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An official's assignment analysis

By Wayne Drehs
ESPN.com

Monday, October 28, 2002

Joe Paterno admits it sounds like sour grapes, but perhaps he has a point. After all, was it fair three weeks ago when the Big Ten assigned three Michigan residents -- one of whom hails from Ann Arbor -- to officiate Penn State's game at Michigan? And earlier this season, when the Pac-10 pointed a noted Arizona supporter to officiate the Wildcats game against Utah -- was that just? "We are all human beings who have friends and impulses," Paterno said. Most college football game officials and ...

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