In Reply to: UF -FSU ACC Referee Comic posted by Lauren on December 04, 2003 at 17:27:03:
Yes Lauren, I saw it and I believe that it portrays it how it was. Not only was that fumble recovered by Crowder an awful miss-call, but also, both fumbles on the first couple kick-offs were missed calls, as well. One of those fumbles, that wasn't called, on a kick off cost us a touchdown and seven points. In addition, the Fason fumble, that wasn't a fumble since his knee hit the ground, gave FSU seven points. That's 14 points in FSU's favor; 21 points if you take into consideration that we would have scored off of Crowder's fumble recovery. However, all of the missed calls aside, there is NO excuse for us to allow FSU to get a first down on 4th and 14 by playing a weak zone cover defense. Also, Gus Scott covering FSU's best receiver, P.K. Sam (since Craphonso Thorpe was out with an injury), was ridiculous! Keiwan Ratliff needed to be on him, no matter what. So, in one word, the play calls in that last minute of play wer--HORRENDOUS! Like Miami, we lost that game ourselves, but this time, it wasn't totally our fault. We were playing against two different teams--the ACC refs and FSU.