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Jaw is broken. referees allowed people to beat me to a pulp when i played football because they hated my guts. would not pull people off me. today they would be going to jail for what they did to me. >> sean: remember the kid in australia the big kid that was being bullied. and he took it and this snot-nosed brat, i said good boy. >> he was expelled. >> sean: it was a mistake. how many punches in the face do you have to take? >> theres a lack of respect for the game. when a fight happened, it bo...

Jaw is broken. referees allowed people to beat me to a pulp when i played football because they hated my guts. would not pull people off me. today they would be going to jail for what they did to me. >> sean: remember the kid in australia the big kid that was being bullied. and he took it and this snot-nosed brat, i said good boy. >> he was expelled. >> sean: it was a mistake. how many punches in the face do you have to take? >> theres a lack of respect for the game. when a fight happened, it bo...

John, ill begin with you. the simplest of this, which is does home field advantage exist? >> it also does exist. all sports throughout time, all continents, no question, home teams are going to win the majority of the games. >> the refs have a bias. >> thats what weve found. the guys are comfortable, fans are cheering them. thats not what it is. were convinced this is driven largely by referees. calls in strikes, fouls, turnovers, red cards, the bigger the crowd, is the bigger the discrepancy. w...

You have to point out that rice handled it with complete class after the game. heres what he said. >> it was a mistake. and we have the best referees in the country. and it just happened that way. would i have loved to review it and gone back? sure. and got another chance at a sideline out of bounds? again, this is what happened. it was a clear mistake. and hopefully it doesnt happen again. >> heres what the ncaa said about the call at the end of the game. they called it, quote, unacceptable, no...

Class after the game when asked about the call. >> it was a mistake and we have the best referees in the country and it just happened that way. would i have loved to reviewed it and gone back, sure, and got another chance at, you know, t settling out of bounds. again, it happened. its a clear mistake. you know, we hope it doesnt happen again. >> theyre always subtle in the recap of the game. they have it on the back of the post. the red storm. they move to the big east quarterfinal to play syrac...

Cooperstown. >> most importantly for the hall of fame, he was ensnarled in a lot of the steroid controversy and he manned up, he stepped forward and said i had an injury, took this to get better and im really sorry. whereas roger clemens, i believe, lied through his teeth and made a fool of himself as did mcgwire, as good sammy sosa and palmiero. >> hell be throwing strikes. >> this say terrific item from the national hockey league. yesterday, the boston bruins, dallas stars. during the opening ...

Crowd control mode. thats one of their jobs. and firing again in some cases very heavy caliber weapons, that could be heard, and would get noticed. obviously you cant have urban firing of a tank. it was never intended for that. people who have asked why isnt the army engaging, stepping in. the army of 450,000 here are in individual pieces of armor. what they can do, though, is fire their weapons. >> gentlemen, i find that absolutely -- i find that amazing that the tremendous restraint that the a...

Bands of people that are chasing other small bands of people. and it is a very chaotic situation. generally it is the protesters who are doing the chasing. but i am sure that people who are -- there is a lot of confusion on both sides here. >> are either one of the sides engaging with the military? it sounds like the military is just there witnessing all of this, and not engaging. its almost like theyre a referee. >> reporter: not even a very -- not even a referee. referees intervene. the soldie...

And firing again in some cases very heavy caliber weapons, that could be heard, and would get noticed. obviously you cant have urban firing of a tank. it was never intended for that. people who have asked why isnt the army engaging, stepping in. the army of 450,000 here are in individual pieces of armor. what they can do, though, is fire their weapons. >> gentlemen, i find that absolutely -- i find that amazing that the tremendous restraint that the army has shown. as you said, richard, not even...

Bands of people that are chasing other small bands of people. and it is a very chaotic situation. generally it is the protesters who are doing the chasing. but i am sure that people who are -- there is a lot of confusion on both sides here. >> are either one of the sides engaging with the military? it sounds like the military is just there witnessing all of this, and not engaging. its almost like theyre a referee. >> reporter: not even a very -- not even a referee. referees intervene. the soldie...