I just have to share this article.

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That was an interesting read. I've never thought about the ref's like that.
 
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TNHopeful505 said:
Here's an article about the scientifics of Home Field Advantage....definitely need to read this.

And definitely need to show up loud and proud each Saturday the Vols are home.

Freakonomics » “Football Freakonomics”: How Advantageous Is Home-Field Advantage? And Why?

Enjoy and be frustrated, especially in light of what happened Saturday.
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Scorecasting is a must read book, it should be required reading here.

Discussed more below:

The Book That Might End Every Discussion on Volnation
 
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I really enjoyed the book. It certainly challenges the way you think about sports.
 
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It was a FUMBLE! I knew it! We all knew it! And there were upteen times holding was not called... DANG ZEBRAS!
 
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vols461 said:
It was a FUMBLE! I knew it! We all knew it! And there were upteen times holding was not called... DANG ZEBRAS!
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Reminds me of some recent Florida games.. I've never seen blatant holding by defenders like the uf game a few years ago.. It totally changed my thinking on fair officiating.
 
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I hate a "no call" just like the rest of you, but they can only see from their advantage. If they see an obvious holding call, they usually call it. P.I. is a little different call. They have let the players touch more these days than they used to. If it is blatant they call that as well. All these call or no calls come usually to both teams. However, the home team does have an advantage in the calls IMO. We get our calls when we are at home. We just don't like to admit it. That gives us something to B**** about when we don't.
 
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volfan4evr said:
I hate a "no call" just like the rest of you, but they can only see from their advantage. If they see an obvious holding call, they usually call it. P.I. is a little different call. They have let the players touch more these days than they used to. If it is blatant they call that as well. All these call or no calls come usually to both teams. However, the home team does have an advantage in the calls IMO. We get our calls when we are at home. We just don't like to admit it. That gives us something to B**** about when we don't.
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So you are saying that overturning the spot of the ball by the officials in the Vandy game last year was a call for us? :crazy:
 
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VolBricks said:
Do the refs hate us or the home field fans? or both? I'm so confused.
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Depends on the ref. If it's this fat *%$& from Vandy, we're screwed home or away.

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The non pass interference, also. As an arm chair referee whose union card is an ounce of pure gold, I have to say that was one of the worst called games I've seen in I can't remember when. Possibly ever.

Thinking that makes me wonder what could have made it so bad it was patently obvious to so many folk.

Do refs, like teams, need a few games to "settle in"?

Was it truly the "social influence of the home crowd" on the refs as proposed in the above article?

Is it a combination of the above with some other factors such as a possible real 'anti-SEC' bias by a ref or two? Or ...

And I hate to bring this up but, was there "moneyball refereeing" somehow where a bagman walked away grinning?

Sometimes, when the officiating is consistently so one sided throughout a game that it does indeed affect the outcome such as this on where I believe we played a much closer game than the score; or, possibly even effecting who covers or does not cover the spread, or even an outcome of who wins. .... There is so much money out there placed on betting lines ... I don't know, just a little free association rambling here.

Don't it make you wonder?
 
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Good news: 2015 they come to NEYLAND and if their little crowd in Norman had such a big influence on the refs, imagine what kind of impact our ORANGE MOB will have!

Vols 100-3
 
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It does seem plausible that there is some psychological impact of the home crowd on the refs which may involuntarily cause them to make calls that favors a home crowd. I'm sure we have seen enough calls in our time the other way that would make us think this is not as much of a factor alluded to in the article.

On the other hand, each team of refs may have a collective mentality just like a team of players which may or may not be as objective as we would like.

If any of this is true, it does follow that the persons on here who advocate a replay team made up of persons not from either conference that is playing on the field has some merit.
 
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