“The instant replay official whose failure to overturn a bad call led to a narrow victory for Oregon over Oklahoma said he feels like he is under siege after receiving menacing phone calls and a death threat.”

This is utterly pathetic. Yes, he did not make the correct call, but menacing phone calls? A death threat? This is football! I am a big Michigan fan, but I know where the game ends and serious life begins. Football — a game, last I checked — never justifies this sort of response.

This is on par with last year’s reaction in Columbus to the Texas loss, when tight end Ryan Hamby received death threats for dropping a third-quarter touchdown pass.  As a sports fan and a human, this overreaction disgusts me.  One loss is not worth that much.  Okay, so get angry, rant on a message board or a local sports radio talk show — and then get over it.  Move on.  Find a real atrocity.