!@#*% Referees

O.k. I need to vent a little. Let me preface this by saying I hate to complain about referees because I know it is usually the losing team that does that BUT today was horrible. We had a Ref on our sideline that did not call anything all day except 3 sideline warnings for us being to close to the field(and maybe for expressing our feelings on his lack of officiating). I would not be as upset if I felt he just made bad calls because I understand people see things differently but he was just inept he would not make a call and he really blew a call by doing nothing at all. The game was a real battle the score was 0-0 with about 50 seconds to go they had the ball and we stripped the ball from there running back and one of our players jumped on the ball and was down. Well a Bingham kid jumped on ours and wrestled the ball away from us. The ref from the other side did not have a good view and all he saw was the Bingham player come out with the ball however the ref on our side had the same view as us but he would not blow his whistle and tell the other ref what he saw. It was like he was afraid to say anything to the older refs. Just to show you his knowledge of the game he was suppose to be officiating, we asked him if the game goes into overtime do we start from the 10? We all knew the answer but wanted to see what he said...Well he thought for a second and then said "I don't know" are you kidding me? We pay for this??? There really should be some sort of qualifications that the officials should meet. Anyways it was like not have an official on our side of the field.O.k. I am done.

ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE.....


The game was a defensive battle and know one could score they drove the ball a few times but we always stopped them down inside the 20. Micah had a great game he had an interception in the end zone and had several good runs. But he doesn't care because we lost the game. Bingham scored with 10 seconds left. Which they shouldn't have even had the ball because of the fumble. I don't know if we would have won for sure, but it should have gone into overtime. We beat them in 3 overtimes the last time we played and there is a good chance we could see them again in the playoffs. I was really proud of our boys they fought hard and never gave up. Bingham is so much bigger than us but we did not back down. We just have to put this game behind us and get ready for Riverton.