I know you are a ref and stick up for fellow zebras....but let's review
1- They blew the call- no question
2- You don't know what was talked about. But you don't see an issue if they talked about the OK St play? This is where I'm confused. Wasn't it discussed nationally and locally for weeks after the fact? If these guys took their jobs seriously, they never were part of a discussion or read anything on this? These men had to hear about it...
3- 5 people, No one had a rule book to look up what they were misinterpreting? OK, that would also fall on the Fenwick coaches...
Mistake and human error, sure. BUT, They did not have a Championship game taken from them, Fenwick kids did. They had a paycheck opportunity taken from them. They will get one again, I'm sure, the Fenwick kids...not so much.
I did say it was a mistake, bad one, and only stated they should not be doing a playoff game this year. And for the record... It did not effect my team or a team I cheer for.
Them getting this call wrong after being national news just a few weeks earlier...and you don't see a "shred" of evidence of them not taking their job seriously and deserve another playoff game...shame on you. Not knowing the rules of the game you are officiating, might be more than a "shred" after being a national newsworthy story about your profession, a local coach involved, and two top NCAA confrences releasing statements about said blown call....
But hey, some officials take their job more serious than others. It's just too bad many of them aren't doing the playoff games because they are not "connected".