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Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:29 am EST

Tim Floyd does his best Pat Knight impression

By Eamonn Brennan

Ah, the old block/charge call. As an official, there's nothing quite so difficult in sports to get right, and as a player or coach, there's nothing quite so frustrating to see called incorrectly. (Pat Knight has been down this road before.) Such is the nature of USC coach Tim Floyd's reaction to last night's block/charge at Arizona State, wherein Daniel Hackett drove into the lane, was cut off by a still-moving Arizona State defender, and was called for a charge. Tim Floyd was angry ... disproportionately so:

The best is Floyd's half-"hold me back" routine as he's leaving the court. It's like he wants to run back out and yell at the refs some more, but not really. At some point between getting kicked out and being ushered off the floor by athletics personnel, he decides it's probably just a better idea to watch from the locker room. And another ejected cowboy rides off into the sunset.

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  1. M. McRazz
    1. Posted by M. McRazz Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:04 pm EDT

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    I'm an ASU fan, but those PAC-10 refs are horrible.
  2. Pastor Jeff
    2. Posted by Pastor Jeff Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:59 pm EDT

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    I almost always root against USC, Tim Floyd's outta control, but there is NO WAY that was a charge
  3. Swik
    3. Posted by Swik Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:37 pm EDT

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    Can't imagine a world where that's a charge.
  4. Jay G
    4. Posted by Jay G Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:29 pm EDT

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    bad call
  5. Brandon
    5. Posted by Brandon Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:12 pm EDT

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    Horrible call... wasn't even CLOSE! The defender didn't even begin to plant his feet.
  6. Ryan B
    6. Posted by Ryan B Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:31 pm EDT

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    funny reaction, but that's one of the worst calls I've seen in a lonnnnnng time. never seen a more blatant blocking foul called a charge in my life
  7. chris g
    7. Posted by chris g Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:31 pm EDT

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    Something needs to be done about the Pac-10 refs. If you watch a lot of bball you must agree they call the game completely different than in any other league.
  8. rg294306
    8. Posted by rg294306 Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:38 pm EDT

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    Watched the game on TV - not an ASU or USC fan - not a charge.....probably wouldn't have mattered anyway.
  9. rg294306
    9. Posted by rg294306 Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:38 pm EDT

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    And I think what Floyd was the MOST disturbed about was that the ref that called it a blocking foul refused to go talk to the ref that called it a charge
  10. boss74
    10. Posted by boss74 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:19 pm EDT

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    wasn't the first time a Los Angeles based school got hosed on a bad charge call, happened to UCLA a few days before... as one poster above stated his feet were set, doesn't matter, he leaned into the offensive player...
  11. Michael
    11. Posted by Michael Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:46 pm EDT

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    It's not just Pac-10 refs....there is a definite bias to calling the charge in college sports versus the block. Doesn't matter what conference it is. Bring back the half circle too imho!
  12. marks
    12. Posted by marks Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:28 pm EDT

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    horrible call. but all that counts is usc wins rose bowls, asu goes to toilet bowls. oh wait, they usually dont even get in the lysol bowl.
  13. The D
    13. Posted by The D Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:11 pm EDT

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    It was a block.
  14. robert h
    14. Posted by robert h Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:19 pm EDT

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    he it is just a game come
  15. Brian T
    15. Posted by Brian T Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:13 pm EDT

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    that was a horrible call, he wasn't even close to being set...
  16. robert h
    16. Posted by robert h Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:19 pm EDT

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    he it is just a game come on
  17. wesley n
    17. Posted by wesley n Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:43 pm EDT

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    not a charge - that was a blown blocking call all the way.
    and tim floyd is still a doofus.
  18. luv2win
    18. Posted by luv2win Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:07 pm EDT

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    what high school league did these refs come from !!!
  19. Matt
    19. Posted by Matt Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:11 pm EDT

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    Ridiculous call, Ref should be suspended and so should Floyd, cuz no matter how bad the call was, the reaction was way blown out of proportion. Wow a Pac-10 ref blowing a call? I've NEVER seen that B4! Sike!
  20. Brian H
    20. Posted by Brian H Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:50 pm EDT

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    #3, his feet were not set. I could care less about the game but to say that was a charge comes from someone who knows nothing about basketball.

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