Super Bowl V was a masterpiece compared to this one.
Pitchers and catchers report on Feb. 15..........
Thank God.
Then why suggest it?
I agree. I'll never watch an NFL game the same way again.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Wanna use an asterisk? Go right ahead. it's not like your opinion means anything.
Other than a questionable penalty call for a low block, the game was fairly and accurately called, and I'm not a real fan of either team. The only conspiracy is in your own mind.
No matter what the NFL does they just can't seem to get Peyton Manning into the Super Bowl. They tried to take out Pittsburgh, and when Manning decided to pitch another huge choke, Bettis was the "next best story".
Whatever. The Seahawks couldn't stop Pittsburg from converting a 3 and 28. Then they let themselves get burned on the most obvious gadget play in the world. Then they totally mismanaged the clock and cost themselves points at the end of both halves. Was that part of the NFL's conspiracy?
A poorly officiated game, yes, but not the only reason the Seahawks lost. Dropped passes, poor time management, missed field goals, & yes, penalties (not all of them were some evil NFL conspiracy) were other reasons Seattle lost.
Watching the "show" while making sure the mute button stayed depressed, I was reminded of the joke about two hookers, one of which had serviced Mick Jagger.
"What did Mick taste like?"
"Depends."
I have never seen so many commericals crammed into three hours.
The suggestion that the NFL would enlist an entire squad of referees, risk totally destroying their multi-billion dollar sporting monopoly, and hand the game to their chosen team, in order to sell a few thousand more shirts, is beyond ludicrous.
It ranks up there with a faked moon landing in terms of plausibility.
"..."That's how it is when you're going against the world," Jackson said afterward...."
Hey, Darrel, try playing for Dallas. If you want to know the meaning of "us against the world" have Jerry Jones sign you up. Then you'd know.
"On the other hand, with all the money the NFL makes, why does the league still rely on part-time but incredibly well-paid officials? The NFL is a huge business, with the livelihoods of players and coaches resting on the outcome of these weekend games.
"Don't they deserve to have the rules of the game interpreted by full-time, paid professionals instead of butchers and bakers, lawyers and candlestick makers who work NFL games on the weekends?
"Don't fans deserve to know the game is being managed by professionals, not left in the hands of some neighborhood insurance agent?"
Oh please! Yeah, that's right, make refs honchos of the NFL totally dependent on them for their livelihoods. That'll get rid of bad calls - and rigged calls. NOT.
Sounds like a liberal - "let's make every job a government job".
2006, the year of the sore loser.
i coach football. anyone who has ever been around the game knows that it is high speed and these calls are being made in a fraction of a second. no referees are out there deliberately making bad calls. it easy to second guess them when the tape is slowed down and shown from 20 different angles.
seattle didn't play well enough to win. they sound like losers for making excuses. we tell our high school kids - yes sir, no sir, no excuses. i'm sure that the seahawks have heard this somewhere along the way.
i do agree that the nfl needs to stop treating this like it's still the 1950's when all the players had other part time jobs. it's big business. hire full time refs like every other professional sport. make sure that they are young and can run.
And now in the on-deck circle, Barry Bonds.
Amazing how games that are not the equivalent of a WWF smackdown "suck"....the refs didn't make Seattle's kicker miss two field goal attempts, nor did they make Seattle drop several sure touchdown/touchdown setup passes....they BLEW every chance Pittsburgh gave them to run away with the game....
I won't go that far, but I'm glad to see more people coming to the party. It's been apparent for several years that officiating is horrible in the NFL. I think it's as much the fault of convoluted rules and definitions as it is the officials, althogh the officials certainly have their share of the fault. For the life of me, I have no clue what actually consititues pass interference or offensive holding. I can watch three different games on the same day and see both penalties called differently in each game. In some games it's not unusual to see a receiver and cornerback pushing and grabbing each other all the way down the field with no flags. Other games, the slightest intentional contact by either after five yards draws an instant flags. It many games as long as an O lineman doesn't grab a defenders jersey and throw him down, he can wrap his arms around the defender all he wants. In other games this type of "hugging" draws a a flag. There should be some consistency. You shouldn't have to coach your team differently each week, depending on who is going to be officiating.
The team that played the best didn't win,...
But then further down says:
The judgment of the officiating crew does not affect the ability to catch passes or kick field goals or manage the clock at the end of the first half. Seattle had its chances and blew it.Methinks the author is simply unhappy with the outcome of the game. The team with the highest score at the end of one hour of play is the one that wins, period.