Officiating can become bigger than the game and ruin the experience for fans

Watching the games all day yesterday we saw some crazy stuff. Most of the penalties called, were in fact, penalties. Sure there were some sketchy ones, but for the most part, most (including Fournette's 90 yard td run that got called back) were legitimate, even if they had zero bearing on the play.

Here's the point I want to make. I also watched officials "swallow" their whistles a dozen times as well on clear penalties. I saw an LSU player hit the Syracuse quarterback 2 feet inbounds and get a flag, and I saw another player hit the qb 12 feet out of bounds and not get a flag. So much of it is subjective.

But when we can't watch a simple college football game without flags and stoppages every third play, the officials are losing focus on what their role is and they are harshing the buzz of the viewers. Especially keeping in mind that the letter of the law is broken on virtually every play. Maybe they should focus more on the spirit of the law so that we don't all have to wait until 20 seconds after each big play to see if the play will stand. It's getting to the point where watching a game is becoming tedious.

Flame away.