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To: R. Scott
I think the TD call was actually a "two wrongs DO make a right" type of situation. The referee came in to mark the ball down, as can be clearly seen when he runs in with his right arm pointing down. Then he saw the ball over the plane (shoved there by Roth after he was down) and called TD. On the replay, I was pretty sure Roth got about 1/16 of the ball over the imaginary plane before being shoved back. What the ref called a TD wasn't a TD, but Roth scored on the play earlier and the ref didn't notice.

One point also, the game was very sloppy. Neither side played well, and sloppy games are tougher to officiate. I just thought the officiating was even worse than the game play.

194 posted on 02/06/2006 8:40:30 AM PST by Richard Kimball (Look, Daddy! Teacher says every time a Kennedy talks, a Republican gets a house seat!)
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To: Richard Kimball

I think that "1/16 of the ball" was his elbow and shirt - the problem on replay was you could NOT see where the ball was - therefore, the call stands.


197 posted on 02/06/2006 8:45:07 AM PST by clawrence3
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To: Richard Kimball
I was pretty sure Roth got about 1/16 of the ball over the imaginary plane before being shoved back.

That makes it a touchdown.
232 posted on 02/06/2006 12:50:37 PM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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