You Dun Fucked Up Now NCAA



On Thursday night, Massachusetts, trailing 2-1, scored a goal to ostensibly tie the game at 2-2. After a request from Boston College to the on-ice officials, the play was reviewed and the goal was called back due to an apparent offside. Game officials mis-applied the rule in three different ways. First, coaches can only request reviews of those specific situations listed under page 83, section 93.2 of the rule book. Second, offsides can only be reviewed in games that are televised, an expansion of the existing rule that previously limited review of offside and too many men on the ice to post-season championships only. The rule was extended to cover regular season televised games per a July memo from the NCAA (click here) This game was not televised. And third, the offside situation must be "egregious" in nature, which this situation was not. While the Massachusetts goal should not have been called back in the manner that it was, there is no league protocol by which the situation can be overturned. Future assignments of the on-ice officials who worked Thursday's game will be reviewed by the league office.

C'mon now NCAA, you dun fucked up. Its not like UMass was emotionally unstable after this one, I mean their used to not winning. But that goal has to count. Its in the writing chief. Page 83, section 93.2 its in there, right next to fuck you.