TypicalBill
08-03-2003, 05:14 AM
It may have only been a scrimmage, but Buffalo Bills general manager Tom Donahoe was in mid-season form Saturday afternoon at Cleveland Stadium.
Bad officiating is bad officiating, regardless of whether the competition is a scrimmage, a preseason game, a regular-season game or the Super Bowl.
And it looked like, at least from the aerial view in the press box where Donahoe was seated, that one of the officials made two highly questionable calls on plays that resulted in Cleveland touchdowns.
On Cleveland’s second offensive series, which pitted mostly second-string players against each other, quarterback Kelly Holcomb threw a 20-yard pass into the front left corner of the end zone to Kevin Johnson. Buffalo cornerback Dainon Sidney had good coverage, and while Johnson — the former Syracuse standout — caught the ball, it did not look like he got both feet inbounds. However, up went the official’s arms signaling a touchdown.
On the next Cleveland series, also in the red zone portion, Tim Couch threw a 9-yard pass over the middle to Marc Soumah, who appeared to be stopped just shy of the goal line, but once again a touchdown was signaled, much to Donahoe’s disbelief.
Donahoe left the press box a bit later to watch the rest of the scrimmage from the sidelines, and he ambled over to the official who made both calls and playfully but purposefully jawed at him.
“ I just wanted to let him know, just in case he didn’t get the tape,” Donahoe said with a sly grin.
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Bad officiating is bad officiating, regardless of whether the competition is a scrimmage, a preseason game, a regular-season game or the Super Bowl.
And it looked like, at least from the aerial view in the press box where Donahoe was seated, that one of the officials made two highly questionable calls on plays that resulted in Cleveland touchdowns.
On Cleveland’s second offensive series, which pitted mostly second-string players against each other, quarterback Kelly Holcomb threw a 20-yard pass into the front left corner of the end zone to Kevin Johnson. Buffalo cornerback Dainon Sidney had good coverage, and while Johnson — the former Syracuse standout — caught the ball, it did not look like he got both feet inbounds. However, up went the official’s arms signaling a touchdown.
On the next Cleveland series, also in the red zone portion, Tim Couch threw a 9-yard pass over the middle to Marc Soumah, who appeared to be stopped just shy of the goal line, but once again a touchdown was signaled, much to Donahoe’s disbelief.
Donahoe left the press box a bit later to watch the rest of the scrimmage from the sidelines, and he ambled over to the official who made both calls and playfully but purposefully jawed at him.
“ I just wanted to let him know, just in case he didn’t get the tape,” Donahoe said with a sly grin.
More... (http://www.democratandchronicle.com/sports/bills/0803D81D258_billsnotes03_bills.shtml)