Louderback knows how a blown call hurts
College football insider: A sympathetic voice from the past
‘Fifth Down' referee still infamous 16 years after Missouri-Colorado

 
By George Schroeder
Published: September 21, 2006

He has never met Gordon Riese . He has not seen the video. What he knows of Replaygate comes from wire stories published in the local paper.

But J.C. Louderback reads about the replay official's struggle to come to grips with mistakes that altered two teams' destinies, and he understands.

"Nobody feels worse than (Riese) does," Louderback says.

Almost 16 years ago, Louderback was the referee who gave Colora...


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