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Trying to get national consistency, especially in basketball officiating.

Ralph Nelson

We were a little frustrated with the officiating but coach told us at halftime just to keep our composure and some calls will go our way.

Ally Jensen

I can't really criticize because I really don't know the fine line of detail that goes with officiating.

Chris Hovan

There were some questionable calls at the end, but don't blame it on the officiating, things just didn't go our way.

Andrew Lewis

The leaders of our major dairy cattle associations agree that communicating our breed improvement goals to those officiating at the major dairy shows in the U.S. is a crucial step to ensuring the industry's successful future.

Seth Johnson

The first thing I thought about was how they could call holding on an inside run like that. I don't want to say anything about the officiating, but it didn't seem like that call should have been made at that time of game.

Robaire Smith

I'm not one of those coaches who cries about officiating. You can't whine about a play that happened two plays ago. You have to focus on what's in front.

Sandy Pugh

The officiating crew even told us what a great game it was while they were giving us the instructions for overtime. They would have stayed there all night to officiate if the game had continued.

John Galante

I've said it from the very beginning that any given day in this conference anyone could win or lose. It was a very good game and it was a game we needed to have on the road, pretty poor officiating, high intense ballgame and high pressure, it was a good game that we needed to have on an away game.

Melissa Malobabich

The best we can do now is improve on the process for selection of officiating crews to make sure we are doing what we can to avoid these situations in the future.

Bob Bowlsby

It's nice to get out and actually play a few games after just officiating. It's fun being out there with some of the older guys. We have a good time. It's a good change of pace for me.

Roger Behling

We need to increase our crews. It's not limited to being a guy. We have one female officiating.

Chad Laswell

You can't blame the officiating. No excuses. We just didn't get it done.

Jim Litchfield

I would call the officiating, ah, interesting. We got a penalty 58 seconds into the game. When we played five-on-five, we were controlling things.

Leo Golembiewski

It's not just the players' culture and coaches' culture that needs to change. It's the officiating culture as well because accepted practices in the past will no longer be accepted.

Stephen Walkom

This whole sectional, there have been a lot of fouls committed. The officiating has been good, but it could be the three-man crew. They seem to catch a lot more.

Mark Horvath

We've done some sportsmanship initiatives and we've done some collaborative officiating things with the MAC, and one of the things we're doing is some scheduling stuff.

Bob Bowlsby

I never discuss the officiating. I know it's tempting sometimes right after an emotional game, but I won't do it.

Brian Katz

It was a great game. It was a fun game. The officiating was awesome. The players were all great. It was everything you want in a high school football game.

Aaron Finch

I think officiating will improve with the change in this position. We expect them to be fully operational by July, but we'll be working with him at camps probably as early as June.

Jerry Bovee

I'm delighted with the result, if not the officiating and felt we stood up well to playing 30 minutes a man short.

Craig Redpath

Tim has been consistently good over a very long period and it's fitting that he'll be officiating the grand final of a particularly memorable season.

Robert Finch

The biggest problem that I see in officiating is in basketball, with everybody going to three-man crews. Soon there will be three-man crews for every game, both boys and girls. Let's say there are 200 varsity games in the state on a given night. That means you need 200 more officials.

Dan Dawson

Even in college, they let certain things go. I don't think we've ever had this type of officiating before.

Lyndsay Wall

(The officiating) isn't the reason we lost. We had a very difficult time with their pressure. . . . They just took it to us.

Tim Foley