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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.

181 posted on 12/19/2001 10:20:59 AM PST by TexRef
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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.

182 posted on 12/19/2001 10:55:30 AM PST by Bikers4Bush
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