eaglesfootball said:
I had a prior commitment and wasn't able to watch or listen to the game but their board is saying that the refs lost them the game. can anyone confirm/deny this?
They had an obvious TD called back. On the very next play they had a sure TD that bounced off of one of their receiver's hands in the endzone. The call may have influenced the overall complexion of the game but it's hard to say it cost them the game with that much time remaining and the fact that they would have still been trailing.
Big Sky refs are a problem every team has to deal with at some point. I remember in the 2011 game in Missoula Bronson getting into the endzone not once, but twice, and it not being called a TD. The next play Mitchell throws an INT and the rest is history.
Sometimes these refs blow some big ones but it's a problem that all BSC have to deal with universally. You have to be good enough to beat the other team AND the refs.