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When it all boils down to it, it's just a game. Stupid Sooners...
Nice job, asshole. I have a bunch of friends who are Sooner fans and even they think this is ed up.
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- The instant replay official whose failure to overturn a bad call led to a narrow Oregon victory over Oklahoma said Monday he feels like he is under siege after threatening phone calls, including a death threat.
Gordon Riese said he would make a decision soon about whether to finish the season, or even whether to return next year.
"I'm struggling with it," Riese said in an interview at his home. "I feel so bad I missed that call, it's driving me crazy."
A former college baseball pitcher in the 1960s who was inducted into the Portland State Hall of Fame in 1997, Riese said he never played football but always enjoyed the game during 28 years as a Pacific-10 Conference official.
"I loved it, I absolutely loved it," Riese said.
But that was before he became an instant replay official.
"I've felt much, much more pressure as an instant replay official than I ever did on the field," Riese said.
He said the equipment is not as sophisticated as NFL replay equipment and does not allow the official to freeze the frame. But Riese lays the blame on himself after replays showed that an onside kick was touched by an Oregon player before it had traveled the required 10 yards. The Ducks went on to score the go-ahead touchdown.
"I can't sleep, I can't eat, my blood pressure is skyrocketing," Riese said, looking haggard and worn as he sat on the front porch of his house.
His wife is a registered nurse, and has been checking his blood pressure every four hours, he said.
Riese said he has stopped answering the phone, and police are investigating the threatening calls while keeping an eye on his neighborhood.
"They not only threatened me, they threatened my wife and kids," Riese said.
Riese has endured plenty of physical pain in his career. He said a torn rotator cuff ended his pitching days, all the ligaments in his right knee were torn when he was hit by an Oregon defensive back at Autzen Stadium in a 1984 game against Washington State, and he suffered a separated collarbone when he was run over by opposing linemen trying to block each other in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl.
The knee and the collarbone still bother him, occasionally, he said.
But not as much as his ruling from the booth last Saturday, Riese said.
"I don't know how to deal with it," he said. "I guess it's just one of those things."
I would subpoena the phone records of the president of Oklahoma University.
he doesn't have time for phone calls since he is focusing on academics these days...
I would have given Bavetta the same phone calls in May if I had his number.
Eh he'll be fine bunch-a-pussies.
then you're a ing idiot. no one deserves to have chicken s calling them up with death threats over a game.
The guy made a mistake over a football game. There is no reason for threats of any kind. Especially not to his wife and kids. They had nothing to do with it.
so then you think the death threats are ok.Eh he'll be fine bunch-a-pussies.
My precious friends. There is nothing wrong with death threats. We will all go to heaven someday. Praise Jesus!!
What do you expect from a freakin pig.
Death threats are not cool. I was housesitting for a friend once. Next door neighbors were loudly having a party and were all boozed up ... at 4AM in the morning. So I called the cops, being all of 19 yo and not wanting to confront 10-12 drunken bozos in a cheezy neighborhood.
Next day I pick up the paper after work and there is a note taped to it saying "you die tonight at midnight." What do you expect, it was the south side of SA (which was where I grew up). I was pretty freaked out, went about my business for the rest of the day, told people about the threat and called the couple whose house I was at to see if they had anything defensive around the house. They had a shotgun of some sort so I kept it handy and slept in a different room. Nothing ever happened but I didn't get much sleep that night ...
dont worry my friend. your house was protected by God's angels! Praise Jesus!!
Mark Cuban does.
Oklahoma!!!!!
This man, this American, this...referee--he didn't have all the necessary information to make the correct call in that particular situation. He didn't have all the angles that viewers saw on television.
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