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    Worst referee/umpire blown calls?

    I was listening to Jason Smith on espn radio last night (he's awesome btw), and in light of last night's events, he was bringing up some good examples of the worst referee or umpire blown calls that haunt you to this day. Naturally, the Tuck Rule and the OSU/Miami pass interference ("I replayed it in my mind") were brought up by callers along with a few others. You guys got any good ones?

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    I wasn't at this game but in the bottom of the 9th inning, tie game, 2 outs, runners on 1st and 3rd base and the pitcher balks the winning run to win the American Legion World Series.

    From what I've heard, it was a horrible call.

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    The tuck rule was a good call.

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    Brett Hull's skate in the crease in the 99 SCF

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    The tuck rule was a good call, it's just a terrible rule.
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    Don Denkinger's call on Jorge Orta...I think 1985 World Series. Not even close.
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    Also want to mention:

    The 1983 Penn State/Nebraska football game. It was CLEAR that one of the PSU's receivers was out of bounds and the referee called it a catch.

    We could've won the National Championship that year, too.

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    1996 that Yanks ***, errrr, fan that reached over the fence and the ump ruled it a homer. That was so obvious; his whole arm reached over...

    The "tuck rule" was garbage as the made/clarified it next year after they ****ed it up to make it seem like that was what they meant in the first place.

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    The "tuck rule" was garbage. Mr. Magoo could have seen that was a fumble.

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    Worst calls I've ever seen:

    5th down
    Tuck Rule
    TD catch that wasn't in 95 AFC Championship Game
    Carlos Guillen's illegal bunt in 2000
    David Carr's "fumble" against Cincinnatti
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    Worst Calls ever:

    Tuck Rule (reared its ugly head in the Denver/NE game this past weekend)

    Lions Thanksgiving Day coin flip debacle

    '05 ALCS call (the trajectory of the ball changed because it was a FREAKIN BREAKING BALL!!! Plus, if the trajectory of the ball changed due to the swing, shouldn't it have been a foul tip?)

    OSU/Miami Pass interference call (don't call it 30 minutes after the play ended... I am exaggerating, of course)
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