FightFan1 wrote:
This isn't a typical "refs suck" thread. But I noticed throughout the game that our players were whining and acting more aggressive towards the refs than usual. K even throwing his jacket in anger at the calls.
Meanwhile, I don't recall a single outburst from SC. They talked calmly to the refs and had sidebars with them.
Question is, do you think the refs got tired of our guys whining and as a result were less likely to blow a whistle?
Yea I was actually yelling at the screen telling Amile to stfu. Surpised we didnt get a T, he just kept going at it.
Human behavior to allow the game to be played at SC's tempo given the crowd and home advantage for them. We got hacked all night and were called on anything ticky tack. It's not a "blame the ref" comment -- it is what it is. We all smelled this as a trap game given where the game was going to be played. I don't think any true Duke fan is really surprised by this result. Crowd plays a huge role. Helps usually ****** offensive teams put up points, helps them on the FT line, etc. We had no emotional momentum the entire damn game.
DevilHorns wrote:It was as though the zebras forgot about the "freedom of movement" rules and called the game like it was 10 years ago....FightFan1 wrote:Our guys in general seemed... disinterested. Idk, it was odd.
They were frustrated by how aggressive SC played D all night and got away with everything. It's a tough game to play and I don't blame them.
BB7998 wrote:He threw his jacket because of the way the calls were going. Probably trying fire up his team early and get the refs attention that he wasn't happy with the direction. It obviously didn't help and may have made it worse. There was an obvious agenda in tonight's game. Duke could have won it if they made more plays and responded better but the agenda was obvious.