[zaga_fan]

HOLD UP ON THAT CAR WASH GENTELMEN! Anyone who watched that game objectively knows it was bad. That final sequence just before halftime was even worse Pcc basically had 8 points given to them that they should not have got. A roughing the passer that the Qb had the ball in his hand and the hit on him caused the ball to fly loose then they gave them an extra TO and an un timed play. The half was over and Somerset was heading off the field and they brought them back and Perry gets TD  then Somerset blocks the Pat and was off sides and Perry went for 2 and there is irrefutable video evidence that the runner was stopped well short of the goal line. Even WYMT from their view couldn’t believe they gave him the conversion. That being said if that sequence had not transpired the play at the end would have been moot. There were many other plays during the game that I know were also sent in  that you could just pass off as bad judgment calls, but every big play Somerset made during the game was negated by phantom penalties. I have watched the entire game back on Hudl 3 times and the penalties just don’t exist. As a person that was born and raised in the mountains and have been living in Somerset for 25 years I have a unique perspective. I have heard it said many many times when you travel east of I-75 you are going to get robbed.  This is not just Somerset I have heard from fans all over the 12th region and everyone says that and that goes for all sports not just football. Eastern Kentucky has a horrible reputation state wide  As just downing teams and taking games. We have a serious problem with the integrity among officials in eastern Ky. Perry central will come to Somerset next year and it will be a straight up called game I’ll guarantee it. I have traveled all over central ky over the last 4 years and I don’t ever remember leaving a game knowing we got cheated. We have taken our fair share of losses but not like this. I have 2 kids playing on this Somerset team and when you see this kind of stuff what I believe is blaten cheating it burns you alive. It also don’t help the cause that Pcc alum is calling the game.

Since everything other inaccuracy has already been corrected, I'll throw out that the extra point block that was called back at half was not because Somerset was offsides it was because a Somerset player hurdled the offensive line, which was the right call. Don't know how you can watch this stuff back three times and say any of this with such certainty.

The crew that tried to screw Somerset also spotted the ball a half-yard further back than they should have after the penalty. It seems we like to deal in what-ifs on here so I'll throw out the 2-pt conversion would have been undisputed had the ball been spotted correctly.

The vast majority of the penalties called against Somerset were silly week-one things like false starts, offsides, delay of game, etc. The pass interference call on the last drive before the half was undisputed and most of the stuff that got called back I saw from the booth and the call was confirmed on the field. 

It wouldn't be fun to just say "game's over, nothing to see here" after the game so I appreciate the discussion. But I just feel like to throw this one off on the referees isn't fair. Somerset was up 21-0 after a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter and gave up 22 straight points to lose. To say the officials just gifted Perry 8 points to end the half dismisses Coach Dixon's timeout management to get the ball back, glosses over the mistakes Somerset made, and ignores the plays the Commodores made in that span.

Good luck to the Jumpers against the Lakers tomorrow.