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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 3993252, member: 40"]
I think it's important to acknowledge that there's a difference between a missed call, and a call that has a substantial influence on the ending of the game.

I'll give you a counter example to your point, I remember a basketball game back in 2010, were we were rated in the top five and played a pretty good West Virginia team at home. There was a blatant foul on us that wasn't called, which enabled us to get a stop on the game's final possession and squeak out a one-point win (or whatever).  There was lots of chatter on our board about how the call went our way, how West Virginia got screwed, and how we were lucky to pull it out, and how the non-call that worked in our favor contributed to that outcome.

I'd probably lose the dome dog bet about it being 10 threads, but it was certainly discussed at great length. The same way that this horrendous call that didn't go in our favor this time is getting discussed.

This isn't a nuance between a subjective holding call that could get called every play but doesn't.  We're talking about an egregious miss that has no business not being called, and was so bad that it's indefensible.

Pretending that a call on that magnitude is the same as every other missed call is as disingenuous as downplaying that it occurred by pointing to other things the team did or did not do as somehow making the s***** officiating not relevant.

We didn't play a perfect game, that's a given. But we played well enough to win, and the best team did not win Saturday in no small part due to that horrible call. The AD is right when he points out that it was inexcusable.
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