This last saturday the jerseys in blue played with heart and soul. They came together as a band of brothers who outmuscled, outworked and basically outplayed San Diego State winning 24-21. However, many Aztec fans are still up in arms over a single obvious blown call and apparently are not willing to let it go. Those things are bound to happen in every game. That was ONE call that came as a possible DiLuigi fumble which happened only in the third quarter. Did that replay drama determine the game outcome? Not even a chance with over a full quarter still to work with. San Diego State had every chance to fight back and make the most of its opportunities for a another quarter more. Let's look at some final box score stats. Cougs ran for 271 yards to the Aztecs 53 total. How about first downs? The jerseys in blue had 24 to the Aztecs 12. What about time of possession? The band of brothers held onto the ball just over 45 minutes compared to the Aztecs mere 15 minutes. The final and most important stat was the final score 24-21 which is unfortunate and part of life for the Aztec fans.At the end of the day it is the head replay referee, a real paid official who actually makes the call or not. That individual was Mike Angelis from Reno NV who was responsible NOT Chad Bunn. Yes, Chad was a BYU employee and in the booth. However, his role was only as a video replay specialist. It was NOT Chad's reponsibility to make any of the decisions on the videotape. Bunn apparently gave absolutely every possible angle to Angelis to view and review. That was his job and he did it admirably. Could there be a conflict of interest having Chad in the booth who had ties to the same school playing? Most likely. However, that was up to the MWC to decide and actually have allowed it to occur. The MWC is supposedly in an ongoing review considering the blown call in all of its possible components. Apparently, the MWC has suspended all 3 involved but has never come out with an official statement on the suspensions or even officially completed its investigation.
Words from Chris Ello himself...
http://1320kfan.com/index.php/audio/listen/djpk_chris_ello_from_xtra_1350_in_san_diego
Many Aztec fans have thrown Chad Bunn and all cougs under a bus spewing hatred with comments. One such example comes from Chris Ello and his San Diego radio station. Those comments have been played and replayed over the radio on 1280 the zone. From the 1280 the zone (awesome station and highly recommend to listen to) link Ello speaks about honor, racism, and calling the cougs as one of the dirtiest teams. He mentioned it all as a front for utter hypocrisy. Is Ello for real? Gimme a break. When was the last time Ello walked the campus? When was the last time he truly interacted with its students and faculty to even begin his case? Not once did Ello in his ranting even begin to back up his claims with anything absolutely close to the truth. His honorless statements deserve an absolute apology to the university and its cougar fans in general on such false classless claims. Start looking at your own team, its gameplan, and why you lost etc. Fact is you lost to an unranked team that was 1-4. Learn to accept it and move on. Teams all across the country lose all the time. Stuff happens. How about also looking to the MWC at its process if you still have a problem before spouting classless claims and lies. Hey, life isn't fair. Aztecs, you might wanna start lookin at Air Force. By the way, you have a game tomorrow with some Cadets who also beat you last year 26-14.
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Postnote concerning the fumblegate replay SDSU drama. Now evidently, there is now a minor update and is still the only official statement available yet. No further information on the status of the those involved per the MWC official website. As follows...
http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101510aac.html
Many Aztec fans have thrown Chad Bunn and all cougs under a bus spewing hatred with comments. One such example comes from Chris Ello and his San Diego radio station. Those comments have been played and replayed over the radio on 1280 the zone. From the 1280 the zone (awesome station and highly recommend to listen to) link Ello speaks about honor, racism, and calling the cougs as one of the dirtiest teams. He mentioned it all as a front for utter hypocrisy. Is Ello for real? Gimme a break. When was the last time Ello walked the campus? When was the last time he truly interacted with its students and faculty to even begin his case? Not once did Ello in his ranting even begin to back up his claims with anything absolutely close to the truth. His honorless statements deserve an absolute apology to the university and its cougar fans in general on such false classless claims. Start looking at your own team, its gameplan, and why you lost etc. Fact is you lost to an unranked team that was 1-4. Learn to accept it and move on. Teams all across the country lose all the time. Stuff happens. How about also looking to the MWC at its process if you still have a problem before spouting classless claims and lies. Hey, life isn't fair. Aztecs, you might wanna start lookin at Air Force. By the way, you have a game tomorrow with some Cadets who also beat you last year 26-14.
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Postnote concerning the fumblegate replay SDSU drama. Now evidently, there is now a minor update and is still the only official statement available yet. No further information on the status of the those involved per the MWC official website. As follows...
http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101510aac.html
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