I have never been one for "the refs are out to get us" theories, but dayum. Collinsworth did his best to sell his "that's what the Patriots are going to do" explanation, even though it's a tad out of date, and never really was that true.
I remember reading the first time the NFL "emphasized" that TD passes put buttocks in seats and sold product, or however they worded it in 2004, and some wag wrote some crap about how it's a done deal that the Colts would win the SB in 2004-2005, "now that the handles are off the Colts' uniforms..." Not so much.
Even back then, the "muggings" that the Colts complained about were pretty much par for the league. Similarly, I reasoned that I could cope with the game being "interpreted" a given way, and so would the Pats. No big deal. We won the next AFCCG, the Colts weren't in the AFCCG, and we won the SB. After hanging a 40 burger on the Stillers' vaunted D, I figured what's good for the goose was good for the gander.
But this guy Boger is a piece of work, if last night's game is any indication. I don't know what his deal was, but it was bullcrap all night, and it was consistent bullcrap (with a call or two going the other way for show). It's got nothing to do with the Pats' "style of play." It had everything to do, from where I sit, with a bias. This isn't something you say lightly... it's been said about the Pats way too often for me to go down this road lightly.
It was just like, dayum. I looked around online and found someone complaining in 2013 that Boger listened to Brady complain about a call last year. Maybe he was making up for it or something, but this game was the most blatant display I've seen since... well, since the refs gave that SB trophy to Pittsburgh.
