Joker

Well fine, maybe we should give back the Tuck Call and make everybody happy who doesn't like the rules.

when confronted with overt, irrefutable evidence of his team's bias, Colt fan immediately runs for the cover of the tuck rule. Pretty funny, considering that call had ZERO to do with the Colts.

Pretzel logic anyone?

BradyManny

All the conspiracy jibber jabber is off the mark - it boils down to something a lot simpler - many refs have and likely always will be affected by crowd noise and the home crowd, specifically. It's probably human nature, but if there were a statistical analysis of it, I'd be willing to bet that borderline calls in every sport go to the home crowd a little bit more often than not.

On top of that, I do think the refs are very cognizant of what a whiny little bytch Polian is, and I think those two factors explain the reason why the Colts seemingly get ever borderline call in meaningful situations to go their way.

There's no intent, the refs obviously don't have a rooting matter, but for over the past few years, dating back to the Steelers AFCCG game really, the RCA dome has been home to some of the worst calls we've ever seen, some of the more controversial calls, and even the biggest Colts homer can't deny this fact. It's not a coincidence that it's a) one of the loudest places to play (home crowd factor) b) the team is run by Polian (whiner).

Deus Irae

Even Pereira, who oversees the officials, had to have this "explained" numerous times before he came around. The fact is that this bull**** call is precisely what what supposed to be fixed after the Steelers/Colts playoff game. Yet, somehow, it once again is used to bail the Colts out. It was a fumble, the Personal foul should have been an offsetting situation, and the Colts defensive line cheats by barking out. How shocking that the Sainted Colts are not only getting the benefits of the officiating, but cheating as well.

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speed

This, at the very least, makes sense to me. I'm not saying a agree with the every borderline call part, but this is logical and possible.

workhorse

One key to that is Tarik Glenn retired. He was good for at least one or two false starts per game. So there goes 20 or 30 penalties right there.

The difference is quiet a bit from season to season. There may be two things that factor into that, but they wouldn't be enough to account for the entire difference. Most of the Colts penalties come on defense. Their defense is much better this season and can get off the field. Throw that in with the fact that the Colts offense plays a much more ball control style of offense and that means the defense is on the field less and thus should cut down on some of the penalty opportunities. Throw that in with the better secondary players and that will account for some of the difference.

It would be interesting to see how many penalties are called on a team and not accepted because the outcome of the play was better.

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BradyManny

If anything, I'd think Colts fans would just embrace it and accept that their dome and the crowd (amplified or not...) is the 12th man, and that it has many benefits, including perhaps affecting the refs.

Yesterday, for instance, none of the calls were outright bad (as they were notable bad calls in the Pats or Steelers playoffs games in recent years), they were all borderline - and it's simply that they all ended up going in the Colts favor that guides me to the conclusion I've made. Or rather reinforces a conclusion I'd already made.

workhorse

I think there may be something to that, I think it shows up a lot more with hoops (probably because the fans are so much closer to the refs), but it could play a factor. It would explain the defensive line barking out the snap calls. There is no way the refs could hear that over the crowd.

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Deus Irae

The Colts are beneficiaries of terrible calls on the road as well.

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speed

I'd agree with you, for certain about home field/crowd advantage, except I think its obviously tainted talking about it on a Pats board (I know, then go away, right? ). All that I am saying is every call that goes agains the Colts or not called is completely ignored and every call in the favor amplyfied. I don't give bad calls against the Colts a second thought to be honest, past the next play, thats just me, don't cry over spilled milk type thing.

I do know there was a call earlier in the year that the head of referees called the worst you could have or something like that.

I just think people don't acknowledge that the Colts do in fact get bad calls, plenty and I really don't expect that realization here, anyway. I'm just saying tomorrow morning when the Baltimore paper has in it how much the refs favored that Pats after they beat them, I would guess the Pats probably had some bad calls against them as well.

SVN

anyone remember it was in indy when pitt played them in the playoff when a manning INT to polamalu was reversed as a incomplete ..when it was so clear ?