HispanicCausinPanic

With all this talk about the calls in the Duck game, what in you opinion is the worst or missed call in a game that you can remember. Example- Didn't Colorado get a 5th down against Missouri a few years ago. And on that 5th down they scored the winning TD. Bring it on!

Fork

I read about a minor league umpire one time, working behind the plate. One out and there's a guy on third base. Fly ball to the outfield...guy catches it, runner tags up. There's a close play at the plate. The ump says..."I don't know. That was pretty close." Managers come out onto the field and ask him what the hell he means by that, what's the call. "It was too close to call. Let's have a do-over." So, they had a do-over. Now that's a bad call.

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wastro

The 5th down was huge, but how about Jordan's push-off against the Jazz?

Or the phantom foul in the 4th quarter of the 2000 Western Conference Finals?

PapaG

The phantom PI call on Miami vs. Ohio State in the BCS title game a few years ago is easily the worst call I have ever seen. It was on 4th down and is the only reason Ohio State extended the game to OT.

I say this as someone who has loathed Miami for at least two decades.

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Often times the worst call is the "no call." It is easy to cite tons of them.

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HispanicCausinPanic

I still think Sean Elliot's foot was on the 3 point line!

crandc

The worst call I ever personally saw was in a baseball game. It was the 7th innning and Bobby Witt of the A's was pitching a perfect game. Not a no hitter, a perfect game. A batter tried to bunt his way on. Witt fielded the ball and threw to Mark McGwire on first. The runner was clearly out. It was not even close. This is not my biased opinion but was the opinon on ESPN and national sports media. The umpire called the runner safe. Not one other runner reached base. The call cost Witt a perfect game.

Public Defender

You're nuts. If anything, his heel was touching the sideline. It was one of the best shots I've ever seen, and while it absolutely broke my heart, there was no help from the officials on it.

The worst calls I can remember are (and they're all non-calls)...

#1 - the Jordan push-off against Bryon Russell

#2 - the non-call on Shaq in the WCF Game 7 when Steve Smith drove the lane and was sent sailing (that foul gets called, Smitty banks 2, and the Blazers stanch the momentum...).

#3 - who can forget the time Karl Malone opened a gash over Brian Grant's eye - and Grant got called - I guess for fouling Malone's elbow with his head(!). I still think it's amazing that the Blazers managed to win that series, when the refs seemed to really want the Jazz to get one more shot, and the Blazers had a host of unlikeable players (Rider, Jim Jackson, Rasheed, etc.).

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furball

I would agree with the Jeffery Maher call and the Colorado call as the equally two worst calls. How can you have a 5th down?

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E.Ville Von Love

no way

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hoojacks

The last superbowl.

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Jordan hater!

BlazerFanFoLife

The best players are the best because they find little ways to break the rules when the reffs can't get a good view on it. How exactly did the 5th down work? did no one realize that they were given 5 downs or what?

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