Posted on 09/25/2012 10:45:44 AM PDT by djf
The best way to handle this obvious theft for the home team...most of the Rent-a-Refs are cowards and decide plays to benefit the home team...is for the fans to find something else to do on Thursdays and Sundays. Anything beats seeing trash like last nights game. Let the ratings crash and the advertisers will notice, because the only thing that gets the owners’ attention is money.
The Texans are our team, and we are wondering what penalty will be given to the Denver player whose head shot caused OB Schaub’s ear damage. If these poorly officiated games continue, players will suffer injuries that may end their season.
Swore I'd never become invested in another pro football game as long as I lived.
I’m convinced they tweak officiating to push games in the way that will create the most revenue.
>>Basketball is worse.<<
That is a VERY low bar.
Traveling:
1) Can only be called if the player gets the ball under his basket, tucks it under his arm and runs like a running back to the opposing basket with never bouncing the ball, except for rule 2 below.
2) Can not be called ever on a star player (see Appendix A)
3) Is never to be called in the Playoffs.
Foul:
1) See Appendix B for the list of players who can be fouled without calls but will always be called for a foul for touching another player (or shows intention of touching another player).
You must not have seen this week’s Lions v Titans game. Titan DB tries to knock down a hail Mary. Detriot catches the attempt and scores.
“Love that kind of raw fan behavior.”
You should attend a Seattle Sounders soccer match if you ever get the chance. The Emerald City Supporters will make your ears bleed. Yells and chants and songs non-stop. The rowdiness is awesome.
Golden Tate didn't satisfy anything in either Rule 8, Section 1, Article 3 and Rule 8, Section 1, Article 3(5).
This is absurd.
"Peter King, Sports Illustrated... The inability to recognize the difference between simultaneous possession and one receiver trying to steal the ball from a defender. [...] The most telling part of the replay, if you watch closely, is that Tate's right arm, as the pile of bodies fall to the turf, flails out for a moment when Jennings has the ball, and then Tate puts his arm back in the scrum. Easley should have been able to see that."
So we can complain about their horrible calls!
I suspect that as well. The leagues worst nightmare is post season play between teams in small markets.
beat me to it.
[...] The most telling part of the replay, if you watch closely, is that Tate’s right arm, as the pile of bodies fall to the turf, flails out for a moment when Jennings has the ball, and then Tate puts his arm back in the scrum. Easley should have been able to see that.”
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Depends what your definition of “is” is.
Got a next door neighbor that’s still mad about leaving early
from that game.Wild game for sure
Some truly sorry calls from the zebras at LP Field Sunday
On the plus side there might be fewer commercials this season.
The new trend in America is to double-down on 'fail' when it's abundantly clear to everyone else that you're wrong.
Being correct takes a back seat to being resolutely and defiantly incorrect in this new age we're in.
Thats because for every $10 spent betting on the favorite to win, $1 is spent on the dog. Last night the Dog won and the good fellows back in Roger Goodells home state of New Jersey made a bundle. Just like they did when the Patriots lost in week 2, and like they did when the Saints lost in weeks 1 & 3
You see, its highly unusual for the favorite of the week to lose 3 weeks in a row, but that is exactly what has occurred this season. Expect that to continue, except for this week of course. To make it look legit you can expect a lot of favs to win this weekend. You wouldn'tt want to make it look too obvious Right Roger?
The best "Tweet" of the night goes to Bubba Watson:
"Watch the Ryder Cup this weekend! We don't have refs."
So we can complain about their horrible calls!
IMHO, they make a whole lot fewer bad calls than these replacement refs do.
It was an officiating mess all around... Flat out painful to watch. The final call was a joke, and the icing on the cake for a game that was completely screwed up by piss poor officiating. Who knows how it would have turned out had the officiating been done with a more normal level of arguable calls - but that is why they play the games, and what I wanted to watch.
I'm a Packers fan, and I never expected the NFL to overturn the results of the game. If they did that for this game, there have been plenty of other royally screwed up games also.
That said - when the NFL to put out that crock of $#!% statement it was nothing more than spitting in the face of any real football fan. I love football, but won't be watching any NFL games until they get this sorted out. Way too painful to watch regardless of who is playing.
Will need to DVR an couple extra CFB games in case I need a football fix on Sunday afternoon...
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