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NFL: Polamalu overturned interception the wrong call
ESPN Online ^
| 1/16/06
| AP
Posted on 01/16/2006 1:52:17 PM PST by TheBigB
NEW YORK -- The NFL said the referee made a mistake: Troy Polamalu caught the ball.
The league acknowledged Monday that referee Pete Morelli erred when he overturned on replay Polamalu's interception of a Peyton Manning pass Sunday in the playoff game between Pittsburgh and Indianapolis.
Mike Pereira, the league's vice president of officiating, said in a statement that Morelli should have upheld the call, made with 5:26 left in Pittsburgh's win over the Colts.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: nfl; officiating; sports
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To: TheBigB
61
posted on
01/16/2006 2:51:04 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: steelcurtain
Pamela Anderson has fake tatas. WHAT??? =(
62
posted on
01/16/2006 2:53:38 PM PST
by
TheBigB
("Pitts. has no chance indoors against Indy. NONE."~~maineman)
To: ABG(anybody but Gore); akorahil; albee; A message; andyland; Argh; b4its2late; BADROTOFINGER; ...
PING
To: TShaunK
The worst officiating in the all the playoff games ever...very obvious the NFL did not want New England in there either.
Pats/Steelers would have been the best matchup. Not to mention that it would have given me both teams from my pre-season pick for the AFC championship.
64
posted on
01/16/2006 3:04:59 PM PST
by
steveegg
(Take two - throw those long knives at the DemonRATs and lieberals - and include the RINOs)
To: Sans-Culotte
Good thing the Steelers won then.In so many ways.
;-)
65
posted on
01/16/2006 3:05:48 PM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: misterrob; diamond6; Petronski
well, Paul Begala, turns out the call was wrong....ROFL................ justice.......... I love it.
66
posted on
01/16/2006 3:09:51 PM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: Physicist
Add another playoff INT to Manning's stats! ---
LOL
67
posted on
01/16/2006 3:11:01 PM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: peyton randolph
When calls this egregious are made on review, one has to wonder if the referee is betting on the game. This was not a gray area and it wasn't a call made during play. Morelli should be suspended without pay.Wow. And that coming from a "peyton".
;-)
68
posted on
01/16/2006 3:12:11 PM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: Bushman2
What's to purpose to bring out an internal problem. If everybody is talking about a controversial call, the league needs to come out and explain whether the call was right or wrong, so as to clarify it for rulings in future ball games.
It was an idiotic call and the league had no choice but to acknowledge it.
69
posted on
01/16/2006 3:13:46 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: TShaunK; mainepatsfan
"The worst officiating in the all the playoff games ever...very obvious the NFL did not want New England in there either." ----
Sure looked like it to me! That interference call was just as bad as the Polamalu travesty! The call, if there was one, should have been against the offensive guy for contnual pushing off!
****
"Pats/Steelers would have been the best matchup." ---
Right. As much pain the Pats have given our Steelers the past years, that is the way it should have been.
70
posted on
01/16/2006 3:16:06 PM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: Mrs.Liberty
71
posted on
01/16/2006 3:17:25 PM PST
by
merry10
To: Ciexyz
I think he is mine too. What a great smile he has as does Jerome Bettis.
72
posted on
01/16/2006 3:19:37 PM PST
by
merry10
To: TheBigB; 3catsanadog; agrace; airborne; annyokie; Asphalt; Atlantin; Ayn Rand wannabe; Benrand; ...
To: dead
Had the Steelers lost, I suspect the NFL would have said nothing.
74
posted on
01/16/2006 3:22:22 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: Baynative; mikrofon; Ole Okie
If his knee is not touching the ground because it is cushoined by his hair, does that count?Did you see this funny quote by another FReeper yesterday?
He had one knee and a head of hair down .... Interception
(ROFL)
75
posted on
01/16/2006 3:23:33 PM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: martin_fierro
76
posted on
01/16/2006 3:23:50 PM PST
by
xsmommy
To: merry10; Ciexyz
Fear the 'locks!
77
posted on
01/16/2006 3:24:26 PM PST
by
TheBigB
("Pitts. has no chance indoors against Indy. NONE."~~maineman)
To: Vigilanteman
Accordingly, "the bus" doesn't have to feel bad about making one fumble in 200 plus carries and Vanderjagt doesn't have to blame himself for what wasn't an easy field goal anyway.Thanks for saying that. A very wise remark.
78
posted on
01/16/2006 3:25:45 PM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: TheBigB
Thank you, Captain Obvious, for telling millions of people what they already knew.
79
posted on
01/16/2006 3:26:08 PM PST
by
Glenn
(What I've dared, I've willed; and what I've willed, I'll do!)
To: Luke21
That iterference call that set up Denver's first td was bogus. The league is losing credibility.Horrible.
80
posted on
01/16/2006 3:27:32 PM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
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