What percentage of calls do you all get right?
In an average Big Ten game with 150 to 200 plays, we might miss four. That includes no-calls — missed a DPI (defensive pass interference), missed a hold, ineligible downfield. A trade secret: As an official, you would much rather have one of those than have a flag that’s thrown that’s wrong. You don’t want to put a flag on the ground unless you’re 110% sure. Bill (Carollo) has a saying: I want you to love your call. If you’re not sure, don’t throw the flag.
Hmm, this all sounds familiar. I wonder where he learned to give answers like this? Bill Carollo is full of ****. He was for the botched Leidner targeting call before he was against it. Get good at circling the wagons, get good at spouting insincere nonsense for the cameras and you too can climb to the top of an organization kids.
From the Star Tribune, fall 2015:
“Carollo considers targeting the most important rule football has adopted in recent years because of the way it’s improving player safety. He said there have actually been twice as many targeting penalties called in the Big Ten this year than last year at this time.
But as he said, there are blatant targeting calls, there are calls that clearly aren’t targeting and a gray area in between.
On this hit, “If you look from behind, it looks like targeting,” Carollo said. “And if you saw the officials on the field, they conferred. One threw the flag, and the other didn’t think it was [targeting].”
The replay official needed indisputable evidence to overturn the targeting call.
“They felt [Perry’s] hands came in first,” Carollo said. “Yes, there was contact to the head, but the forcible contact came into the chest area. We felt that it was a properly thrown flag on the field. But when it went to replay, there was enough evidence to overturn it.”
He added: “[Perry’s] hand went under [Leidner’s] armpit. [The helmet] came through, yes, but his face was up. He didn’t use the crown. He had contact to the chin, but we didn’t think the force was there. We thought it was about 6 inches lower. Most of it was at the chest.”
He added: “We do a pretty good job. It doesn’t mean we’re perfect. But every call’s like that. It’s in the eyes of the beholder.”
