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NFL Officials got it RIGHT by overturning Cleaveland's first down (my title)
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| December 17, 2001
| Associated Press
Posted on 12/17/2001 4:42:15 PM PST by TexRef
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To: Chi-townChief, Bikers4Bush
First the officials reviewed not the previous play but the one prior to it This has already been addressed -- read the article.
then they overturned the proper call of completion made on the field without sufficient evident
In your opinion, of course, but not in the opinion of the referee who was working the game.
then they gave an in-your-face response to the Browns coaching staff's protest
What? Now you are just making things up.
then they call the game early, then they don't put the proper time back on the clock to complete the game.
I'm not sure about the time issue... As far as I could tell from the article, they started blowing their whistle when they were alerted by the buzzer (which happened a split second before the ball was snapped for the spike play).
So, should they have put back time on the clock? I'm not sure -- it depends on what the rule says and, unlike too many uninformed people here, I'm not afraid to say that I don't know exactly what the rule says. Regardless, putting time back on the clock would not have affected the game in any way, so it is really a moot point.
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posted on
12/19/2001 10:20:59 AM PST
by
TexRef
To: TexRef
I'm not sure about the time issue... As far as I could tell from the article, they started blowing their whistle when they were alerted by the buzzer (which happened a split second before the ball was snapped for the spike play). You should stop reading the propoganda put out by the NFL and start reviewing the film and the facts.
They never blew their whistles to stop the play, NEVER. They didn't even look down at their buzzers until AFTER Couch had spiked the ball.
As for you claiming that the in-your-face response was made up, it was not. Chi-townChief was perfectly accurate and the reason I know that is because I was AT the game and SAW it. Where you? Didn't think so.
Stop buying the press releases from the NFL and watch the film if you get the chance. You can't doctor the film. It's all there in technicolor.
To: rdb3
yeah, scary. Glad to see Butch Davis has brought all the druggies from Miami with him. Class act.
BTW, I have "The Drive" on tape and watch it every once in a while just to laugh. Laugh at Marty Shittenheimer and Earnest Byner...I think I'll watch it with some Stiller fans this weekend and laugh some more...thne watch the Steelers pound the Lyins...I'll be at Heinz for the Clowns game. In the EZ.
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posted on
12/19/2001 4:03:12 PM PST
by
Benrand
To: Chi-townChief
Any comments on the performance of the New Orleans Saints' fans on Monday night, Dukie?
You mean, the fans who behaved as though they had been mating with Cleveland Browns fans? ;)
To: Benrand
Like I said, it's coming, stereotypes aside.
And you have "class?"
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posted on
12/19/2001 6:47:46 PM PST
by
rdb3
To: BluesDuke
"You mean, the fans who behaved as though they had been mating with Cleveland Browns fans? ;)"
Well, maybe during Mardi Gras.
Actually, what I was wondering about was how the sequence of events went in New Orleans since I didn't get a chance to see any replays other than the bottle-throwing.
To: Chi-townChief
Actually, what I was wondering about was how the sequence of events went in New Orleans since I didn't get a chance to see any replays other than the bottle-throwing.
I've only read stories which hit the papers about the New Orleans game, so I couldn't really tell you about the actual sequence. (I heard one story spent so much time making wisecracks about the fans that it was almost like, I went to a riot and a football game broke out, so I'm even more lost; for some reason, they seemed to have the Cleveland game making a little more sense in the sequential translation.) But I do know that some people are beginning to make plans to upgrade their insurance in the unlikely event that the Saints and the Browns should ever meet in the Super Bowl...
To: rdb3
What's coming? James Jackson? Gerard Warren? Scary.
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posted on
12/20/2001 9:40:19 AM PST
by
Benrand
To: TexRef
Bottom line #1:
The behavior of the few Browns' fans who got out of hand can't be excused; bottles should never be tossed onto the field. I'm sure a few of these guys received visits from Cleveland's Finest this week.
Bottom line #2:
The refs and the NFL with their arrogance and attempt at a cover-up definitely pulled a Clinton; the referees should be suspended for at least half of next season and the NFL should come clean about instant replay.
To: Chi-townChief
The refs and the NFL with their arrogance and attempt at a cover-up definitely pulled a Clinton; the referees should be suspended for at least half of next season and the NFL should come clean about instant replay. Even if we acknowledge that the officials did NOT do the correct thing, you think that because of one bad call they should be suspended for half a season?!?! That's absurd.
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posted on
12/24/2001 9:42:59 AM PST
by
TexRef
To: Bikers4Bush
Absolutely correct! This arrogant crew of referees should be suspended for ALL of the 2002 season.
To: TexRef
As I mentioned before. They didn't make one bad call, they made many, in addition they missed many that should have been made.
That crew should either be broken up or dissolved. They were lousy.
To: Chi-townChief
"Too lose to call"...check this one---
OUT(mngmt-labor)!
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