Quote from: pumkinattack on October 23, 2010, 03:50:54 PM

I also have to say, Ray Martell, despite how much FR sweats him, is a homer joke.  Ted Baker is about 40x better than him.  He's crying about one call from the first half despite the fact that every call has gone to MMA all game. 

Obviously I'm furstrated bc Hobart's way better than this team, but the TO's and penalties, some deserved, some super questionable, have all gone towards MMA and it's a one TD game.

Martell sucks though.  Completely sucks.

You are absolutely entitled to your opinion of my commentary, but I would like to clarify that my harping on that particular penalty was NOT complaining about the call, but more complaing the action of it.

Immediately after I stated that i did not see the call and It would be impossible to see it from the press box, so I have to give the benefit of the doubt to the refs that they got it right. During halftime, a Hobart parent/supporter said that it was a lucky break and questionable.  I refered to it a few times later in the game and, yes, it was a HUGE play in the first half.  Instead of KP ball on the HOB 20, down 23-13, they go down and score the TD. KP never recovered. If that play goes differently (RE: KP doesn't commit a horrendous penalty), it IS a different game, 20 yards away, only down 10.

And saying that all the calls went against KP is just not true. There is a reason HOB came into the game with the most penalty yards in the conference.
                                             HOB       KP
Penalties-Yards...............    10-83     6-58

Much closer than you make it seem.

Ray Martel

PS. Ted Baker is excellent.