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I do not feel so good about the undefeated season as some of you.You may think I am a bad fan but I love the Pats and don`t think they need help from the NFL.Yes an undefeated season is good for buisness but not when it is blemished.The Baltimore Ravens won that game without the officials playing for our team.Even when we got rewarded with a TD we did not control as we went OB the Ravens still came back.The last play of the game,a 52 yd reception,gave Ravens ball on our 1 yd line.There was a glaring penalty against our team once again not called as time ran out,robbing Baltimore of a win.
I would much rather see our team 13-1 than to get a win like that.
Well, I agree with you the officials were bad. There were a number of obvious non-called penalties (especially against Wes Welker) earlier in the game that would have made a big difference in the Patriots taking control of the game earlier. There were no bad calls in the 4th quarter, so I don't know what you're talking about there. (Yes, there was a terrible non-call for offensive PI against the Ravens on the last play of the game, not that it would have made any difference).
As far as the TD goes, IMO it went have set a new NFL precedent had the TD been overturned. Never before in NFL history (that I'm aware of) has a ball that's been cleanly caught (i.e. no juggling of the ball at all) been called a non-catch simply because the ball had not been brought into the body before going out of bounds. If you'd like to bring one to my attention, that would be great. If not, you might reconsider your opinion.