| 27 October 2009
So Heather Dinich is a terrible and biased person who regularly eats the heads off of live puppies. But before she stops all of that, her fellating of Georgia Tech needs to stop. For example, this is one of her blog posts from this week regarding the fact that Beamer sent some plays he think may have been illegal during the GT game to the NCAA for review:
A source in the ACC office told me Virginia Tech did submit 11 plays for review (that's a fairly normal amount, but usually we don't hear about them), and the ACC agreed that its crew missed four blocking penalties against Georgia Tech in that game. Only one of them was a "chop" block, and I couldn't confirm that all of the violations involved Chancellor.
Before ACC fans get all worked up about officiating, though, remember that this is a small number of plays considering there are about 150 in the game, and league officials only found six of the 15 complaints that were turned in to be legitimate. (So, yes, Virginia Tech got away with some things, too.) (Ed. Note: What? How does this translate to that being we got away with anything? Dumbass.)
I'm told both Beamer and Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson were very professional during this process, and neither implied the game was poorly officiated. They were just looking for clarification. Of course, they also wanted to make a point, but they both know as far as the outcome of the game is concerned it's moot. Now they can use it as a teaching tool for their players as to what not to do. It's also a good learning process for the officials, and the mistakes are included on the weekly officiating tape that is shared with all officials and coaches.
Gotta love the little digs to us she just has to include. But for the most part, straightforward and factual: this is what happened, this is what usually happens, these were the results, etc.
However, only one day later, she posts this in regards to the same situation:
It hasn't quite reached Lane Kiffin's level yet, but Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson wasn't afraid to fire back at Virginia Tech after the Hokies made allegations that the Jackets used illegal blocks in their 28-23 win.
Johnson told the Atlanta Journal Constitution on Monday that the allegations were "a joke."“That’s a joke,” Johnson said Monday. “Put the tape on and watch. Tyler Melton cracked the free safety. He doesn’t even block him. He shields him.
“They got out-schemed. So it’s illegal to out-scheme them, I guess.”
Zing! Oh, and P.S., Johnson said, the officials missed about a half a dozen holding calls on the Hokies. Wow, did Johnson just beat Virginia Tech again? Sounds like it ...
First off, that is a class-less way of handling that situation. No matter how much we won by, Beamer has never taken digs at another team like that. Second, he gave one example, and the refs already admitted they fucked up four calls dealing with GT blocks. So, guess what Paul and Heather, you didn't win this one. You would think Heather might realize this after she, herself, posted this THE SAME DAY as the first post:
Virginia Tech secondary coach Torrian Gray told Kyle Tucker of the Virginia Pilot that Georgia Tech made four illegal blocks on free safety Kam Chancellor, and that the Hokies sent the ACC video for proof and the conference officials agreed.
Third, is there really any need for Heather's un-funny and blatantly wrong comment at the end? No there isn't. And fourth, maybe you should try to hide your obvious bias when covering an entire conference. Or go back to the Big 10, where bias is the only way their teams go anywhere.
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