REPORT: NFL CITES 9 BLOWN CALLS IN PACKER-VIKING GAME

Associated Press ^ | 12/12/02 | AP

[ex-Texan]

This raises other possibilities as well. Several years ago I had a converation with a close relative. He served in years past as Chief Economist and the trusted counsel to three Mayors of the major city in California.

We talked about organized crime and how far they had penetrated major professional sports. We talked mostly about football. In case you do not know, there in one team in the NFL that is so closely tied to organize crime that the FBI is running around following leads all the time. 'Nuff said.

But my close relative told me about players being paid huge sums to "drop a key pass" in end zone. Or do other things, more subtle things, to cause the game to be won or lost. The players would have large deposits made to secret offshore bank accounts .... and yada yada yada.

If the Big Boys who control professional sports betting wanted to control the outcome of a particular game .... How would they do it? Leave it to you own imagination to come up with the answer.

Now you know why I am not a fan of professional sports, and seldom watch a pro football game on television.

[irish guard]

Tis a French name....ask a cheese eating surrender monkey!

[sinkspur]

Why is F-A-V-R-E pronounced like F-A-R-V-E?

F-A-V-R-E is actually spelled T-H-E-M-O-S-T-O-V-E-R-R-A-T-E-D-Q-U-A-R-T-E-R-B-A-C-K-I-N-F-O-O-T-B-A-L-L.

[WhiskeyPapa]

Now you know why I am not a fan of professional sports, and seldom watch a pro football game on television.

When was the last time a World Series didn't go seven games? It seems very odd the way that heppens. There are too many miraculous comebacks.

Walt

[Freebird Forever]

G O
P A C K E R S ! ! !

[MotleyGirl70]

F-A-V-R-E is actually spelled T-H-E-M-O-S-T-O-V-E-R-R-A-T-E-D-Q-U-A-R-T-E-R-B-A-C-K-I-N-F-O-O-T-B-A-L-L.

You have a losing team this year. Bwahahahah.

[sinkspur]

You have a losing team this year.

So? Favre is still overrated.

[giznort]

The officiating may change, but one factor remains consistent: The Vikings Suck.

[Zansman]

You must be a Vikings fan.

"Bitter, table for one, your table is ready. Bitter, table for one."

Please don't make me destroy you with stats here.

[MotleyGirl70]

FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[Redleg Duke]

Screw it. They were the Viqueens. They deserved it!

[AmishDude]

By the way, in the last calendar year, has any close call gone against the New England Patriots? It seems to be a remarkable coincidence.

-- A Dolfan

[Catspaw]

Why is F-A-V-R-E pronounced like F-A-R-V-E? It always appears to me that the "V" comes before the "R" and yet it isn't pronounced that way. I figure a cheesehead might be able to explain.

Ask Brett's kinfolk in Kiln (pronounced "Kill"), Mississippi.

[justshutupandtakeit]

So the refs are favoring the Pack. This is news? Not hardly.

[ex-Texan]

Yeah .... I know all about it. Also, ever wonder why the Championship Basketball games almost always are played in the biggest cities. Something about local media draw and commercial television. And media draw will determine the winner every time. Well, almost every time. Organized crime has too much at stake. 'Nuff said, over and out.

[discostu]

It was 8 degrees. I think we'd all be making mistakes if we'd been standing out there for 3 hours in that weather. Great game.

[discostu]

Because this is America and you can have your name pronounced however you want. As George Carlin said: your name can be spelled S-M-I-T-H and be pronounced Jonowski if you really want.

[Snuffington]

What a rising star in the NFL! Love the guy.

Don't get too excited. Brett Favre has a history of making average receivers look like superstars. I don't think the Packers have had a real top receiver since Sterling Sharpe. But Favre is good enough to keep the passing game going regardless. The offensive scheme itself has been pretty good for that too.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

F-A-V-R-E is actually spelled T-H-E-M-O-S-T-O-V-E-R-R-A-T-E-D-Q-U-A-R-T-E-R-B-A-C-K-I-N-F-O-O-T-B-A-L-L.

LOL Sinky! He's better than Troy "Concussion" Acheman and all the other clowns that led Dallas.

170+ consecutive starts and counting....how many games in a row did Roger Staubach or Aikman played?

[colorado tanker]

Must be sumpin' in the water in Mississippi that makes strange things come outta people's mouths.