Mine would have to be that time the Nebraska player (I think it was the quarterback) got facemasked so bad that his head turned all the way aroun, he was tackled by his face, and the refs didn't call it. I think it was in a national championship game?

And the no-foul call on the layup in the A&M game Wednesday was right up there.

I was at the Cotton Bowl the year RW won the heisman when tu was playing Mississippi St. At one part of the game a defensive lineman for MSU jumped offsides, which they called, but then he preceded to grab Major Applewhite by the helmet SWING him around and pull his helmet off. And the refs were to busy waving their arms and blowing whistles and deciding who jumped first to call the personal foul.

EDIT: Yeah Leach got plowed by Bookout, even the OU fans around me were amazed.

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Colorado's infamous 5th down.

this is the play you were talking about watty...





I have no clue how you miss that call.

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Gotta agree with Watty there. It was the Neb/KSU game in '98 or '99, and one of KSU's LBs almost ripped off Eric Crouch's head. I was amazed when he got up and walked off, even more so that no foul was called even though I swear a ref stood right there looking at it.

Another one would be when Reggie was sandwiched between UT's DE and DT in the Cotton Bowl. Reggie hit the ground, rather hard, and lost both helmet and ball. Only the ref thought it was a fumble. Reggie looked like Wile E. Coyote after a boulder fell on him.

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It was '98 and when I saw the topic of this thread, this was the play I first thought of.

The "inadvertant whistles" we had in... I guess it was 03... TWICE!

Not seeing what one player does to another on the field is understandable, as they just might not see it. But blowing whistles randomly during a game, and then calling a "do-over" dead ball after the play was already run, and giving neither team the option of keeping or throwing away the previous down. Ugh. It still burns me up.

We really got screwed on both of those "inadvertant whistles" calls. The one against tceh cost us a touchdown, and I believe the one in the Pitt game cost us another potential big play. It wouldn't have had made a difference in the outcome of either game, but they still both pissed me off a lot because what if they had!?

Though they aren't missed calls, there always seem to be a lot of fabricated holding calls when the Ags play in Lubbock. I'm still angry over the one that cost us the game in 1999.

We were at SMU in 1986 (the game where the SMU alumni band got called for unsportsmanlike conduct). Right before halftime, SMU scored. However, the RB fumbled the ball at about the 3 yard line, right in front of the Linesman. The guy was in full stride and simply lost the ball, right through the endzone. The Linesman called it a TD.

We mounted a pretty substantial comeback in the 2nd half to win.

I don't remember the details but it the World Series game 6 with the Cardinals and the Royals. First base ump Don Dininkinger missed a play at first that allowing the winning run to reach base, then the run scored.

Replay clearly showed he was out. The Royals won game 6 and then the Cards pitching fell apart in Game 7.

The other bad one was home base ump squuezing Astro Bob Knepper in Game 6 of the NLCS in the 9th. The Mets tied the game, and then won in the 16th. If it had went to game 7, the Mets would have to face Mike Scott.

Baseball bad calls stand out because they are so rare.

gotta agree with others on the no call facmask k-State Nebraska game in '98 in Manhatten.
as others have said that was the first play that popped into my mind when I saw this thread.
if I recall that game was for the north title that year. I know the no-call came very very late n the game(like in the final minute), and it would of given Nebraska a 1st down deep in Kstate territory driving for the winning score. I believe it was a fourth down when the play happened


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1989 football vs. Texas Tech. William Thomas sacks the tech QB. He fumbles when hit, then Anthony Williams recovers for the win. Not so fast my friend. One of the officials is a tech alum and he sees it differently. Next play the tech QB hits his wide receiver with the winning TD. Replays clearly show the ball squirts out on contact. This play helped lead to a new rule in the SWC. An alumnus could not officiate a game that his alma mater was playing in. This call along with Ron Underwood's call during the A&M-Arknasas game the same year. 2 calls directly caused us to go 8-3 instaed of 10-1.

That pass that bounced off the turf in the Carter v Permian game in Friday Night Lights. That guy must've been blind.

I'd have to say either the k-state facemask of Crouch or the 5th down play.

A similar call to the one Koch was talking about happened against tu when James Brown was their QB. One of our guys sacked Brown and he coughed it up plain as day. We recovered, and the refs called him down by contact. Brown gutted it out that game and the sips won, but not without that horrible call helping them out.

Speaking of the Nebraska / KSU call:

several years ago i met a man in Dallas named John Lewis. He told me that he was a former SWC official. I then said that for the most part, A&M had done OK with officiating with the exception of tech games. He said, "...well, sometimes even good officials miss calls...I missed a call one time and ended up on the cover of Sports Illustrated..." he went on to tell me that he was the back judge that day for the Nebraska / KSU game and had missed the facemask call. I could hardly contain myself when I realize that I was talking to the guy who had missed one of the most obvious calls in history. He acted like it wasn't that big of a deal...

what Joe Koch said. Agree completely

Pretty funny! Like others have already said, as I was opening this thread, the KSU/NU facemask is the one I was thinking about. Still blows my mind that that call was missed.

John 3:16

"Thirty years ago kids talked about their duties and responsibilities ... today they talk about their rights and privileges."

Larry Horton over the back against the piggies.

It was sort of missed. I was at the Wyoming game in 2001 when a Wyo player was called for a personal foul (can't remember why) but then the refs never walked off the yardage. RC was on the sideline yelling, but they snapped the ball and kept playing.

85 baylor in waco - easy.

Pitt in 03, reggie pitched the ball and moved around the outside like going for a pass. THe LB just grabbed his jersey and reggie was pumping to get away but the guy just held the crap out of him. I can understand the refs being tricked by the trick play too but i think everyone in the dang stadium saw it. Not the worst ive ever seen but pretty bad.

Interception of no.1 tu pass in '63. Ags WON that game and I will dispute anyone that differs!

If you refer to 'em as anything other than t.u. or 'sip, you are not an AGGIE.

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The tceh receiver that pushed Jonte Buhl with both hands and then turned around and caught the ball for a TD was the worst non call this season. The ignorant ref stood there and watched it, and then slowly raised both hands to signify a touchdown.

I seem to recall that same thing happened against Cougar High in the north end zone. Blatant push off but instead of offensive PI Cougar High got a TD.

Oooh, I forgot about the Pitt '03 one when Reggie got held. That was probably the second most obvious one I've seen. There was ref standing right there too.

How about Torrence Marshall's INT return during the OU game of 2000? There's a picture of Rocky Calmus pushing Mark Farris in the back with an official staring RIGHT AT THEM. I know someone here has that pic.

I believe it was 90 or 91... Rockets last play of his career at Notre Dame... returns the punt at the very end of the game to beat CU (who would become National Champions) and phantom "hold call" that would bring back probably the most awesome play in college football in the last decade and give CU the National Championship...

"This little coin can make a big difference, but this little coin... as you can see... this side's Texas... and this is LSU... so I'm going to flip it... says LSU... well I don't know about that... says Texas... sounds good BUT" 1-31-2005

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This may not be the most obvious, but it still burns me the most since the Media chose to ignore it to keep their prima-donna Oklahoma team in the national title hunt.

2000 aTm vs. OK. Farris throws the pick to Torrance Marshall and heads to tackle the him butd is pushed in the back (both hands of the OU player are on his jersy number) to stop him from AT LEAST SLOWING DOWN the return for a TD. That TD was the game winner. Not going to pretend Farris stops him, slowing him down might have been good enough.

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What about that blown pass interference call between LSU and Alabama last season. That ranks up there some where.

The SEC apologized that week for the call.

I'd have to vote for the infamous "5th down" in the Colorado game in the 90's (I think).

The best part was, not only the fact that none of the refs or line judges caught it, but none of the other coaches did either.

If I remember correctly, the entire reffing staff got the axe after that.

Two point safety gets my vote...

That said, the fifth down was horrible.

The one point safety against us this year wasn't a bad call, I can see their logic.

I second the Reggie sitting down on the ground and let's go of the ball and it's called a fumble against Tenn. being a bad call. Big momentum shift.

I have several "favorites:

1. In the 1979 tu game the Ags kicked off with the Sun directly behind the kicker. He kicked it in a high trajectory angled. One of tu's Jones boys went over to the tu sideline to take kick, but he didn't have a clue where the ball was going because he was blinded by the Sun. He signalled for a fair catch, but the ball bounced off of him toward the tu goalline. A&M recovered around the tu 15. Ooops... the side judge blew his whistle when he saw Jones raise his hand.

"Inadvertent whistle" ! tu kept the ball. Tom Wilson wents postal. The Ags won anyhow, depriving tu of the Sugar Bowl.

2. In the 1997 Navy-ND game, the Navy QB, Chris McCoy faked a handoff to the FB who was gang tackled after three yards. Meanwhile McCoy smoothly pitched it back to the right slot back who turned up field with nothing between and the goal line but 60 yards of grass. "Inadvertent whistle" ! The field judge (and the entire ND team) thought the FB had it. No TD. Charlie Weatherbie (then Navy's head coach) went postal on the sidelines. Navy lost 21-17 ... again.

3. Same game ... Navy was ahead 17-14 with less than two minutes to go. On 4th and nine, ND passed and the receiver was brought down a yard and a half short of a first down. The head linesman spotted the ball terribly and then measured it. First down, Notre Dame. Even the ND's homer broadcasters on both TV and radio said it was a horrible spot. They scored six plays later. Navy didn't quit though. They threw a long desperation pass that got stopped on the ND 1 as time ran out.

4. In the 2000 OU game, Mark Farris threw one of his all-too-frequent game-deciding INTs. He ran to try to tackle the interceptor. OU's outstanding LB, #11 (whose name escapes me for the moment) pushed Mark to the ground from behind, one hand on Mark's #1 and the other on his #0. If ever there was a "Blocking from behind above the waist" call, that should have been it. NO CALL. TD scores. Ultimately it was the winning margin for OU.

Gig 'Em, Aggies !!

I'd have to say the worst call I've ever seen was when Frank Drebin called the runner safe at the plate in the Angels-Mariners game during The Naked Gun.

That or when Drebin then went and got himself involved in the rundown between 2nd and 1st.