3 points for them in the first half and the refs missed an OL downfield on their flea flicker that should have been called that directly led to a TD; so their protests we had 14 points "handed to us" fall somewhat on deaf ears on that basis alone. At best, thats a +4 balance to us and it was an 11 point final score--but 18 points in the 4th quarter with us playing prevent defense. Sorry, the scoreboard doesn't lie.
And the thing that USCe fans forget is we already KNOW the Muschump song and dance: it's NEVER his fault. Bad officiating calls have gone against us for decades--good coaches find a way to rise above and not have it matter. Muschump isn't a good coach and this is part of why he never will be.