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Goodbye, Ohio State
In Columbus winning is no laughing matter. Plus much more.
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Re: Editor’s Note
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“Miami defeated Ohio State, a referee’s personal foul notwithstanding.” By definition, sour grapes. If you play the game so that a referee’s call makes any difference you have no more legitimate claim to have won than crying that the coin toss was unfair.
p>A conservative e-publication, heir to fifty years in the cultural wilderness, should know better. br> — Steve Malynn /p>Who wrote this “Miami defeated Ohio State, a referee’s personal foul notwithstanding”? A myopic Miami Hurricanes fan or a blind man, er, person?
The game should have never gone to overtime thanks to the incompetent referees. Watch it again this weekend on ESPN if you can recover from your denial by then and specifically check out the last OSU drive prior to overtime with the incomplete pass call on 3rd down. This was, in fact, a complete pass made in bounds by the talented Mr. Chris Gamble. And, oh yeah, he was interfered with too — which was not called either.
p>With that first down Miami’s punt return and the game-tying field goal would have never happened. br> —
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