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<blockquote data-quote="jacketup" data-source="post: 688802" data-attributes="member: 630"><p>Even if Tech fouled more than usual and ND fouled less, that does not explain why, with approximately 80% of the game complete, <strong>Tech had</strong> <strong>3 times more fouls than ND </strong>(15 to 5). It also doesn't explain why, during approximately the last 20% of the game, ND was called for almost half of its fouls. </p><p>I can explain the reason, however. I've seen it many times over the years. It officials' way of cooking the box score. They are aware that there is a huge disparity in the fouls, so with the game not in doubt, they start calling fouls to make up for the disparity. That way, they don't look as bad in the box score. If you don't believe the officials are conscious of their supervisors looking at box scores, you are naive. </p><p></p><p>In the Kentucky Auburn game last night, UK had 29 fouls, AU 20. That's a disparity, but not an unreasonable disparity. 22-9 is not a reasonable disparity, and 15-5 is far worse. I don't believe a team can play for 30 minutes or more in a conference game of equals and only pick up 5 fouls if the game is called correctly. The UK-AU game shows a reasonable number of fouls for two skilled teams, and we were in line with that. ND wasn't close.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jacketup, post: 688802, member: 630"] Even if Tech fouled more than usual and ND fouled less, that does not explain why, with approximately 80% of the game complete, [B]Tech had[/B] [B]3 times more fouls than ND [/B](15 to 5). It also doesn't explain why, during approximately the last 20% of the game, ND was called for almost half of its fouls. I can explain the reason, however. I've seen it many times over the years. It officials' way of cooking the box score. They are aware that there is a huge disparity in the fouls, so with the game not in doubt, they start calling fouls to make up for the disparity. That way, they don't look as bad in the box score. If you don't believe the officials are conscious of their supervisors looking at box scores, you are naive. In the Kentucky Auburn game last night, UK had 29 fouls, AU 20. That's a disparity, but not an unreasonable disparity. 22-9 is not a reasonable disparity, and 15-5 is far worse. I don't believe a team can play for 30 minutes or more in a conference game of equals and only pick up 5 fouls if the game is called correctly. The UK-AU game shows a reasonable number of fouls for two skilled teams, and we were in line with that. ND wasn't close. [/QUOTE]
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