As if things couldn't get anymore difficult: Jerome Boger will referee game vs Bengals

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Mike Reiss ‏@MikeReiss 1m1 minute ago
Jerome Boger has been assigned to referee Sunday night's Patriots-Bengals game.



Mod edit: Here's the reason for the why Boger's being named the referee is relevant. Boger was the referee that called the personal foul on Chris Jones for pushing a teammate on the field goal attempt in overtime that led to the Jets 30-27 victory over the Pats in 2013. Boger was also the subject of some controversy in 2012 when he received eight downgrades during the season, yet was selected to ref the Super Bowl.

 

[captain stone]

Booger absolutely sux, almost as badly as that coward who reffed the Panthers game last season.

 

[FourierSeries]

Officiating is the least of our worries. Stop it.

 

[Jackson 2]

Officiating is the least of our worries. Stop it.

Agreed. They all suck.

 

[goheels22002]

"Put the flag away, Boger! Holding is the only way those guys can keep me from getting killed!"

 

[pats4life12]

I'll give Boger one thing he has a cool voice. But other then that he needs to keep the flag away.

 

[varjao]

I can't stand Steratore and his speech announcing the flag, it adds 1 hour in the game length

 

[captain stone]

Booger & his criminally incompetent crew were the only think keeping the Bengals in the game tonight…

…besides Skippy's cutesy play-calling on short-yardage & GTG situations...

 

[Galeb]

That officiating was horrendous. I hope the whole crew was assaulted on their way out.

 

[pdangle]

Agreed, this guy (& squad) is either terribly arbitrary or just blind & stupid. One play he'll call a ticky tack def hold, but you'll go ok, I can see that, kinda strict - but ok , then he'll miss or ignore the next 7 similar or more egregious variety.

Seriously DOES NOT mesh/help with Pats style of play. He calls the aggressive, borderline-legal, but at least mano-et-mano, style the Pats use. However, he is then completely oblivious to the, oops, I swear I just picked that guy by 'accident' (if I can get away with it), offensive or defensive embellishment style that someone like DEN is know for.

He pisses me off. Get a clue dumbass.

 

[BelichickFan]

That officiating was horrendous. I hope the whole crew was assaulted on their way out.

We've all seen badly officiated games but I have never seen anything like what we saw tonight. What a mess.

 

[ausbacker]

As per usual, Boger and his crew were a blight on the NFL.

 

[ALP]

i ignored this thread when it was made thinking that a crew couldnt really affect one side so much more than the other, many times they suck, but usually or both sides...

...but w/ hindsight, this was a very legit thread to make, wow

 

[Jackson 2]

They were horrid.

 

[Pat Riot]

Officiating is the least of our worries. Stop it.

Go home.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Huge difference between calling penalties and looking for them ... Boger is a disgrace.

 

[pazrul72]

I can deal with ticky tacky calls IF it is called that way for both teams. I prefer to just let them play again fairly for both sides and maybe I am being a prisoner of the moment but that was the worst one sided officiated game I have seen since the refs won the Seattle Super Bowl for Pittsburg. Put the damn flags away!

 

[FourierSeries]

Go home.

Believe me, nothing anyone can say will get me down from the high I am currently on. I was wrong, and I absolutely love it.

 

[Nikolai]

Guy had no control of the game. Constantly confused and let the Bengals literally dictate his calls at least twice. He seemed rather confused about the rules and I wondered at times if he even knew where he was at any given moment.

I really hope that's the last we see of him this year. He has no business being an NFL referee.

 

[FredFromDartmouth]

I have never seen a more prejudiced game. Never. It seemed as if the fix was in. If the game had been called fairly, the Patriots would have won 60-0. It is a testament to the Patriots spirit that they were able to fight through the bad calls and still win.

There was clearly an anti-Patriot agenda in the calls; I am not sure if it was incompetence, or Patriots hate, or someone had fixed the game (or tried to fix the game).

If someone had tried to fix the game in favor of the Bengals then I am reminded of the fixed fight in Pulp Fiction where Bruce Willis is told to lose his fight. Willis kills the guy.