"The ruling on the field stands as called"?

I love football. That's one of the reasons that fall is my favorite time of the year. That and hunting season. Unfortunately for me, the state of Kansas couldn't field a decent football team this year if K-State and KU were consolidated, so I spend a lot of my time "surfing" through the other channels, searching for "more interesting" football games. It seems that every year there are tons more "new" rules in college football, most of them to protect the "kickers", whom I would have to assume are a very "fragile" bunch, and probably suffer from low self-esteem. There are some good rules though, such as you can no longer rip an opposing players helmet off of his head and beat him with it, unless you want a 15 yard penalty! Myself, I like the whole "instant replay" system the best, wherein opposing coaches can "challenge" a referee's call on the field due to whatever view an actual camera presents of whatever the situation is. The problem with this is that if you're playing a team with a lot of "clout", like the Oklahoma Sooners, Nebraska Cornhuskers, or basically any team from Texas, (minus the Baylor Bears), you're NOT going to win the "challenge", on account of these teams fans "travel" well, and they need a really good record to get a decent "bowl" game at the end of the season. To give you just one example, yesterday afternoon I was watching the Nebraska Cornhuskers in an exciting first half home game against the Washington Huskies, and Nebraska's #10 Jamal Turner CLEARLY steps "out-of-bounds" on about the eight yard line before running on in to the end zone for a touchdown. Washington's head coach, (whoever he is), challenged the call, and it sounded something like this, at least on MY tv:
Brent: "Looks like there's going to be a challenge, Boomer"!
Boomer: "I would challenge it too, Brent. If you look at it from this angle, Turner was clearly out of bounds"!
Brent: "Don't look at it from that angle anymore, Boomer"!
Boomer: "But look! He ran clean through row 6 of the seating section! He even stopped to buy a hot dog from a vendor"! "For Christ's sake! He's even signing autographs"!
(Meanwhile, a camera zooms in on the sidelines, showing Jamal with a practiced "innocent" look, while trainers are busy wiping chalk off of his left foot and mustard stains off his chin. The referee comes out onto the field with his decision).
Referee: "After further review, the ruling on the field stands as called. Touchdown Nebraska"!
Boomer: "You've GOT to be kidding me"!
Brent: "Just not enough evidence to overturn the call, Boomer".
Boomer:
I don't want anybody to think that I'm just "picking" on Nebraska! I like Nebraska*! But this same thing seems to happen over and over again throughout the world of college football, with all the "breaks" given to the team with the "bigger" name. To be fair, I've seen the same type of thing go on a lot in college basketball, where Kansas actually IS one of the "bigger" names and get's unfair "breaks", but so far I've refrained from actually "writing" about it, even though it troubles me greatly. (not really). In any case, football season has only just begun, and you can bet that not only will I be watching as much as possible, but I'll try to throw in an irritating comment occasionally on my facebook page, cause that's just the kind of guy I am. Especially if you're a "Cornhusker" fan!
Have a great week Friends, and if you're name happens to be "Garry" or "Marty", remember that this is a "humor" blog, and there is no reason to put poisonous snakes in my mailbox.


* not really