Will the CIFL apologize for the refereeing at the Championship game???

I have seen many games where the referees made questionable calls against our beloved Xplosion team, but in the end our guys could overcome it and get the win that they deserved.  Yesterday afternoon (6/29/08), I walked out of Wings Stadium with so much frustration that I was stewing all night.  Heck, I still am right now!

I, like most everyone there, saw the bobbled Saginaw "catch" that the refs called good.  See, "most everyone" would mean everyone BUT the refs.  The Saginaw fans knew it wasn't a catch, but they wanted the call and they got it.

I was sitting in the endzone where I could clearly see the extra point that Saginaw clearly DID NOT make--the ball hit the ceiling rafter that was 6 feet IN FRONT of the goal posts.  Yes, it hit the ceiling--which is out of bounds--and came straight down to the field.  It did not go THROUGH the uprights.  Doesn't matter if it "would have" since it went out of bounds FIRST.  Refs allowed the point.  Grrr.

I also saw, almost directly in front of me, the Saginaw QB CLEARLY signal time out BEFORE the ball was hiked on a drive (3rd down I belive) that was played through (refs didn't issue the time out as requested), which resulted in a first down that eventually ended up in a touchdown.  Gee--had that timeout been made as signaled, and play resumed with 15-20 yards to get the first down, K'zoo may have been able to stop the drive and get the ball back in their own red zone.

It's tough to say how things would have played out had the refs called everything right (or at least REMOTELY close).  We'll never know now, but in my mind, the Xplosion did not get a fair game and I feel so upset and sorry for every single Xplosion player because they spent all season putting everything into bringing us an exceptional team and fantastic season.

Saginaw should not feel like they got a legitimate win.  I hope that the CIFL recognizes the importance of accurate refereeing and that all game tapes are reviewed for accuracy of the calls made, then apologies should be issued far and wide, and then... pink slips issued.