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To: highlander_UW

I was rooting for neither team, just trying to enjoy the game. But the officiating was ridiculously biased. On two different plays, including the one where they had a pass completed to the one yard line, the defensive end was offside. Then the 15-yard penalty against Hasselback for tackling the runner was unforgivable.


9 posted on 02/06/2006 9:04:05 AM PST by Tennessean4Bush (When you come to a fork in the road, take it.)
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To: Tennessean4Bush
On two different plays, including the one where they had a pass completed to the one yard line, the defensive end was offside.

Watch the replay... he's not offside, he just had an excellent jump on Hasslebeck's cadence that gave him half a step. Hasslebeck should have adjusted by slipping in a hard count in there after the first time the DE got a good jump on the play.

86 posted on 02/06/2006 10:04:50 AM PST by kevkrom ("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
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To: Tennessean4Bush

There are specific rules about open field tackling in a situation like that. You cannot tackle below the knee on returns.


163 posted on 02/06/2006 12:13:52 PM PST by joyspring777
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