When football conferences were regional, it made sense to hire officials who lived/worked within the conference geography.
With conferences strectching from sea to shining sea now, the need for conference officials is no longer. We should just have college officials with no conference affiliation or bias.
For far too many years, ND has been compromised by officials who ostensibly were unibiased but, in reality, seemed more intent of supporting the team that was actually paying their salaries.
Yesterdays game was as bad an officiated game as I have ever witnessed. They enforced 24 penalties many at the most inopportune times for ND. This was a 42-7 game held to 28-7 by the most inept, or biased team of officials on earth.
The "roughing the passer" call, in the fourth quarter, may have been the worst I have ever witnessed. But the entire game was a debacle. To their credit, Boise State never quit and played hard for 60 minutes. But their "12th man" kept them in the game much longer than they should have.
Replies to: "Conference Officials"
- Conference Officials - nd-usmc - 8:43am 10/5/25
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- The best part was he wasn't even a passer, he was a runner - McIrish - 1:04pm 10/5/25
- There should be no conference officials. Is there any way for ND to use Ivy League officials. - sweetbobbyg - 10:42am 10/5/25
- For non-conference games, officials are totally negotiable. [NT] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 3:15pm 10/5/25
- Officiating was absolutely horrible. The roughing the QB was a joke. Then one of our guys got called - jray - 10:11am 10/5/25
- Agreed, but those were Big 12 officials - ndunabomber - 11:06am 10/5/25
- Re: Agreed, but those were Big 12 officials - spiff72nd - 12:34pm 10/5/25
- I thought the visiting team brought their conference refs? - ndunabomber - 2:12pm 10/5/25
- Re: Agreed, but those were Big 12 officials - spiff72nd - 12:34pm 10/5/25
- I don't think they were biased - Mark - 10:36am 10/5/25
- Agreed, but those were Big 12 officials - ndunabomber - 11:06am 10/5/25
- it was beyond egregious and completely agree: it should have been 42-7. [NT] - und67 - 8:54am 10/5/25
- The TV booth, especially Jason, worked hard at staying above it all. - ELP - 8:47am 10/5/25
- He did once - Mark - 10:37am 10/5/25
- The "late hit" and "roughing the passer" should have been called out. - jakers - 10:30am 10/5/25
- Jason definitely bit his tongue. [NT] - jray - 10:13am 10/5/25
- On radio, Ryan Harris did not hold back at all. He was livid, like many of us. [NT]
- jrdjr84 - 9:27am 10/5/25
- LOL. Love me some Ryan Harris. He is definitely a homer that knows his stuff. [NT] - ELP - 10:47am 10/5/25