Go Joe Bruin
Fansided

Game of Thrones: Pac-12 Edition

By Michael Hanna

March 11, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott addresses the media in a press conference before the semifinals of the Pac-12 Conference tournament between the Oregon State Beavers and the California Golden Bears at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
March 11, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott addresses the media in a press conference before the semifinals of the Pac-12 Conference tournament between the Oregon State Beavers and the California Golden Bears at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
14 of 14
Next
Feb 7, 2016; Eugene, OR, USA; Utah Utes head coach Larry Krystkowiak speaks with an official after receiving a technical foul against the Oregon Ducks at Matthew Knight Arena. Mandatory Credit: Scott Olmos-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 7, 2016; Eugene, OR, USA; Utah Utes head coach Larry Krystkowiak speaks with an official after receiving a technical foul against the Oregon Ducks at Matthew Knight Arena. Mandatory Credit: Scott Olmos-USA TODAY Sports /

Pac-12 Referees:  The Night’s Watch

Just because we had so much fun putting this together, we’ll leave you with this parting shot. This is a pairing that just had to happen. In one corner, you have an undermanned group full of nitwits who are unfit for their rather crucial duties that play a large role in determining the outcomes of events past and present. And in the other corner we have… the exact same thing.

Next: Bruins In The Draft: Where Does Myles Jack Stand?

Go Joe Bruin has obtained an exclusive copy of the exact vows that Pac-12 referees are required to recite before they’re officially admitted into their illustrious brotherhood, and what you’re about to read might shock you (or, more likely, confirm what you thought all along):

“A game is started, and now my work begins. It shall not end until I have called two phantom targetings and ignored ten Stanford holding penalties. I shall learn no rules, undergo no eye exams, offer no hints of competence. I am the butcherer of charging and blocking fouls. I am the fun police punishing excessive celebrations, the buffoon who cannot set a football in a lifetime, the nightmare of onside kick teams everywhere. I pledge my life and lack of shame to being the worst I can be, for these games and all the games to come.”