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Maybe its just possible that the Colts don't commit that many penalties, where does it say in the rule book that the refs have to call the same amount of penalties on each team?
The Chargers game had alot of bad calls against the Colts including a quick whistle that cost us a touchdown or at least a FG...I didn't complain about it because we played so bad in that game we didn't deserve to win anyway..
A 10 game pool and the eye test are not damning evidence to get the Colts convicted, as it's not solid proof. It is, however, enough to warrant an investigation and is very "fishy".
Citing Wikipedia as an authoritive source for something like this which has no clearly verifiable facts is comical. Wikipedia is user-edited, and it ostensibly strives for a neutral point of view but often fails. Anyone, *anyone*, can edit what they want and unless someone else cares enough to change it it will sit there looking official. I could change that entry to read "Don Shula served on the rules committee and his teams were always among the least penalized in the NFL due to his policy of paying for Miami Beach prostitutes to service visiting referees" and it would be accepted until someone decided to change it.
For what it's worth, fast players tend to cause problems for opponents as they need to resort to holding, etc.I know what my eyes tell me. But I still had to check it out for myself.
Every Monday morning when I read the paper, it seems like the box scores show the Colts getting called for far fewer penalties than thier opponent.
What I do know about the Colts is that they are a fast defensive/offensive team, but they are well-documented as to having given up size for speed.
Common sense tells me that speed is helpful in skill positions but in the trenches, there is no substituting strength and brute force. Yet somehow, the Colts manage to be rarely called for holding. But as we have all witnessed, the Colts game plan every game is to hold as much as possible. It is truly shocking what they can get away with.
So, I dug up the last 10 games the Patriots played this year and what the penalties were and the last 10 games the Colts played and thier penalties.
Here is what I found:
Patriot Penalties 54 for 516 yards
Patriot Opponents 60 for 466 yards
Colt Penalties 36 for 235 yards
Colt Opponents 57 for 505 yards
This is a massive difference. It speaks for itself. I have not had the time to look into what the each NFL team has been penalized to this point but this is clearly favoratism. I would be willing to bet that a statatician would say that things balance out over the course of a season but this can only be explained as an anomoly. Or, statistical proof that the Colts are being helped by the refs.
If I were BB working my butt off 24/7 and delivering the goods, I would be a bit POed that my boss Bob Kraft has not seen fit to get someone from the Pats on the competition committee to both monitor and offset Bill Polian's insidious influence. With all that goes into a Patriots season, the work by draft scouts, coaches, players et. al. it seems a shame to leave one potentially massive influence totally uncontrolled.
If I were BB working my butt off 24/7 and delivering the goods, I would be a bit POed that my boss Bob Kraft has not seen fit to get someone from the Pats on the competition committee to both monitor and offset Bill Polian's insidious influence. With all that goes into a Patriots season, the work by draft scouts, coaches, players et. al. it seems a shame to leave one potentially massive influence totally uncontrolled.
I know what my eyes tell me. But I still had to check it out for myself.
I would be willing to bet that a statatician would say that things balance out over the course of a season but this can only be explained as an anomoly. Or, statistical proof that the Colts are being helped by the refs.
it would also be great if we could break out the long defensive Pass Interference penalties from the more frequent holding and false start calls.