Worst call by an official ever made?

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I saw that and read the espn story today, trying to figure out if there was an explanation of why it couldn't be reviewed. That seemed pretty unbelievable. I can see missing a call, but still can't figure out why it couldn't be reviewed.
 

ESPN showed a replay on "C'mon Man" on Monday from the Chargers/Skins game where they called offensive pass interference on a guy that never came within 2 yards of the defender.
 

DarrenTheGreek said:
ESPN showed a replay on "C'mon Man" on Monday from the Chargers/Skins game where they called offensive pass interference on a guy that never came within 2 yards of the defender.
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Gotta wonder how the ref, who was standing right there, could make that call.
 

DarrenTheGreek said:
ESPN showed a replay on "C'mon Man" on Monday from the Chargers/Skins game where they called offensive pass interference on a guy that never came within 2 yards of the defender.
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A couple of brutal calls! Call on the safety was probably worse, but both are bad.
 

DarrenTheGreek said:
ESPN showed a replay on "C'mon Man" on Monday from the Chargers/Skins game where they called offensive pass interference on a guy that never came within 2 yards of the defender.
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Just curious, was that at a critical juncture in the game? Did it result in them not scoring on that drive?
 

killme said:
I saw that and read the espn story today, trying to figure out if there was an explanation of why it couldn't be reviewed. That seemed pretty unbelievable. I can see missing a call, but still can't figure out why it couldn't be reviewed.
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The "spot" of a penalty is non-reviewable. Since the ref called intentional grounding, it couldn't be reviewed. If it had been a "tackle safety," the play could be reviewed.

Situationally stupid, but I agree with the reasoning. Since you can't review any play for "non-called penalties," I don't want penalty plays reviewed either. Big slippery slope.
 

It occasionally bothers me when calls are missed but I'd rather officials let penalties go from time to time rather than make up stuff that's not there just because it looks like it might have been from their angle.
 



highwayman said:
The "spot" of a penalty is non-reviewable. Since the ref called intentional grounding, it couldn't be reviewed. If it had been a "tackle safety," the play could be reviewed.

Situationally stupid, but I agree with the reasoning. Since you can't review any play for "non-called penalties," I don't want penalty plays reviewed either. Big slippery slope.
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What about the play where the QB scrambles to the line of scrimmage and throws just as he gets there? Seems like a similar situation. I agree I don't want penalties being reviewed (called or non-called); that would turn into a fiasco. But, the intentional grounding call seemed like it was exactly what replay IS for.
 

Change the rules for to provide for automatic review when a safety is awarded as a result of a penalty. That wouldn't open matters up to wider review, it would be just like the automatic review for any score.
 

I have always thought that, for the purposes of reviewing penalties, football should borrow a concept from our judicial system. When courts review decisions by lower courts, they either review "de novo" (which means they ask "what would we have done if we were in their shoes?") or they review for "abuse of discretion" (which means they ask "is there any way that a reasonable court could have reached the decision that they did?"). I think that penalties should be able to be reviewed for abuse of discretion. I don't want to see them reviewing pass interference calls and saying "oh, well, in retrospect, that was pretty weak". However, if it is a situation where I receiver ran a hook route, and the receiver just tripped with absolutely no contact, but it looked to one ref as though he was pushed, I would like to see a replay crew be able to say "oh, wow, there was no contact of any kind, and nothing that even the most strict ref could have said was pass interference on that play".
 

RodentRampage said:
Change the rules for to provide for automatic review when a safety is awarded as a result of a penalty. That wouldn't open matters up to wider review, it would be just like the automatic review for any score.
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I could see them expanding to see if the spot of the foul was correct if a safety is involved. Can't waive of the penalty, but the spot of the foul can be changed. Maybe it will come up when they look to change the targeting penalty this off-season.

The Chargers/Skin play is interesting if you understand who is watching these two players. The SJ or FJ has the widest player on the field. He is 25 yards down field and from his spot it may look like a push off if he is straight-lined. When the Skins player puts his arms up to change direction it may have looked like a push off from behind.
 



When it comes to the worst call ever, lets start with Colorado vs. Missouri 1990


 

highwayman said:
The "spot" of a penalty is non-reviewable. Since the ref called intentional grounding, it couldn't be reviewed. If it had been a "tackle safety," the play could be reviewed.

Situationally stupid, but I agree with the reasoning. Since you can't review any play for "non-called penalties," I don't want penalty plays reviewed either. Big slippery slope.
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I can understand not being able to review if a penalty should be called. But in this situation, where the penalty occurred is a huge deal and should be reviewed in my opinion.

As for the PI in the Chargers game, I imagine the ref saw the defender kinda jerk back when he tried to change directions and it looked like he pushed off. That's the problem with some of these calls too. Too many times they are calling a penalty for what they thought happened, not what they actually saw.
 

I realize we're talking football, but I'd be remiss if I didn't suggest that Jim Joyce ruining Armando Galarraga's perfect game is likely one of the worst blown calls in the history of sports given the context in which the call transpired.
 

jll62 said:
I realize we're talking football, but I'd be remiss if I didn't suggest that Jim Joyce ruining Armando Galarraga's perfect game is likely one of the worst blown calls in the history of sports given the context in which the call transpired.
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I actually disagree. If we want to consider the context, I think a call that affects the outcome of the game has to trump one that messes up and individual's stat line for a game. Galarraga's team still won the game. I would put the phantom pass interference call that negated a third down stop by the Vikings in the NFC title game way ahead of a Jim Joyce.
 

The sad part is the ref just has to look down, realize he's not in the endzone, then realize the endzone is the opposite way from the QB. Agree, spot should be reviewable on something like that. I do think you can review if the QB was over the line of scrimmage, why not this?
 

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