Posted on 12/12/2002 9:39:47 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Report: NFL Cites 9 Blown Calls in Game </FONT
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The NFL has acknowledged its officiating crew made at least nine mistakes during Sunday's Green Bay-Minnesota game, including a key pass interference call, two newspapers reported Wednesday.
The mistakes were documented in a confidential memorandum, the Star Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer Press said, citing unidentified sources.
The Vikings (3-10) lost the game 26-22 in Green Bay. Eight of the affected plays occurred in the fourth quarter, when the Packers (10-3) made up a nine-point deficit with two touchdowns. An interference call negated a Vikings' interception on the Packers' game-winning drive.
Both papers reported the league's correspondence with the Vikings.
"Conversations between the NFL officiating department and teams are confidential," NFL spokesman Michael Signora said. "We do not comment on them."
Vikings coach Mike Tice declined comment. Team officials are prohibited from discussing confidential communication with the league.
On Monday, the Vikings sent in 12 officials' calls the team disagreed with. In a response, league supervisors wrote that Vikings safety Corey Chavous (news) should not have been called for pass interference against Donald Driver (news) on a third-down pass that safety Jack Brewer intercepted.
"It doesn't matter what they say after the fact," Chavous said. "We lost the game."
Under the NFL's instant replay policy, pass interference penalties are not subject to review. Tony Fisher scored the go-ahead touchdown for Green Bay four plays later.
NFL teams routinely fill out such forms on the day after games, seeking clarification or explanations for calls, and it is not unusual for mistakes to be acknowledged affecting both teams.
Among other mistakes detailed in the document, league supervisors wrote that Packers receiver Robert Ferguson should have been ruled out of bounds at the 1-yard line rather than given a 40-yard touchdown reception with 10:48 left in the fourth quarter. The Vikings did not challenge the call via instant replay.
The NFL also wrote that Packers safety Antuan Edwards (news) should have received an unnecessary roughness penalty for hitting Vikings receiver Chris Walsh (news), who had taken a knee to stop the next-to-last play of the game, and that Packers linebacker Nate Wayne (news) also should have been penalized for blocking receiver Randy Moss (news) in the back on the final play of the game.
I don't about all that....Favre is special but Montana and Elway had eyes in the back of their heads.
Plus they weren't mistake-prone and impatient as Favre can do sometimes, forcing passes into coverage only to be intercepted.
Well, now you have my curiosity...
With that said we will figure it all out on December 29 when Miami comes to town. I hope it's 20 degrees out with snow.
BTW...Your boys look so nice with that cute little fish on their helmets.
Lol.. I wouldn't go that far. I'd say it puts him in their league though.
Drug abuse=fried skull mush.
``The biggest problem wasn't getting the pills down, it was
keeping them down. Most of the time, I'd just throw them
right back up and they'd land on the floor. No big deal.
I'd just pick the pills out of the vomit, rinse them off
and try again.''
-Brett Favre, role model.
How about when it counts? At the end of the game on a SportsCenter highlight?
With that said we will figure it all out on December 29 when Miami comes to town. I hope it's 20 degrees out with snow.
And I hope Ricky (MVP) Williams has on his snowshoes.
BTW...Your boys look so nice with that cute little fish on their helmets.
OK, now you're just pathetic, knicker-boy:
And don't defend it by mentioning that long-haired sissy you've got on the helmets now.
For instance, receivers more often have caught the ball, controlled it for two, three and even four steps and fumble the ball when hit. The refs come running in waving their arms and blowing the whistle signaling no catch. Now, go to the sideline and replays show they merely have to have two feet in bounds and possesion at that instant.
In my humble opinion, the problems we see now with the officiating goes a few years back to that whiny person on the rules committee that decided that "the ground can't cause a fumble". Baloney! If after you get hit and you don't get up with the football and hand it to the referee, it's a fumble. If they carry you out on a stretcher, that ball better be tucked firmly under your armpit.
Football was never intended to be a technical game. Ben Davidson never cared if the Quarterback slid feet first. Bart Starr was never saved by the "in the grasp" rule. Johnny Unitas never worried about a "tuck rule". Ray Nitschke couldn't have cared less if the receiver was "defenseless" coming across the middle. Play football and stop ruining the game with all these new Elementary School Rules.
Due to the popularity of the Survivor shows on CBS, Wisconsin is planning to do its own, entitled "Survivor-Wisconsin Style."
The contestants will start in Milwaukee, travel to Oshkosh, Eau Claire, over to Wausau, and down to Madison. They will then proceed up to Superior, on to Rice Lake, then to Tomah, Wisconsin Rapids, Fond du Lac, and Manitowoc. From there, they'll proceed to Sheboygan, Racine, swirling through Kenosha, and finally back to Milwaukee.
Each will be driving a pink Volvo with a bumper sticker that reads: "I'm gay, I'm a vegetarian, Bratwurst clogs your arteries, I voted for Al Gore, Green Bay Packers suck, Cheese is high in cholesterol, Hillary in 2004, and I'm here to confiscate your guns!"
The first one that makes it back to Milwaukee alive wins.
Now hold on sinkspur....I usually agree with and like your posts, but just ask the poor Bear fans here in Illinois if Favre is overrated!!
As for his name, well it is of French extract. 'Nuff said there! ;)
Vicodin'll do that for ya ;)
BTW, I'm also curious as to why they will call an offensive lineman for "hands to the face" in a heartbeat but they never, EVER call "hands to the face" for a runningback's stiff-arm. Riddle me this...
If they remain in Madison, they'll be elected mayor.
BTW....the Texas version of this joke is much better.
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