Peter King and the Refs call at the end of the game

[Wildo7]

He's been somewhere between utterly useless and totally infuriating all season long but for once, Peter King writes a good column that should shut the door atleast on the latest round of anti-Pats garbage:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/peter_king/12/04/mmqbte/index.html

 

[IcyPatriot]

He's been correcting his past errors lately ... perhaps realizing that sensationalism is ruining his reputation ... which as it should be anyways.

 

[TealSox]

And here I gave up on Mr. King. Maybe he can go back and write about that "tuck" against the Raiders because I can't get them darn Raiders' fans off my back.

 

[Mogamedogz]

"I've had five people at Starbucks and my gym this morning asking about last night's controversial 27-24 Pats' win, and I've just talked to people in the know about the officials' key decisions in last night's game."


Yeah right Petey... You want us to believe you were actually at the gym??

 

[Wildo7]

"I've had five people at Starbucks and my gym this morning asking about last night's controversial 27-24 Pats' win, and I've just talked to people in the know about the officials' key decisions in last night's game."


Yeah right Petey... You want us to believe you were actually at the gym??

hahah good point I didn't even pick up on that

 

[pheenix11]

Thank you Mr King.

 

[BelichickFan]

Yeah right Petey... You want us to believe you were actually at the gym??

King has lost a lot of weight, he should get credit for it not be the brunt of stupid jokes.

 

[Mogamedogz]

King has lost a lot of weight, he should get credit for it not be the brunt of stupid jokes.

Oh no... not the "weight sensitivity" police.

Calm down... it's just a joke.

 

[ligermark]

King has always been a very good columnist. Aside from the times when he sees an oppurtunity to show his morality or make incredibly embarrassing personal revevlations.

 

[letekro]

King has lost a lot of weight, he should get credit for it not be the brunt of stupid jokes.

He still looks like a lesbian.

 

[Mogamedogz]

He still looks like a lesbian.

And he is still a hack.

 

[ALP]

best article abou tlast nights game so far

 

[BWareofDWare]

Oh no... not the "weight sensitivity" police.

Calm down... it's just a joke.

I don't think that was the "weigh sensitivity" police, I think it was the "stupid joke" police.

 

[realtime]

He still looks like a lesbian.

Please don't insult lesbians.

 

[RhodyPatriot]

King said nothing after the Colt/Patriot game where EIGHT documented bogus calls/non-calls ALL went the Colts way.
Not one word about the officiating in that game but King did readily dismiss the suspected amplification of crowd noise in Indy, an observation the Steelers have also made in the past.
King's act is tired because it's the teams involved in a controversy that dictates whether he'll address it or not.

 

[sarge]

Definately thought this quote was accurate

New England ball, fourth-and-5, Baltimore 13, 55 seconds left, Baltimore up 24-20. Brady retreats to pass. From the right side of the line, tight end Ben Watson runs downfield into the end zone, with nickel back Jamaine Winborne riding him tightly downfield. Once Watson gets past the 8-yard line, it's illegal for Winborne to have anything but incidental contact with Watson, but he clearly has an arm on him well past the 8, and all the way into the end zone. Maybe the call should have been holding, maybe the call should have been illegal contact, but it was a legitimate call, not a ticky-tack one. Winborne impeded Watson's path. The back judge, Billy Smith, called holding, a five-yard penalty and automatic first down. I would have called illegal contact, but both penalties have the same impact, which is to give the Patriots a first-and-goal at the Baltimore 8. Great guts by Smith to make a call in that atmosphere.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

What about the holding on The Hut in the same play?

 

[eric5280]

The hold is clear as day. The flag was a little delayed so at the time the flag was thrown, there was no illegal holding but holding did take place on the play.

 

[italian pat patriot]

i liked THIS article from him

 

[godef]

New England ball, fourth-and-1, Baltimore 30, 1:48 left, Baltimore up 24-20. At the last second before the snap, Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan calls timeout. The play went on, with Baltimore stuffing Tom Brady for a loss and, theoretically, that should have been New England's last gasp. One problem. Only the head coach is supposed to be able to call time on the sidelines. But in this case, the league has interpreted the rule on a last-millisecond timeout call that the side official cannot be responsible for seeing whether it's the head coach or another coach who calls time. So it's technically legal for Ryan to have called the timeout, and the league's point is the head coach is responsible for controlling his bench. In this case, Brian Billick has to be responsible for his sideline, and when Ryan calls time, the burden is on Billick to accept the call because it happened on the Baltimore sideline.

OK then, what happens when the refs finds out after the fact that it wasn't the head coach calling the time out? Shouldn't that be a penalty, in which case the Pats would have had a first down?

New England ball, first-and-goal, Baltimore 8, 50 seconds left...

Wow, I stand corrected from another thread (I'll have to go search for it). For some reason, as I watched the game, I thought it was 4th down, perhaps I hadn't realized the prior penalty had given them a first down. Seriously, as that play was being reviewed, I was thinking, "OK this is it. If it gets overturned (which I thought it would), the game is over!" But in fact we had three more shots.