Was it "just another football game". Yes. Try telling that to the 60 players wearing the crimson and cream. In the grand scheme of things, football is an ant in a colony. BUT, does that mean we shouldn't correct the blatant mistakes people make? Of course not. Baseball is just baseball...but Pete Rose got the death penalty. I am sick and tired of people comparing these blown calls to recent "bad calls"...THERE IS NO COMPARISON. Ask anyone...the actions that those officials took in Eugene on Saturday were the worst in college football history...period. They were nothing short of blatant. You will never convince me otherwise. Now, do the officials deserve a prison sentence? Of course not. But only a one game suspension?? PLEASE. If this is the maximum penalty (which would be needed to fit the crimes), then what will stop future referees from being impartial (and these were)? Do most officials have integrity? Yes...but not all of them. It's the same with players...most of them are honest, but one or two will take the $$$ and point shave. People who think that officials can't be corrupt are just naive. What I saw Saturday was corruption...at least two grown men (head ref and replay ref) getting caught up in the crowd noise and the situation and decided to cheat for their beloved "local team". INEXCUSABLE. I WAS a big college football fan. It took me several weeks to get past the blown INT in the '84 OU-UT game...then nearly 2 months to forget last seasons OU-Tech game. Both of these were bad...but at least they were judgement calls. After this fiasco, which was absolutely blatant, I have lost all faith that college football is the last team sport free of corruption.

It's too easy to make such a claim while hiding behind an Echo. Without positive proof, you should not make such an irresponsible statement.

Lana, I appreciate you coming out of the shadows. I guess neither of us will ever know what is in the heart and mind of the ones who made such a grievous error. I moan over mistakes made against my team too but it would do us all well to try to put sports and life into proper perspective.