Moments in sports that really pissed you off

[Morgana]

It's pretty self-explanatory, are there moments in sports where you thought the refs or judges were unfair, or they fucked up so obviously and so badly, it still leaves you fuming?

I have to go back to the Salt Lake City games, pairs figure skating. The Canadians had obviously won, but the Russians were awarded the gold medal. Of course, eventually the Canadians were also awarded the gold medal, but the whole thing was just scandalous. It left a sour taste in my mouth and tainted the entire Olympics for me.

[RicochetShaw]

Yeah, thats a good call with the skating in the olympics.
Another one for me would be the first match between Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfied. Lewis completely dominated the entire match, but it came out as a tie when one of the judges picked Holyfield as the victor! Then of course they met again a few months later and Lewis won.
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And also when Michael Jordan fouled Bryon Russel on his game-winning shot against the Utah Jazz, but the refs didn't call anything and consequently the Bull won the game and the championship. (i think this was 1998)
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This is on a smaller scale, but maybe the worst mistake I have ever seen a ref make. It was a game between the Pittsburg Steelers and some other NFL team. It was over-time, and the Steelers captain had the choice of heads or tails and that would decide who would get the ball. He said "tails", which was the correct answer, but the Ref mis-heard him thinking he said "heads" and gave the ball to ther other team! (then they won)

[arto_j]

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[Mick]

The moment in sporting history that pisses me off more than any other is, of course, when Geoff Hurst hit the bar against Germany in the 1966 World Cup final and the fuckwit Russian linesman told the ref it was a goal. I think we all know what happened next :(

Scotland are playing Brazil in France, World Cup 1998. Despite a nightmare start, we were level with the world champions at half time thanks to a John Collins penalty. If we'd taken a point from that game, then I think we would've played much better against Morrocco and Norway and possibly progressed from the group stage, for the first time ever........ But no, that Craig Brown prick had his good mate Tom Boyd (who was too fucking old, not to mention completey shit and not first-choice for his club) in the squad. Nice own goal from the old boy, and we lose the game 2-1.

[paul calf]

Originally posted by Mick
The moment in sporting history that pisses me off more than any other is, of course, when Geoff Hurst hit the bar against Germany in the 1966 World Cup final and the fuckwit Russian linesman told the ref it was a goal. I think we all know what happened next :(



one goal that never crossed the line and another during a pitch invasion,and the english wondor why we are bitter.

[Bullet Tooth Tony]

How about last week win Gary Docherty gave away a penalty in the last minute against Bolton.

One this season was when we were humiliated by Southampton in the FA Cup 4-0 when I went beserk, swearing and throwing a video of the game out of my bedroom window and then running it over with my car...I think I need anger management!

[Morgana]

This really doesn't have anything to do with refs, but I'm still choking on how the U of O men's basketball team lost against Utah last week. With about 10 minutes left in the game, 3 of Utah's major players foul out. I thought the U of O Ducks had in the bag...how could they possibly lose playing against Utah's freshmen? Well, they lose, by two points, against Utah's freshmen. For fucks sake! Say it isn't SO!!

This one hurts. This one is gonna sting for a while.

[MikeyB]

What's really pissing me off now is the fucking refereeing happening right now in the Kentucky- Marquette basketball game!

[paul calf]

scotland beating switzerland 1-0 in euro 96 england beating holland 4-0 with 10 mins to go,seaman lets one in through his legs 4-1 scotland out on goal difference,will you english ever give us scots a break lol.

[blankpage]

When the refs took sides with Ottawa back in February. Nah, just kidding, although, that did piss me off.

A serious one would be: The first Olympic hockey game last year, for Canada. When they played Sweden, damn, what a mess.

[Indiana Sev]

When the NHL adopted the rule to award the losing team in an overtime period a point.

What the fuck is that all about?

You lost the game therefore you should be awarded 0 points.

What a goddamn joke that rule is!:rolleyes:

[docholiday_13]

1998 Nagano Winter Olympics

The Czech Republic defeats Canada in the semi's thanks in part to Hasek's flukey ass goaltending. Man that hurt.


1993 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Game 7. Leafs vs Kings. Semi's.

Okay so it's a broken record for anyone who's ever gotten drunk with a Leafs fan. But Jesus Christ we got raped on this call. Wayne Gretzky high sticks Doug Gilmour, drawing blood. Gretzky doesn't get penalized and goes on to score the series winning goal. Ouch.

[AnnoyingQuestionAsker]

72 Olympics
USA v. USSR basketaball - the Russians lost on 3 different occassions, but the refs kept putting time back on the clock.

Also,
Houston Oilers v. Buffalo Bills (the comeback)
The game itself leaves a bad taste in my mouth b/c I am/was a huge Oilers fan. What pisses me off however was early in the second half, Don Beebe caught a long pass for a touchdown. The problem was he stepped out of bounds before he caught the ball, which would have made the catch an incompletion and the Oilers would have not had that dagger placed into their heart.

[Grebdron]

The one that immediately springs to mind was when Roy Jones Jr. absolutely kicked the shit out of the Korean boxer, but since the match was in Seoul, the judges gave it to the Korean. Highway robbery.

Just remembered. The fucking Raiders game last year in New England.

Ouch.

[Moviefan1234]

The so called "Nashville Miracle." It was a forward pass! A forward pass! A forward pass!

[quoth_the_raven]

there was an absolute howler in one of the wolves games recently. kenny miller was in the box and was hacked off his feet, literally. it was a penalty, clearly and obviously. the ref gives mr miller a yellow card for diving. and i mean, the poor kid was just kicked off his feet, and hes getting punished.

i was talking to some mates after the game and the ref has a real habit of doing things like that. hes a showboat and he loves to revel in the negative attention of the crowd.

actually i have a genuine concern about the shite standard of refs in the Nationwide First division at the moment. i have seen a lot of bad calls over the last 2 seasons. a few too many and it just makes me wonder how these people became refs.

[MarkItZero]

Originally posted by RicochetShaw
And also when Michael Jordan fouled Bryon Russel on his game-winning shot against the Utah Jazz, but the refs didn't call anything and consequently the Bull won the game and the championship. (i think this was 1998)
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I didnt see a foul. MJ faked Byron out of his shoes.


I am still pissed about Leon Johnson trying to catch a punt with his facemask in week three last year against the Saints. That fuckin play started the downfall that eventually ruined the entire Bear's season. Fuck!

[Dirtbag]

Originally posted by Grebdron
Just remembered. The fucking Raiders game last year in New England.

Ouch.
Any team that pulled off the "Holy Roller" has nothing to complain about. '72 Olympic Basketball was a travesty.

[PapaJupe2k]

Originally posted by Dirtbag
'72 Olympic Basketball was a travesty. Indeed! Probably the biggest sham in the history of sports. A few others come from the boxing world.

Sonny Liston taking a dive on the "phantom punch" from Muhammed Ali in their title fight re-match.

Tyson/Spinks title fight that lasted about 30 seconds.

[Grebdron]

Originally posted by MarkItZero
I didnt see a foul. MJ faked Byron out of his shoes.

"Faked him out of his shoes?" Hardly. PUSHED him out of his shoes. Watch the replay.

[MarkItZero]

Originally posted by Grebdron
"Faked him out of his shoes?" Hardly. PUSHED him out of his shoes. Watch the replay.

You are just jealous cuz MJ didnt play for the Lakers.

There was no push. Byron Russell is about 6'7" 230 pounds, there is no way that Micheal was able to push him to the ground with just one hand. There was contact on the play, but the only reason Russell fell over was because he over-committed to MJ's first move. Because of MJ's superior skills, he was able to stop his momentum and square up and hit the game winning shot. Russell, meanwhile fell on the floor and looked like a fool as thousands of cameras captured one of the great moments in sports history.

[bmain77]

I think the Jordan non-call was a good one. You can't call a ticky-tack foul like that at the end of the game in the finals....

BUT THE NUMBER MOMENT IN SPORTS THAT PISSES ME OFF IS.....



Ricky Davis's attempt at a triple double a couple weeks back. No one moment encapsulates all that is wrong with sports nowadays than that. It was wrong on so many levels.

followed closely by....

The 1990 (or 91?) Michigan vs. Michigan State football game when michigan goes for the two point conversion to win the game and the Michigan State defender reaches out and trips Desmond Howard and the call isn't made. It was a textbook case of pass interference that had to have been called.


followed very closely by.....

the 2001 meeting between UM-MSU when the Spartens clock keeper gave them an extra second or two giving them the chance to get off one final play on which they won the game.

[MarkItZero]

Originally posted by bmain77
Ricky Davis's attempt at a triple double a couple weeks back. No one moment encapsulates all that is wrong with sports nowadays than that. It was wrong on so many levels.


I still cant believe he did that. And against Jerry Sloan and the Jazz no less. I am really surprised that there wasnt a harsher retaliation. Though it was funny when the Jazz player came over and shoved him.

What a tasteless move on Davis' part. No matter how much success he has in his career, this willl always haunt him.

[Grebdron]

Originally posted by MarkItZero
You are just jealous cuz MJ didnt play for the Lakers.

There was no push. Byron Russell is about 6'7" 230 pounds, there is no way that Micheal was able to push him to the ground with just one hand. There was contact on the play, but the only reason Russell fell over was because he over-committed to MJ's first move. Because of MJ's superior skills, he was able to stop his momentum and square up and hit the game winning shot. Russell, meanwhile fell on the floor and looked like a fool as thousands of cameras captured one of the great moments in sports history.

Being a Laker fan, I have nothing to be jealous of. Bling-bling.

Bryon Russell never hit the floor. Watch the tape in slo-mo, and what you can clearly see is yes, Russell initially went for Jordan's first move. Jordan then, knowing he would get away with it, put his left hand on Russell's right hip and literally shoved him out of the picture. Even as big as Russell is, his momentum allowed Jordan to push him. It happened.

Now, that doesn't take anything away from Jordan's great career. Hell, he had a career against the Lakers alone.

[Moviefan1234]

Originally posted by bmain77


the 2001 meeting between UM-MSU when the Spartens clock keeper gave them an extra second or two giving them the chance to get off one final play on which they won the game.

The Wolverine fans are still mad about that? :D

By the way, I'm a Spartan fan. ;)

[bob]

I can't think of any biggies, but here's one that had me livid:

Two weeks (or so) back: Avalanche v. Senators.

With slightly over three minutes left in the game, Vaclav Varada (sens player), went in and started trying to dig the puck out from under Roy's pad. Blake (Avs player), bumped him off the puck, and into the net. At that point, Blake was penalized. Then, Varada gets up and shoves Roy down. NO PENALTY IS CALLED!! Isn't goaltender interference supposed to be the one thing you can't get away with?? Anyway, with under a minute left in the game, a powerplay goal is scored. BY VARADA. Jesus, I was going nuts. Tanguay scored with 10 seconds left to give us a point, but I was still pissed off.

[PapaJupe2k]

Originally posted by MarkItZero
I still cant believe he did that. I can, I remember him from his high school days in Davenport. It was so sweet when my hometown of Mason City (with Dean Oliver) beat his Davenport team in the state semi-finals. I took the day off work that day and went to Des Moines to see it. :)

Oh yah, and bmain I remember that Spartan/Wolverine game and it was blatant interference, but it didn't matter the Hawks beat em both that year and went to the Rose Bowl.:D

[AnnoyingQuestionAsker]

Another one was the National Championship game this past year b/t Miami and Ohio State. The pass interference call after the game was over and the Miami fans celebrating. That official should never be able to officiate another football game after that BS.

[bob]

....And Love Patrick Roy


At the end of the 2002 season, two nearly identical plays were made by Domink Hasek and Patrick Roy.

In the Avalanche game, Roy lost the puck behind the net to a player from the opposing team. Instead of scrambling back to the net, Roy checked the player into the boards, getting the puck to his defenseman. And the Avs won the game.

In the Red Wings game, Hasek lost the puck behind the net to a player from the opposing team. Instead of scrambling back to the net, Hasek figured it would be easier to pretend he was high sticked and take a dive. Not being a jackass, the Ref made no call, and the Blues scored an empty net goal, cementing the game in their favor.

Yes, who's a better player....

[SanduskyPA]

Originally posted by MarkItZero
I still cant believe he did that. And against Jerry Sloan and the Jazz no less. I am really surprised that there wasnt a harsher retaliation. Though it was funny when the Jazz player came over and shoved him.

What a tasteless move on Davis' part. No matter how much success he has in his career, this willl always haunt him.

Davis? Success? He is a CLEVELAND CAVALIER!

[Kastman]

IN last years soccer world cup when the referees robbed Italy of winning by calling it offsidewhen they were close to the goal, and it clearly wasn't on the replay

[teenkiller]

Near the end of last season Chase Utley hit a home run that wasn't counted as a home run. Although unlikely the Phillies could have gone post season if that call was made correctly. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[X-Nightcrawler]

No brits pissed at Maradona's stint in the 86 world cup final? :D

[ToRontoRon]

Originally posted by Indiana Sev
When the NHL adopted the rule to award the losing team in an overtime period a point.

What the fuck is that all about?

You lost the game therefore you should be awarded 0 points.

What a goddamn joke that rule is!:rolleyes:


Here, here. Just a ridiculous rule. The worst is that some games are now worth 3 points and others 2. Makes no sense.

[ToRontoRon]

Originally posted by docholiday_13
1993 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Game 7. Leafs vs Kings. Semi's.

Okay so it's a broken record for anyone who's ever gotten drunk with a Leafs fan. But Jesus Christ we got raped on this call. Wayne Gretzky high sticks Doug Gilmour, drawing blood. Gretzky doesn't get penalized and goes on to score the series winning goal. Ouch.

Another good one. Yup, it was Game 6 and Gretzky blatantly highsticked Gilmour. Replays showed referee Kerry Fraser looking right at it too. He just didn't have the stones to make the call. But he did have the stones to call Glenn Anderson of the Leafs for a penalty with seconds left in the 3rd period. Then Gretzky of all people scores the power play winner in OT. What a joke. To make matters worse, he plays one of the best games of his incredible career in Game 7 in Toronto to almost single-handedly knock us out. And, thanks to Kerry Fraser, hockey fans were robbed of the two most storied franchises, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens competing in the Stanley Cup Final in the 100 year anniversary of the Stanley Cup. GRRR!!! :mad:


As for my own, I'll add the whole 1996 World Cup of Hockey Final Series. Canada wins game 1 thanks to an OT goal by Steve Yzerman that admittedly should have been called offside. Although it never should have gotten to that point because the linesman threw out our best faceoff man with seconds left because Brett Hull, a Canadian version of Benedict Arnold playing for the U.S., encroached on the faceoff circle and the linesman chose to throw the Canadian centre out. The U.S. wins the faceoff cleanly because Canada didn't have a good backup faceoff man on the ice and they tie the game with about 3 seconds left. And, even if Yzerman's goal was called back as it should have been, we were dominating the U.S. in the OT to that point and it was just a matter of time before we would have won it anyways.

Then in Game 2, Kerry Fraser again of all people officiates the single most biased game I've seen in my life. No one seems to remember this, but I've watched the whole series on tape again, and it's incredible how many horrible calls, all going the U.S.'s way he makes in this game. The worst being when Keith Tkachuk punched Vincent Damphousse, Damphousse turned around and punched Tkachuk, then Tkachuk pitchforked Damphousse in the midsection with a spear with Fraser staring right at it. I paused the tape and you can literally see Tkachuk's stick in Damphousse's gut with Fraser skating behind the net with an unobstructed view staring right at it. The result was 2 minutes each for roughing, instead of 2 for Damphousse and 2+5 for spearing against Tkachuk. Brett Hull then scores the eventual game winning goale while the U.S. should have been shorthanded for 5 minutes.

Then in Game 3, We're up 2-1 late and Hull deflects a puck in with his stick around the top of this shoulders. Unless Hull is approximately 5 feet tall on skates that lift you another 2 inches or so off the ice, his stick was clearly over the 4 foot high cross bar and should not have counted. Seconds later Tony Amonte scores a goal that may or may not have been kicked in for the U.S.. Then Gretzky has a chance to tie the game with an empty net and the puck hops over his stick. Seconds after that, Derian Hatcher flings the puck down the ice into an empty net to end it. Combining all the horrible calls against Canada, with the fact that a player born and raised in Canada played such a huge roll in our losing, with all the goal posts the Canadians hit in that final series always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. We were both very unlucky, and robbed by the officials.

[PSU80]

Lloyd Carr and UM getting four seconds tacked back on to an expired game clock against PSU in 2005. With that one extra play they got, they scored and put the only dent in PSU's otherwise magnificent season. And to make it worse we later found out that the official that decided to have to time added back on is a Michigan alumni whose son is currently a senior at UM. Total B.S.!

Penn State getting shunned in 1995 for the national title even though they went 12-0.

[MISFITS_Fiend]

Last Monday night's Cowboys-Bills game. I'm ecstatic that Dallas pulled it off, but I always thought that calling time-out right before the kicker is going to possibly kick a game-winning field goal is a chickenshit move. Yeah, I know it is perfectly legal since it's their time-out and they can do what the want with it, but it still made me want to punch my TV. I thought it was a great middle finger to the Bills that the rookie kicker made the 53-yarder AGAIN, though. :D

[Badbird]

Nothing specific, but it always annoys the shit out of me when during an NFL game the officials have to gather to discuss some kind of contentious play and players from both teams are crowding them and shit and the refs keep moving away or trying to push the players away, and the players continue to crowd the refs.

How about they make a rule that when the refs gather to discuss, there's a five yard rule and if a player crosses that limit and crowds the ref: automatic 15 yard penalty. That'll get that shit cleaned up.

[a7xfan]

in the premier league earlier in this season when liverpool fc played chelsea, we absolute fucking destroyed them, then the ref awards a penalty to them, for what? well because a chelsea player jumped into a liverpool fc player, so chelsea got the pen, fucking bull, liverpoolfc deserved the win, it shows that karma is fucked up totally, the only sweet thing is that the ref was banned for 2 games cus of it, still didnt make up that we lost 2 points cos of that cunt

[Pulp_Joker]

I think the Jordan non-call was a good one. You can't call a ticky-tack foul like that at the end of the game in the finals....

BUT THE NUMBER MOMENT IN SPORTS THAT PISSES ME OFF IS.....



Ricky Davis's attempt at a triple double a couple weeks back. No one moment encapsulates all that is wrong with sports nowadays than that. It was wrong on so many levels.

followed closely by....

The 1990 (or 91?) Michigan vs. Michigan State football game when michigan goes for the two point conversion to win the game and the Michigan State defender reaches out and trips Desmond Howard and the call isn't made. It was a textbook case of pass interference that had to have been called.


followed very closely by.....

the 2001 meeting between UM-MSU when the Spartens clock keeper gave them an extra second or two giving them the chance to get off one final play on which they won the game.


Completely agree with all of those and I'll add the USA-USSR game in '72 Olympics which the Soviets were given 3 chances to make a basket. Total horseshit.

[BubbaStrangelove]

I can't rmember the teams and was hoping someone could help me out here - it was maybe 2001, 2002.... But an NFL game was going into overtime. The ref flipped the coin, and the player called "Heads" (or tails) and then it landed on heads, and the ref calls it like the player had called "tails" and gives the ball to the other team, who scores on the first drive and wins....

Then the next game the 'misheard' team plays, the player, when asked heads or tails, holds up a huge sign with "HEADS" written on it prompting a lot of laughter.

It was so frustrating, because even on TV you could distinctly hear the player call the coin, but the ref totally didn't hear it. AFter the ref declared the toss, the players immediately started protesting and yelling about him mishearing, but as the announcers mentioned, no rules about replay on a coin toss.

I'm pretty positive it was a Monday Night game.

[RicochetShaw]

I can't rmember the teams and was hoping someone could help me out here - it was maybe 2001, 2002.... But an NFL game was going into overtime. The ref flipped the coin, and the player called "Heads" (or tails) and then it landed on heads, and the ref calls it like the player had called "tails" and gives the ball to the other team, who scores on the first drive and wins....

Then the next game the 'misheard' team plays, the player, when asked heads or tails, holds up a huge sign with "HEADS" written on it prompting a lot of laughter.

It was so frustrating, because even on TV you could distinctly hear the player call the coin, but the ref totally didn't hear it. AFter the ref declared the toss, the players immediately started protesting and yelling about him mishearing, but as the announcers mentioned, no rules about replay on a coin toss.

I'm pretty positive it was a Monday Night game.



I remember that too, Bubba. It was the Steelers, specifically Jerome Bettis, who made the right call, but was misheard. I'm not a Steelers fan or anything, but it's frustrating to see that, and I really felt for them to see them lose on a botched call like that.

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