The atmosphere was electric 16,000 plus fans hanging on every attack and counter, with each blow of the whistle fans shouted encouragement or booed the seeming partisanship of the ref.  The 174 pound between Brad Dillon of Lehigh and Robbie Waller of Oklahoma was no different.      The action and excitement of the match probably didn't register in the 1-1 score after the initial sudden-victory overtime.  Inevitably the flip was called on.  Dillon, a junior, assumed the down position---the spot most wrestling fans feel victory favors.      When all was said and done with the 30 second ride-out to determine the match Waller's hand was raised as he headed to the championship final, eventually garnering a National Title.  Dillon and the Lehigh coaches, and many fans left Kemper arena in disgust.  Critical calls in the second overtime seemed to overlap against Dillon; the crowd crowed its' dissatisfaction.      Minutes after the loss, a short glimmer of hope came over the loud speaker as announcer Sandy Stevens calmly stated, "All members of the protest committee please report to the meeting room."      It came as no surprise that the match was going to be protested.  Lehigh Coach Greg Strobel and his staff were fuming following the match.  They gathered behind the scorer's table with rulebook in hand.      Rest assured the match would be protested.      But for most fans Sandy Stevens call for the protest committee to gather was the last they heard of the on-coming protest.  As it turns out it was really the protest that didn't happen.      What followed was a convoluted tale that left no satisfaction for the Lehigh fans of Brad Dillon.      The NCAA Rules Committee has set up a rigid system of actions that must be followed for a coach to protest the outcome of the match, just to get to the point where a protest will be formerly heard.  Then, coaches to succeed must bypass referees judgment, and focus on a misapplication of a rule or scoring.      In this case the Lehigh coaches according to the protest committee failed to properly file the protest.  It wasn't as simple as laying fifty bucks on the table, which Coach Strobel did.      When the match ended the coaches for Lehigh were visibly upset, by their own admission they took a few seconds to register their complaint of the officiating with Michael Chase, referee #13 from North Carolina, the man with the whistle.  "You blew that match", was probably one of the nicer things said at that point.  After taking the berating, Chase warned Coach Strobel, and the bout sheet went to a chair away from the scoring table as Chase sat down to fill out the area citing the Lehigh coaches for their actions of badgering an official.      In the mean time, Strobel and company approached, Head of Officials Pat McCormick.  According to McCormick, Greg Strobel in the heat of a very charged and excited atmosphere at this point failed to properly lodge the protest.  When McCormick was approached, Strobel said, "Can I protest that match?"  Whereas Assistant Coach Kerry McCoy remembered the situation differently, "Greg said can I protest that match; I want to protest that match."      The semantics of those two competing views seemed like hair-splitting in the vein of Bill Clinton trying to explain the definition of the word "is".  However, as McCormick was trying to figure out if a protest was actually being lodged time was wasting Referee Chase was finishing up his paperwork of warning the Lehigh coaches.      When he was done filling out the lines at the bottom of the bout sheet, he handed off the bout sheet to a runner.  The runner did his job taking the bout sheet to the Head Scoring table.      As soon as the bout sheet left the mat area Dillon's chance of getting satisfaction was gone.  To lodge a protest, the word "PROTEST" must be written on the bout sheet and signed by the official.      When the Protest Committee met, the meat of the argument---the actual wrestling circumstances---were never discussed.  The protest was not properly filed, no protest.    Oklahoma Coach Spates even stated that the reason that the protest was not heard wasn't exactly right.  "That's a little nit-picky for me, but I really feel the right calls were made in the ride-out."      So why is Greg Strobel short fifty bucks right now?      If there is any humor at all in this saga it is that Strobel never did get his $50 back from the NCAA, even though the protest never happened.      Strobel and McCoy almost spoke in unison when they were interviewed separately.      "How can the referee that blew the call in the first place also play such an important role in making sure the protest was never heard.  He blew the whistle early, and didn't call stalling the second time Waller dropped to an ankle, and then he also handed off the bout sheet to the runner getting out of the mat area.  We really didn't stand a chance with the system set that way", stated Kerry McCoy, "the referee should not have that much power."      Strobel went on to say, "I think they would have found something to keep the match result as is."      The learning curve of course wasn't that steep as word spread through the coaching ranks on Saturday.  Be ready to know how to stop that bout sheet from leaving the mat area.  Jack Spates actions in the 141 pound Championship match between Sooner Teyon Ware and Northern Iowa wrestler Dylan Long demonstrated the readiness for coaches to make their intentions clear after the Protest Committee focused on formality instead of the substance of the wrestling.      At the end of the match it appeared that Ware had earned the winning takedown as time ran out.  The takedown was waved off, but this time the crowd groaned its disfavor in support of the Sooner wrestler, unlike the scenario the night before.      Spates, now the excited coach, jumped up on the raised platform wielding his billfold above his head, fifty bucks at the ready to file his protest.  No confusion here, he was ready to make his intentions clear if need be he would file a protest.      Friday night Brad Dillon sat dejectedly on the mat as his coaches, even went to a second step of filing a protest to the protest.  That was turned down as well.  The match stood.      From there wrestlers, fans, and coaches were left to discuss on their own if the actions in the double over-time were called correctly.  Regardless of people's opinions Robbie Waller will remain the National Champion and should be respected as such.      The discontent of the calls made will still linger though.  Off the first whistle things started to go sour quickly.  Dillon, according to Lehigh Coach Pat Santoro, is the type of kid that doesn't get ridden too often.      Immediately, the Lehigh athlete came to his feet ripping and peeling hands furiously trying to escape.  To counter the escaping wrestler Waller did as many wrestlers are taught to do, drop to an ankle, the old anteater as Referee Pat McCormick referred to it.      In sudden victory, stalemates are called quickly, about a second.  In this case though, Dillon appeared to free himself just as the referee blew the whistle to call a stalemate.     After reviewing the tape Coach Strobel went on to say that he had wished that the referee had not called either of the stalemates.  "Both times it appeared to me that Dillon was on his way out if the whistle wasn't blown."  The jury of 16,000 was definitely disconcerted, but Dillon still had plenty of time to escape.      The two wrestlers started again as Dillon came to his feet Waller followed a different tact.  He put in both legs, latching on tightly to Dillon's back.  Referee Chase quickly called Waller for stalling, another stall call and Dillon would be given the match-winning point.      With eleven seconds Dillon again assumed the down position.  The scenario seemed oddly similar to the first stalemate.  After parrying on their feet for a few seconds Waller again returned down to Dillon's leg.  The crowd booed, time ran out, and Waller was victorious.      Speaking with Sooner Coach Jack Spates he voiced his support that the right call was made.  "If people saw the film again I