Anyone see the end to the Glenville vs. Dwyer Game?

[Gerry Bertier]

Did anyone catch the ending to the Glenville vs. Dwyer game on ESPN this afternoon? Both teams are ranked in the top 15 in the country, however a great game was tainted by terrible officiating the end the game. Glenville took the lead late in the 4th quarter and Dwyer got the ball and drive the length of the field to tie the game. Until the sideline judge rules a TD pass incomplete with a minute to go. So that is TD # 1 taken away from Dwyer. Then they continue to drive and now they are inside the 10. Dwyer runs a QB sneak where the QB clearly crosses the goal line, but what happens he is marked down at the one. So that is TD # 2 not given. On the last play of the game, they run a QB sneak again and the entire pile is in the endzone as the clock is running down. They signal 3rd down and allows the Glenville players to run off with the football as the time expires.

 

Never before have I seen such a blatant form of cheating by officials. Let me add this game took place in Ohio and Glenville is from Ohio.

[cbg]

If you don't use a neutral group of officials for a game like this you are asking for trouble.

[jlmac4]

They actually didn't score on the 1st run, but definitely scored on the pass and the 2nd run. The worst job of "officiating" I have ever witnessed, and the same is being said to a man in Ohio forums, with everyone sick to their stomach over it, as this crew from the Ohio Capital Conference, a Columbus area conference with 32 teams, has given the entire state a black eye, and probably ended trips up north from any Florida schools. To many, this game alone has all but ruined the event, after 41 games over 5 years and no prior officiating issues, and that is sad, because it is far from indicative of the level of professionalism by officials in Ohio week in/week out.

Many are infuriated by Glenvilles' "coach" Tedd Ginn Sr, as his address to the team after the game made no mention of the hose job that handed them a win they didn't deserve. What a pathetic excuse for a coach. Ginn addresses the team

The man is far from respected as a coach in Ohio. What should happen is the game should not even be counted, the win taken from Glenville, and Dwyers' loss erased. Maybe if this event is continued next year, Herbstreit will do the right thing and make use of all the ESPN cameras, and review these kinds of calls so this never happens again.

[cbg]

They actually didn't score on the 1st run, but definitely scored on the pass and the 2nd run. The worst job of "officiating" I have ever witnessed, and the same is being said to a man in Ohio forums, with everyone sick to their stomach over it, as this crew from the Ohio Capital Conference, a Columbus area conference with 32 teams, has given the entire state a black eye, and probably ended trips up north from any Florida schools. To many, this game alone has all but ruined the event, after 41 games over 5 years and no prior officiating issues, and that is sad, because it is far from indicative of the level of professionalism by officials in Ohio week in/week out.

Many are infuriated by Glenvilles' "coach" Tedd Ginn Sr, as his address to the team after the game made no mention of the hose job that handed them a win they didn't deserve. What a pathetic excuse for a coach. Ginn addresses the team

The man is far from respected as a coach in Ohio. What should happen is the game should not even be counted, the win taken from Glenville, and Dwyers' loss erased. Maybe if this event is continued next year, Herbstreit will do the right thing and make use of all the ESPN cameras, and review these kinds of calls so this never happens again.

 

Like I said in a previous post if you don't use a group of neutral officials for a game like this you are asking for trouble. Why would anyone even consider using a group of officials from Florida or Ohio for this particular game? With PA, West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan & Indiana being border states with Ohio, why would someone not have considered getting the officials from one of those states? With regard to officials these games should be treated like a college bowl game.

Edited September 12, 2010 by cbg

[jlmac4]

Agreed. There is plenty of money being put up for these games to happen, it's time to spend some of that money on crews with no ties to either participating state.