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It was a good call by the refs. At first they called a timeout for us, but I didn't really have possession. So it was good that they reversed it.

Ike Nwaelele

I can say it for them -- I'm not talking about the refs, so you can't fine me. Somebody may not be my friend; I'm tired of whispering.

Marcellus Wiley

Used it on me one time on a drag route and I lost him. Had to grab him and pull him back. Good thing the refs didn't see it, or Collins.

Darren Woodson

We adjusted quickly, ... We listened well when the refs told us what they were going to call. I thought we moved the puck well and skated well.

Cory Stillman

The refs don't like Dylan, he got a lot of bad calls against him.

Billy Geris

He told me and the refs that my players were playing dirty. But I learned that afterwards he was just trying to get into our heads.

Chris Baca

I guess (Robert Morris) doesn't foul. I thought they did, but I guess the refs didn't see it that way.

Jim Ferry

Instead of blaming officials for their teams' deficiencies and shortcomings, individuals need to keep their eyes on the prize and focus on the game and their teams responsibility and failures and stop blaming the refs.

Lamell Mcmorris

Some people will blame all the whistles on the refs, but I thought they called a great game. They needed to keep things under control.

Bernie Lynch

The refs let us play.

Robbie Cowgill

We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.

Charles Barkley

The overtime calls hurt the game. It's a big game, a big rivalry. the refs should let us play. I guess this is the new NHL. To lose a game on a cheap penalty is not the way to play hockey.

Martin Lapointe

If we play great, that's the most important thing we need to do -- to climb up and be on the top of our game. There's always stuff that we can't control, like the refs or the ice. But there's things we can control and that's our attitude going into the game.

Jekabs Redlihs

[About the only thing all players seem to agree on is that it's better than it was in the preseason, when refs were calling everything and some games turned into free-throw contests.] I really haven't noticed much difference, ... Sometimes they call it, and sometimes they don't. I'm just glad they're not calling [as many fouls as] they did in the preseason. Those games were taking forever.

Carlos Arroyo

Defense sets the standard for our game. The refs let us play a little rough on defense, and that's the way we like to play.

Chase Dickens

The refs said there were nine players but I didn't care. If they don't line up right, that's their fault.

Lendale White

I thought they did an excellent job on defense. The refs did a great job. They were very consistent. It's a championship game and the players should decide the outcome. Tonight, the players decided the outcome.

Tony Fannick

I kinda got touched a little bit. It wasn't serious. Play like that at the end of the game, you can't put that on the refs. We got a bad bounce.

Andrew Brown

If I do, I'll start yelling at the refs.

Jesse Lobue

It was a physical game tonight. The refs let them play, and the girls responded.

Aaron Palmer

You can't get mad at the refs. They made the call. Live with it and get better at it. A lot of them you think are ticky-tack, but a penalty is a penalty.

Ahmad Carroll

We know them well. In the post, we've got to finish. Our shooting was horrible, things weren't falling. Inside, they were pushing us around and the refs were letting us play. We're going to fight back, push them around.

Jessica Preslar

It was hard to say whether it was a foul or not, but the fact we were even there at the end despite being behind by 17 points at one point says something about our effort. But still, I understand how (Nutting) feels. The referees were obviously the kind of refs who let the kids play and win or lose the game on their own at the end.

Dave Zeyen

They pressed us quite a bit and they are a physical team. The refs were calling it tight, so it worked well for us. We couldn't hit the open shots.

Brandon Bakken

It was really physical. But we needed to just stay with them. The refs weren't calling it.

Megan Mccarthy

The referees were just calling everything. Both teams had a lot of fouls, so hopefully we will adjust to that and the refs will adjust, too. There were a lot of cheap calls and when that happens you can't get a rhythm.

Francisco Elson

Unfortunately, I'm one of the guys that gets too emotional. So I've got to learn to pull the reins back a little bit. Sometimes I say things I shouldn't say. I'm going to try and get better in that area, not yell at the refs too much.

Dallas Drake

It sucks that it has to come down to a call like that. We had a good play set up just in case we had time left on the clock. And then the refs called the game. There's nothing much we can do about that.

Nick Dewitz

We tried to foul after that to stop the clock, but the refs wouldn't call a foul.

Wally Sanchez

We had some talks about that this week, about controlling his emotions, and focusing them toward the opponent, and not the refs. He did a nice job of that tonight.

Gary Defina

When he passes the ball back out, the refs aren't really looking at him, at how he's reestablishing his space. For a defender, it's very, very hard to get around anyone at that point--but particularly him.

Shawn Bradley

Instead of going out there and playing UMSL, we went out there and were playing against the refs. We were afraid to put any kind of pressure on the puck, put any kind of contact on an UMSL player or anything. It basically caused us to play the complete opposite game we like to play.

Chris Lepage

The refs pretty much just stood there and held our hands and told us to go.

Louie Dobovsky

I saw it out of the corner of my eye. I just was lucky the refs saw it. I had to compose myself and get at the line again, hit the shots and help my team win.

Michael Lee

I should be bouncing off the walls on Sunday, my legs are so fresh. I hope we don't have these refs; I'll get five fouls.

Matt Sylvester

It's an adjustment period. I think between the players, the refs and the coaches, the rules are a little bit hazy right now.

Jean Paul Marat

The refs made the call. That's pretty much it.

Curtis Stinson

I don't want to talk about the refs. There's no use in talking about the refs. That's not the reason we lost the game. I'm more disappointed in my team.

Derek Laxdal

The refs just kind of let us play out there. There was a lot of trash-talking, a lot of pushing.

Quincy Henderson

It really got me motivated when Nate got kicked out. Because we was getting cheated, man. I ain't going to get into it with the refs, they were good to me in the second half, but that kind of got us loose and started us playing well.

Ruben Patterson

It was a bang-bang situation and the refs tried their best to make the right call. They made the call that was right.

Jimmy Mckinney

It will be a big battle. They call him 'The Beast,' so I'm ready for a big battle inside, a shoving match. Hopefully, the refs will let us play. It will get scrappy, but we'll have to play through it and have some fun.

Dan Vandervieren

The refs were calling a real tight game. You could tell the frustration on both team's part.

Troy Wiese

The refs gave him plenty of time (on the stalling calls). I know (refs) don't want a match to be decided like that — I guarantee Cole didn't want it to end that way.

Chuck Pipher

It looked like she got four steps at the end, but at that point the refs are looking more for the foul than they are the travel. You've got to hand it to her for knocking it down.

Gary Collins

I think it's sad for girls' hockey when you have refs that take away the kids' hard work and don't let them play.

Karen Emma

The refs were letting us play and I was able to get in position.

Keauna Vinson

They weren't protecting the shooters. And just before (the ejection), our player took a charge when one of their guys just leaned a shoulder into him. I'm asking for calls, and the refs just kept looking back at me and laughing.

Ronnie Arrow

It was a physical game. The refs let a lot go, the teams were banging on each other.

Glen Flanagan

When you coach against him, you feel like he's getting all the calls because he's working the refs so hard. It seems like he's always whining to the refs and falling on the ground, and he's got the clock operator in his back pocket. But it's fun to play and coach against Coach Marcum's team, because you know it's going to be a battle.

Jay Gruden

In the time-outs I need the interpreter, so things take a bit longer. The refs say I need to be quicker, but I need an extra 30 seconds.

Tom Maher

We did some stupid things we need to fix; it was a parade to the box. Especially back-to-back nights, we had no legs at the end. Because we're young, the refs might be harder on us.

Tom Poti

Hopefully our point guard?s going to be OK. (Danville?s) coaches were telling them to foul, they had one to give. We never got the foul (call) on the play but the girl?s still laying here a half hour later. Maybe the refs should have seen that.

Dave Mcdermott

The other thing that killed us was that punt. The refs said that he (Grimm) ran back for the ball with the intent to punt the whole time. How's our kid supposed to know that that this guy's intention is to punt? That was the turning point in the football game.

Eric Foust