NCAA Football

Referee Creates New Penalty: Giving Someone the Business

Posted Nov 25, 2007 3:07PM By Brian Grummell (RSS feed)

Filed Under: Maryland Football, NC State Football, ACC, The Word

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ACC official Ron Cherry is the Shakespeare of our time, inventing jargon at his whim. I mean, giving someone the business is common enough but not as applied to officiating.

Enjoy a fourth quarter moment of levity from yesterday's Maryland - North Carolina State game.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

11-25-2007 @ 3:36PM

BrendanEff said...

That's not a new call at all. That was made famous over 20 years ago in the NFL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zkom-6wMnw

11-25-2007 @ 4:38PM

s12ki said...

Yes as a Bills fan who saw the game that comment has been around for awhile

11-25-2007 @ 5:17PM

Scotter said...

Mr. Grummell, you are showing either ignorance, youth or a sheltered life. The call was made famous in the 1987 Fiesta Bowl between Penn State and Miami...right after the famous Vinnie scooter accident.

11-25-2007 @ 6:28PM

Chris Mottram said...

Where did you find this hot tip?: http://misterirrelevant.com/index.php/2007/11/24/nc-state-penalized-15-yards-forgiving-him-the-business/

11-25-2007 @ 7:41PM

Brian said...

Chris,

It was passed along in our internal emails without any link to whatever blog found it first. Glad to know Mr. Irrelevant was all over it, will gladly credit next time if it's shown to us something comes from you guys beforehand.

I don't really follow the NFL and don't remember it from that Fiesta Bowl game. It's been almost two decades since its last mention, cut me some slack here folks.

11-25-2007 @ 8:07PM

BOB said...

the referee's name was Fred Dreith and I believe it was a Jets game where he made his " while he was down, he was giving him the business "

11-25-2007 @ 8:24PM

george said...

I was there and I could not believe it. It was like a technical foul in basketball. NC State was already losing by 30 something when the call was made. It became the rallying call for the remaining few people at the game. It was worth staying around for.