Posted on 01/15/2006 1:29:41 PM PST by mcg2000
I thought this would be relevant with consideration to the end of today's game.
The phrase "idiot kicker" will be heard everywhere ... here's a reference for anyone who's unaware.
HA HA HA...... Even though the ref tried to screw the STeelers they still won! If anyone out here can believe the non interception call, the non offsides call, the non interference call, I have a bridge in arizona to sell you. Had to be the worst job of a ref ever. HE should be fined.
Well, I guess he is an idiot to elicit such a response from Manning. He's probably out of a job as well a since kickers are a dime a dozen.
After that horrible interception reversing call, I was glad to see the Steelers pull through. I hope Big Ben's not damaged, though.
At the end it looked like a contest between dueling playoff choke artists..Cowher vs Manning. It would have been fitting for the game to go to overtime.
That was one ugly kick today. But it wasn't his fault they didn't get him closer.
What a game! It almost gave me a heart attack. Reminds me of the WVU vs UGA game. My teams need to stop doing this to me.
That was one bizarre game. I didn't have a dog in the fight, but thought it would be nice if the underdogs won. After the refs overturned that CLEAR interception, I began to forcefully root for Pittsburgh. Way to go, Steelers! And knock that silly hippie beard off Plummer's face next week!
Yeh...he gets Vander-jacked right out of Indy.....whats with the diamond earing on his left ear?
left is right and right is wrong
Clever dude...signs of the times I suppose.
A 46 yard kick in a dome?!? That's gravy ... he is over-rated though due to his lack of kicking outdoors.
"I'm not a real big Colts fan right now, unfortunately," the Canadian kicker told The Score, a Toronto-based cable sports TV network. "I just don't see us getting better."
"All week before the Jets game I'm like, '(No.) 18, we're going to handle it, me and you we're going to win this game.' And he's like, 'Yeah, yeah, OK.'
"And I'm like, 'Peyton, show some enthusiasm, you're the quarterback and we need to win this game.' I just don't see it from him."
Vanderjagt said the Colts' offense desperately needed a fiery, smashmouth leader.
"We need somebody who is going to get in people's face and yell and scream," said Vanderjagt, who joined the Colts in 1998. "I've gone over there to the offense and said, 'Come on.'
"They're just like, 'Mike, go sit down. You're the kicker.' I have more emotion probably than anybody. I want to win, I want to win bad. When I miss a field goal I bang my helmet because I hate being imperfect and I can't tolerate watching 11 guys just walk off the field after you get stuffed and really show that you don't care. That is frustrating to me."
"Coach Dungy, he's just a mild-mannered guy. He doesn't get too excited, he doesn't get too down and I don't think that works either.
"I think you need a motivator, I think you need a guy that is going to get in somebody's face when they're not performing well enough. Peyton and Tony are basically the same guy. They work hard, they mark their Xs and Os and go out and execute. If it doesn't happen, there's nothing we can do about it."
btw - that's an old article/quotes from 2003!
He could afford it. Don't know if he can now, though.
I feel kinda bad for him. 46yds is no gimme.
This is a time when u are right but wish u were wrong
I said all year that INDY was not going either undefeated or to the bowl
but last few weeks I was hoping I would be proven wrong..sadly no
I'm so sad at today's result. I can't tell you all how sad I am. Not one team I've wanted to win in the playoffs has gotten the job done.
Feeling very dejected here. Very dejected indeed.
My kids and I agree, no matter how hard the ref tried the Steelers rose above it and won.
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