I have some serious questions about that ref crew. I am not saying they cost us the game, they absolutely didn't, but the amount of penalties called on both teams was not believable. All together, 31 flags were thrown for over 300 yards of penalties. Coming into the game Mars Hill average 6.6 penalties for 43 yards and we 7.5 for 70 yards, the odds that both of us completely forgot how to play within the rules to that degree is again unbelievable to me.
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Agree 100%. I was sitting right on the 50 and that was the strangest officiating I've ever witnessed. I don't recall seeing a single penalty call that was a bad one. There were just so darned MANY of them. Why does BJ Stewart ruin a great return by tossing the ball away? The horsecollar call was obvious, as were the couple of lineman downfield. On virtually every return I saw illegal blocks and holding that weren't called. I honestly can't say that the zebras favored either team, but seeing yellow flags on the ground after every big play sure took some of the fun out of watching the game.