Coalition
for Better WAC Officiating
Protest the Mugging
of Andre Miller
Protest Bad WAC Officiating
in General
Display this "Crimson
Ribbon" on your site to protest the blatant mugging that Andre Miller suffered
at the hands of the New Mexico Lobos, in particular Royce "Thug" Olney,
and the Officiating crew. The muggings were not called and the injured
Miller was left lying on the ground while play continued around him.
Karl Benson, WAC
Commissioner, came correct yesterday by issuing a first-ever 'Open Letter
to WAC Fans,' admitting that there were some bad calls made down the stretch
in the Utah/UNM game as well as the TCU/Tulsa game. He didn't name those
two games specifically, but we all know which ones were in question. Referees
who make bad calls are not allowed to work the WAC and NCAA tournaments.
If what he says is correct, then we'd better not see Scott Thornley, Jim
Stupin and Lonnie Dixon in Las Vegas! Especially Lonnie Dixon, who was
the ref closest to the infamous Andre Miller mugging.
"[I] didn't see
a foul," said Dixon in an article in the Albuquerque Journal (linked below).
In the same article,
Bobby Dibler, supervisor of WAC officials said, "I felt awful. I just feel
bad when we miss plays that are not judgment plays. ... In this play, I
don't feel there was any judgment. I think the play is right there and
I think there was a foul that was not called."
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Protest WAC Officiating Home Page.
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WAC.
New Mexico handed a win by the officials.
" No wonder New Mexico has
won 38 straight games in the Pit. That was the worst homer job I've seen
in years ... If the Lobos could play every game in the Pit, they'd be the
42-time NCAA champions!" said sports talk show host Jim Rome, The
Sports Jungle.
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