[jpl]

Why has the press been so hesitant to criticize the worst officiating I have ever seen in an important game?

Respectfully, I don't think you've been paying enough attention to the press reports. Did you read the Jason Whitlock piece? I can point you to several articles that have absaolutely ripped the refs a new one.

[clawrence3]

Do you have a link to the Jason Whitlock piece? The most recent one I could find was before the Game.