Pistols Firing · Oct 1, 2015
Satire: Big 12 Refs Failed to Fix OSU-Texas Game
That's coming back. (USATSI)“Well, that sure was something,” said Big 12 official Alan Eck after OSU beat Texas 30-27 in Austin. “Not quite how we rigged it, but hey, it worked out.”
Eck led the officiating crew for a game that was, at times, difficult to watch.
However, no matter how messy the game got, Texas couldn’t catch a break.
The game seemed so one-sided that some fans and analysts have even claimed the game was fixed by Eck and his crew, citing the unusual call of defensive holding on a run play and a fairly non-violent roughing the passer call that negated an interception, among others.
Surprisingly, Eck didn’t dispute those claims.