We could hit inside, the officials were terrible

[JayJ79]

I take it that you ref, JC?

I have lots of respect for sports officials. Without them, there could be no athletics. Yet they get way too much disrespect from the general public.

[JCPanthers]

I take it that you ref, JC?

I have lots of respect for sports officials. Without them, there could be no athletics. Yet they get way too much disrespect from the general public.

Thanks. It IS a thankless job. Especially when your so-called friends say you suck.

[igo4uni]

But those who suck end up doing East Waterloo and Cedar Falls JV games.

ouch!!!!!!!

[Born-a-Panther]

Wow!! I'd expect some smart a$$ comment from Alleycat...but BAP, man that hurt!

Come on BAP...us Mods gotta stick together!

JC, I only poke fun at the people I like

[alleycat]

I have lots of respect for sports officials. Without them, there could be no athletics. Yet they get way too much disrespect from the general public.

I agree. Just needed to get a jab out to JC.

[JCPanthers]

You mean Barbie's boyfriend, Ken?

Is this the Ken you were talking about?

[Born-a-Panther]

Is this the Ken you were talking about?

That's the one!

[joecooll6]

I used to referee soccer games. When I was about 12 years old I reffed my first game, an Under-8 youth soccer game. My dad came to the game, and at halftime he came out onto the field and started talking to me, telling me what I could do better, since I was really nervous (I was only 12 at the time and it was a really big deal to me). After he left the coach of one of the teams came up to me and said, "Is that guy bothering you, cause we can have him removed from the premises."

[UNIPNTHR]

Is this the Ken you were talking about?

Oh, my... he's got a great head of hair!

Here he is with Robert Montgomery Knight:

[Pantherpower]

Higgins is one of the best in the business. Jansen (sp?) is pretty good too. Sat next to him on a plane last year shortly b/f the game at Creighton and he saw my UNI gear and was very complimentary of Mac and the team.

[BCPanther]

I second that Higgins is really good. I believe he worked all the way to the Elite 8 last year and I know he did the Final Four the year before.

I hope he, Steve Welmer, and Paul Janssen show up in Iowa City tonight.

PS Eddie Hightower is the most overrated official in all of sports. He calls the refs together to talk about plays, I think, to make it look like they are making a great call, so that he can watch the tape and here the idiot Billy Packer say "Nice Piece of Officiating There, Jim"