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On your original point, I don't think the refs are against us. I believe they call the game to try to keep it close. Obviously, we are not talking about all the crews, only some of them.
Because our scoring was so prolific, it seems like some crews let the other teams get away with more to try to even out the odds and make the game more interesting. It may have been subconscious, but I believed it happened in the Indy game as well as the Ravens game. Some might argue that it has happend in other games as well. Those are the 2 that stick out in my mind.
In both of those games, when the game looked lost for the Pats, the refs backed off a bit and called the game they way they should have all along. In the Raven's case, they had begun to take for granted that they would not be flagged, and they were not happy that all of a sudden, the game was being called properly.
We fans call the coaches, GMs, and players of other teams Whiners... not the fans... at least that's what I see. I think as fans, we have a right to gripe. Players, coaches, and GMs should make their complaints in confidence to the officials, not the press. Polian always seems to make a big fanfare out of his complaints and what the Ravens did/said was ridiculous.
Because our scoring was so prolific, it seems like some crews let the other teams get away with more to try to even out the odds and make the game more interesting. It may have been subconscious, but I believed it happened in the Indy game as well as the Ravens game. Some might argue that it has happend in other games as well. Those are the 2 that stick out in my mind.
In both of those games, when the game looked lost for the Pats, the refs backed off a bit and called the game they way they should have all along. In the Raven's case, they had begun to take for granted that they would not be flagged, and they were not happy that all of a sudden, the game was being called properly.
We fans call the coaches, GMs, and players of other teams Whiners... not the fans... at least that's what I see. I think as fans, we have a right to gripe. Players, coaches, and GMs should make their complaints in confidence to the officials, not the press. Polian always seems to make a big fanfare out of his complaints and what the Ravens did/said was ridiculous.