PSAC Football scheduling

[TheBigCat2192]

It's an absolutely brutal job.

Our crowds in D2 are lame and dull -- and it is still tough. I can't imagine what the officials put up with at the D1 level.

Basketball is the worst by far. The crowd is right on top of you. At the KCAC, for example, Row 1 is literally about 24" from the court. Same at Gannon. Add the ego-maniac coaches, etc. Those guys take a beating. When you subtract the travel, time, etc., they don't make much, either. Not to mention traveling all over in January and February in this Region isn't a pleasant experience.

At least in football most of our stadiums have a track, which forms a natural buffer from the crowd.

The conundrum, obviously, is bad officials are better than no officials. But, as you've read on this board from numerous posters (many different schools), officiating in the PSAC is near rock bottom from a quality standpoint.

When I was a freshman at BU the school offered a course to become certified as PIAA basketball ref for no fee (I believe the test normally costs about $75-$125). It was delivered as two night classes taught by a pair of veteran refs and then a third date to take the test on campus. There were maybe 12-15 people in the class even though it should probably have been an easy way to make a little money either on school breaks or even during the semester for those who scheduled properly and had a car. I made it to the two night classes but forgot to take the test (classic college student mistake.)

[Ram040506]

Mistakes will always happen. That's part of it.

It's the little things. I can't tell you the last time I saw a D2 crew measure for a first down. It's been YEARS.

My absolute biggest beef is on the basketball side. I just cannot stand when a crew will let the teams beat the hell out of each other the entire first half, and then flip a switch at halftime and call every ticky-tack foul imaginable. It's like watching two different games.

I've seen so many D2 basketball games I know the crews pretty well. I can tell you what kind of game it will be in warm-ups. We have one crew in particular which is the 'look at us the whole game' ... they ruin every game and call about 100 fouls.

If you saw the end of that Rock/Shep game you would have saw a couple VERY close measurements at the end of the game. Decided the game type measurements.

[IUPNation]

A favorite IUP Marching Band cheer from the 80’s…

”The ref beats his wife! The ref beats his wife!”

Good Times.

[Fightingscot82]

I remember hearing at IUP, "get off your knees, ref, you're blowing the game!"

[IUPNation]

I remember hearing at IUP, "get off your knees, ref, you're blowing the game!"

No doubt!

The “Crush, Kill, Maim, Destroy” chant by the band was another favorite of mine.