ilduce06410

ive noticed that in a majority of plays in nfl games, there's an official standing right there. many times they 'make a call that i think couldn't be true, the replay looks obvious, but the call was made by an offficial standing right there, whaaddya gonna say?
now for the asante play. on that interference call, there was an official right there. he's visible in the camera shot. you'll notice that he left the pley alone, no call. the Flag was thrown by the Umpire, from the middle of the field maybe 10-15 yards away. The Umpire is TO ASSIST on such calls, and the book doesn't give him authority to overrule the official who's standing right there, who was either the Head Linesman or the Field Judge.
that's the kind of stuff that really p!$$es me off, more about that on the next massage.
what'll happen ultimately is that it'll be seen by the league office and the officials down there will be sanctioned. in some cases the sanction is banning them from working future playoff games.
so were' the ones left holding the bag.

ilduce06410

it was one of the worst calls i heve seen in years, and it was made by an official who had to right to make it.
with that said, there were FIVE TURNOVERS and 3-4 bad calls. yes probably a swing on any 3 of those 8 calls and we'd have won the game. but you never let winning/losing rest in the hands of the officials.
ya just don't.
i recall our guys having gotten the benefit of a lot of close calls over the past 5 years. even tho the tuck rule was correct, i'v NEVER seen anything like that, and certainly not deep in the 4th quarter of a playoff game.
so i got no quarrel with the winds of fate. clearly, it was our turn. and besides-----5 TURNOVERS?

QuinielaBox

I know that Pat Bowlan and Mike Shanahan and few other wealthy, arrogant members of the Colorado community lobbied the NFL hard for a "fair" shake.

But the turnovers lost us this game. It was truly shocking to see and it snowballed through to the bitter end.

We'll get this corrected.

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Patriots winning just a game used to be cause for major celebration.

onegameatatime

I agree with the initial post.

At least we should never have to hear about how the Pats get all the calls (not that it was true before -- e.g., Fauia's TD and Muhammad's "incomplete" in SB38). The Colts seem to be getting the calls here but it's not helping.

ilduce06410

hey, we have three vinces, a lot of great football on TiVo, a good team and a grreat coach. a great owner. i like it.
next season we'll have a veteran, talented team, a Sportsman-of-the-Year QB, well-coached, with a lotta heart and a mean streak.
it's been a fine season.
draft in 3 months.
for that matter, pitchers and catchers in 6 weeks.