Comments on: SWAC reprimands Grambling’s Broadway for comments on officiating; read what he said

By: SWAC Reprimands Grambling's Broadway for Critical Comments on Officials | HBCU Digest

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:32:54 +0000

[...] The SWAC conference office has reprimanded Grambling head football coach Rod Broadway for criticizing officiating in the Tigers Oct. 10 game against Alabama A&M. In case you were wondering about what he actually said… [...]

By: DHBolero

DHBolero — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:22:53 +0000

SWAC officials? They should not be dignified by being referred to as officials. I believe the average high school football official could do a much better job than these bums! No, make that Pee Wee league official.

By: J. Pruitt

J. Pruitt — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:19:43 +0000

Somebody, anybody, please tell me what it is going to take for the SWAC to address the excess of blatant missed and or questionable calls the officials are making in any game? Regardless to how “evenly they distribute the misery,” as you said PV, there are too many calls that make whoevers watching go “hummm” Personally speaking, the offense just needs to score enough points and defense defend the opponent enough to stop the scoring so that the game is not in the officials hands anyway, which was the case this time for GSU in the A&M game and unfortunately for GSU was not the case in the PV game where two touchdowns were called back behind blatant bad calls made by the officials and GSU losing the game by only 3 points. The point spread as recalled in most if not all GSU losses in the last 4 years, even before Broadway. The intent is not to upstage the officials. They just need to call the game right. What standards are the officials being held to commissioner? The SEC recently suspended a team of officials. What do they see that the SWAC seem to be turning a blind eye to within the organization. Who’s looking a the film? Who should complain against the SWAC officials and who then should the complaints be directed to?

By: gramerican

gramerican — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:24:24 +0000

Good point pvd. The only good thing about the swac “refs” is that they usually evenly distribute their misery. Consequently, it makes no sense to highlight just our misfortune. my understanding is that coach broadway has addressed his mistake and moved on.

By: pvdogteam

pvdogteam — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:06:11 +0000

I’m a PV fan, but I can see where the calls in the SWAC at times make you say “huh?” It would have been best for him not to mention it because now GSU will get picked on, plus he won the game, so the somments added no value. As a coach he shouldn’t have let his emotions lead him to those comments because he represents the school and the SWAC and he won’t be allowed to upstage the officials. GSU benefits from missed or questionable calls too, I was wacthing the PV-GSU game and one of our guys hit a kick returner in the belly with his shouldpads and because his feet flew into the air they called personal fould, 2 plays later as I watched GSU’s right offensive tackle drag a PV defender to the ground almost pulling his shirt off as Greg Dillion threw a really nice TD pass nobody said anything, except me in the stands, but who cares what a fan thinks. Coach should just apologize and hope the comments go away

By: gramerican

gramerican — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:53:53 +0000

Coach broadway was no doubt speaking from his emotional heart and thus realized that he got a little carried away. The rules of the game strictly prohibit coaches and/or representives from criticizing game officials. In heart of hearts, I’m sure he knew he would be fined. It has been well chronicled that the “refs” in swac leave a lot to be desired…having said all that, coach Broadway, whom I admire greatly, did not positively represent GSU by airing these types of comments and therefore letf himself open for this very appropriate action.