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FORT WORTH, Texas -- TCU coach Gary Patterson was unhappy with the officiating during his teams 52-46 home loss to Oklahoma?on Saturday, including an intentional grounding call made on the?Horned Frogs final offensive drive.Patterson said he did not believe TCU quarterback Kenny Hill should have been flagged for grounding on a drive that ultimately failed in four plays and yielded minus-10 yards, securing the Sooners victory.The bottom line to it is, in his estimation, [Hill] didnt have anyone to throw to, Patterson said of the official who threw he flag. Mine was he got hit, so I dont know how he can tell he couldnt throw it to him.The officiating crew initially determined there was no penalty, but Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops successfully argued with them that Hill was still in the pocket and that no receiver was near the ball.They were already going back to tell him there was nobody there in that area, [which] is what we were yelling about, Stoops said. And then initially he said [Hill] was out of the pocket, and I was like, He didnt take one step to get out of the pocket. He was right back where he started. But fortunately, they talked that through, too, and I believe they really got it right.Patterson was also frustrated that Oklahoma was not penalized for holding when it mattered, and said Oklahoma RB Joe Mixon shouldve been called for holding in the second quarter on a touchdown play when he just tackled my guy. The Sooners were flagged twice for holding during the game.While making his comments about the games officiating, Patterson took an apparent shot at Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield.You know, its amazing, we cant say anything, but they can do whatever they want to, Patterson said of the officials. So I dont really care right now if the commissioner, if they dont like what I think about what happened with the officials.We talk about sportsmanship in this game, and Ive got a quarterback that writes a whole article on me, how I treated him wrong. But I cant talk about officials. Bottom line to it is, I wasnt happy with the officiating.Mayfield was recruited by TCU out of high school but ultimately did not receive a scholarship offer. He told reporters in December that TCU kinda hung me out to dry right before signing day, which Patterson denied and responded to by saying, If people knew the whole story, they might not have a great opinion of Baker or his father.In an ESPN The Magazine story published in August, which Patterson appears to be referring to in his postgame comments, Mayfields parents again criticized how TCU handled the recruitment and acknowledged the Mayfield-Patterson feud worsened in 2014 when Mayfield was caught stealing TCUs hand signals for playcalls on the sideline during the Frogs win over the Sooners.Despite his frustration about officiating, Patterson did praise Oklahoma for coming into his stadium and pulling off the victory. The Sooners trailed 21-7 after one quarter but rallied with a 42-3 scoring run over the second and third quarters. TCU mounted a 22-point comeback in the fourth and got the ball back down six with 1:49 left. The Frogs drive stalled after two penalties and Hills fourth-down pass fell incomplete.Were not happy about a 6-point loss, simple as that, Patterson said. Thats not what this programs about. I didnt know if we had the people to be able to challenge for a conference championship, but the bottom line is to it, were dang sure gonna try to. Air Jordan 1 OG Outlet . Supported by three-run homers from Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos, the young right-hander went seven strong innings in the Washington Nationals 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Wholesale Real Air Jordan 1 . Canada is now down to its 22-player limit, although but players wont be registered until Christmas Day. Changes could still be made as a result of a suspension or injury. http://www.airjordan1outlet.com/ . The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Lions have not announced the hiring, which was first reported by ESPN. 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But like the father of modern South Africa who died in 2013, she is teaching the world -- not just sport, but the wider world that is moved by it -- about tolerance, about courage and about judging people not by how they look, but by what they do, how they do it and how they conduct themselves.Semenya does that by running. Running beautifully.Semenyas story shouldnt be any more complex than a celebration of the athleticism she displayed in winning the 800 meters at the Rio Games.But, of course, it is complex.This would usually the place for a paragraph about gender, about testosterone, about fairness or otherwise, about science and pseudo-science and plain old BS. In short, a paragraph that could not even begin to do justice to the injustice, the questions, the whispers, the doubts, the finger-pointing, the name-calling and Byzantine cruelty that Semenya has had to wade through since she announced herself to the world by winning the 800-meter world title as an 18-year-old in 2009.If, at this point, you dont know what were talking about, then lucky you, because it hasnt been pretty. Look it up, if you must.The short version is this: Like Mandela, she has risen above it all. Her dignity, like his, is both her shield and her weapon. He forced white South Africans to look at themselves. Eventually, they could no longer stomach what they saw. Semenya, too, has become a mirror: Those who judge her only by her looks, who have called her a half-man, or whatever, will eventually get sick of their own ugliness, their lack of compassion and basic humanity. Like Mandela, she has had to learn how to tune hatred out.Were not here to talk about some speculations, Semenya said. Its not about looking at people, how they look, how they speak, how they run. Its not about being muscular. Its all about sports.Perhaps the best bit about her Olympic gold was how it seemed, almost immediately, to bring her out of her shell. She has, understandably, always run from excruciatingly personal and intrusive questions about whether she was born with internal testes, no uterus and has high levels of testosterone -- in short, absurd questions about matters that are nobodys business butt her own.ddddddddddddBut she isnt running any more. In Semenya, sport long thought it had a problem. But in the belly of Rios Olympic Stadium, sports instead got a new leader who preaches unity where, for too long in her case, there has been nothing but discord.Here I am, she told a large group of reporters, after avoiding questions all week. I just want to be the best I can be.You just need to lead by example, she added. Maybe, if people they just unite, it can be a great world.Amen to that.Slowly, Semenya seems to be winning over her rivals, too. They have mostly learned to keep their thoughts to themselves about whether their sport needs rules to somehow dial back the competitive advantage they perceive women like Semenya to have. Some of them arent happy. Semenyas winning time of 1 minute, 55.28 seconds was one of the top 20 times ever in the two-lap race. Rivals predicted that she would blow away the field. And she did. Burundis Francine Niyonsaba was more than one second behind in 1:56.49 for silver and Kenyas Margaret Wambui ran 1:56.89 for bronze.But this night, Semenyas night, was neither the time nor place for rivals to get into the debate about the need or otherwise for testosterone-limiting rules. That will soon be back in the hands of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. It suspended the rules last year, judging that they were based on uncertain science. The International Association of Athletics Federations will be going back to the CAS in the next year to try to change its mind.Bottom-line: Semenya broke no rules.But is she breaking barriers.She said one of the first things she wanted to do was call her wife, Violet.I still have to make a long call, obviously, my wife is waiting, she said.After all Semenya has been through, the freedom she expressed on and off the Olympic track felt like a message to the world.All it must do now is listen.---John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jleicesterap.org or follow him at http://twitter.com/johnleicester . See his work at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/john-leicester---John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jleicesterap.org or follow him at http://twitter.com/johnleicester . 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