Idiots Write About Sports

This week’s winner of the Justin Tryon Award: Dante Rosario of Oregon, who head-butted DeSean Jackson on the sideline and, in his crowning achievement, jumped in the air and spiked a Cal special-teams player (above, spot shadowed) during DeSean’s punt return.
The punt return infraction was hilarious. The crowd was worried that a Cal player had been flagged for an illegal block in the back, when in fact the ref had flagged Rosario for going out of his way to spike a defenseless player. Tedford was furious, gesturing for them to kick Rosario out of the game.
So what did they do? The refs waved off the flag, saying it was unintentional contact. Unintentional my ass.
Toss in the screwing of Washington yesterday and it’s safe to say that this has not been a banner year for Pac-10 officiating.