:ha: thats halarious...
but honestly, the officiating was atrocious :sad2:
and so was the game, it just seemed boring to me for some reason...
but honestly, the officiating was atrocious :sad2:
and so was the game, it just seemed boring to me for some reason...
bulluck4dMVP said:
yeah i found myself doing laundry rather than paying attention this year
Something has got to be done to improve the officiating in the NFL. It's ruining the game.
When we see the blown calls during the Titan games, I just chalked it up to the worst officials being assigned to the lower tier games.
But with all the bad calls we've seen during the Playoffs and the Superbowl itself by what is suppose to be the "best of the officiating crop", anyone can see there is a problem here.
Instant replay was instituted to help, but as we saw in the Colts-Steelers game they even managed to screw that up (Polomalu interception). They actually made the right call in real time, and then overturned the right call after watching it in slow motion from different angles.
I don't know what they can do, maybe simplify the rules, give them more pay and training so they don't have to work a second job.
They have to become more consistant and better, or the game is going to lose all integrity.
The game is played by great athletes, generates billions of dollars, and the NFL lets the games be run by a group of inept buffons.
When we see the blown calls during the Titan games, I just chalked it up to the worst officials being assigned to the lower tier games.
But with all the bad calls we've seen during the Playoffs and the Superbowl itself by what is suppose to be the "best of the officiating crop", anyone can see there is a problem here.
Instant replay was instituted to help, but as we saw in the Colts-Steelers game they even managed to screw that up (Polomalu interception). They actually made the right call in real time, and then overturned the right call after watching it in slow motion from different angles.
I don't know what they can do, maybe simplify the rules, give them more pay and training so they don't have to work a second job.
They have to become more consistant and better, or the game is going to lose all integrity.
The game is played by great athletes, generates billions of dollars, and the NFL lets the games be run by a group of inept buffons.
I think it's time to use Instant Replay like I saw in the Rose Bowl (?)
where ANY play at ANY time can be signalled for review by someone in the booth. there needs to be a tech crew in the both with all the camera angles avialble for their review
these morons on the field can't see what's going on half the time
and what they think they see is drastically different from what millions of people with the benefit of multiple angles can see
where ANY play at ANY time can be signalled for review by someone in the booth. there needs to be a tech crew in the both with all the camera angles avialble for their review
these morons on the field can't see what's going on half the time
and what they think they see is drastically different from what millions of people with the benefit of multiple angles can see
What call do you feel was missed ?
I thought it was called pretty well minus a personal foul penalty and possibly a few holds that I didn't get a look at.
I thought it was called pretty well minus a personal foul penalty and possibly a few holds that I didn't get a look at.
I actually dont think the officiating was as bad as a lot of Hawks fans do today. I think the ref made the right call on the Ben TD... there wasnt conclusive visual evidence either way, so the call stands. And as much as I think the pass interference call on Jackson was ticky tacky, there was contact. But the illegal block on Hasselbeck was complete crap, the phantom holding call on Sean Locklear that negating the pass to Stevens on the one was crap, and Ben certainly did not get that timeout called before the clock hit zero.
I wouldnt have minded the ticky tack calls so much, except that the Steelers werent getting called for any of theirs.
I wouldnt have minded the ticky tack calls so much, except that the Steelers werent getting called for any of theirs.
Yeah, I thought the OPI in the end zone was crap, but not necessarily a "Blown" call. Sometimes those ticky-tack fouls just get called. The Hasselback thing was ridiculous, and it DID seem the YELLOW flags were out a lot on the 'Hawks, but unlike the AFCC, I didn't think there was any one particular call that was atrocious (sp).
But for a minute there, I almost felt like I was watching a Colts game (except the hometown love was for black-n-gold)
But for a minute there, I almost felt like I was watching a Colts game (except the hometown love was for black-n-gold)
nigel said:
The officiating was terrible. The steelers safety instigated just as much contact on jackson while jackson was scrambling to get open as jackson did on him. If that call is going to be made, which it shouldnt, it should have been offsetting calls and replay of down. The phantom holding call sucked, especially since Haggans was offsides on the play anyway, and Ben still hasnt gotten in the endzone. And the clock had easily expired before the timeout, Im not sure the seahawks win with the different calls, but they certainly arent beat by 11 and at least have a chance.
http://www.gotitans.com/goForum/showthread.php?t=16491
edit: error on my part ... posted incorrect link.
Sorry Puck. Above is what I meant to post.
edit: error on my part ... posted incorrect link.
Sorry Puck. Above is what I meant to post.
The thread in your quote box is the wrong thread. The answer to your question would be nothing. Nothing at all.Puck said:
SEC 330 BIPOLAR said:
what does that thread have anything to do with this one ?
Are you serious?
I hate that ref. Nobody would seem to talk about refs. Refs do this :banned: all the time. I hope you aren't just messing with me.
If it weren't for that guy all those (ref#77 from thread) people in Cleveland would still have their season tickets. Instead, some dip:banned: got to work overtime cleaning up all those stinking beer bottles.
It's a classic case of officiating altering the course of a game. I posted that pic in smack to see if it would get any bites. Sure, Gunny hit it, he'll hit anything...(LOL, not really how that sounds) but I was looking for a story about that peckerhead, and nobody could seem to remember anything at all that he screwed up...strange is isn't it?...because just a few short years ago he was revered among his peers and the League Office, as being one of the finest referees in the gane. (most people know this, including you Puck, but the guy in the WHITE hat is the ref, the others are only judges)...this ref, or if you will...head of the crew...This Terry McAulliffe (sp?) has screwed more pooches than Lassie, Old Yellar, Rin Tin Tin, and Benji put together.
That's all.
...plus he talks like a cyborg.
Now go back to talking amongst yourselves...
I hate that ref. Nobody would seem to talk about refs. Refs do this :banned: all the time. I hope you aren't just messing with me.
If it weren't for that guy all those (ref#77 from thread) people in Cleveland would still have their season tickets. Instead, some dip:banned: got to work overtime cleaning up all those stinking beer bottles.
It's a classic case of officiating altering the course of a game. I posted that pic in smack to see if it would get any bites. Sure, Gunny hit it, he'll hit anything...(LOL, not really how that sounds) but I was looking for a story about that peckerhead, and nobody could seem to remember anything at all that he screwed up...strange is isn't it?...because just a few short years ago he was revered among his peers and the League Office, as being one of the finest referees in the gane. (most people know this, including you Puck, but the guy in the WHITE hat is the ref, the others are only judges)...this ref, or if you will...head of the crew...This Terry McAulliffe (sp?) has screwed more pooches than Lassie, Old Yellar, Rin Tin Tin, and Benji put together.
That's all.
...plus he talks like a cyborg.
Now go back to talking amongst yourselves...
officiating
Maybe, just maybe, the officials felt like they owed Pitt one after trying to eliminate them from the playoffs vs. Indi????
Maybe, just maybe, the officials felt like they owed Pitt one after trying to eliminate them from the playoffs vs. Indi????
PFT mentioned that the refs might have a grudge against Holmgren for revealing that the zebras made mistakes the game against the Giants.
Me personally, I just think that they're idiots.
Me personally, I just think that they're idiots.
Bad calls...?
Two of those calls really were not that bad. The call against jackson was probably the wrong call. He did not push off enough to get the flag but it was a tough call. Looking at it in slow motion it doesn't look like much of a push and therefore not a penalty but at regular speed it's not hard at all to understand why the offical called interference. Jackson extended his arms, created substantial distance from himself and the defender so the ref called it.
The rothleisberger TD was a close call that could have gone either way. I thought the ball did just nick the goaline before he was hit. They looked at it close up and in slow motion and concurred. That's the way the system is supposed to work. Right?
Obviously the call against hasselback for a "low block" was not just wrong but strange. All the time we see officals huddle together to correct something like that but there was no such huddle this time. You would think one of the officals would run up and tell the guy who made the call that he was tackling a ball carrier. What the hell was that?
Two of those calls really were not that bad. The call against jackson was probably the wrong call. He did not push off enough to get the flag but it was a tough call. Looking at it in slow motion it doesn't look like much of a push and therefore not a penalty but at regular speed it's not hard at all to understand why the offical called interference. Jackson extended his arms, created substantial distance from himself and the defender so the ref called it.
The rothleisberger TD was a close call that could have gone either way. I thought the ball did just nick the goaline before he was hit. They looked at it close up and in slow motion and concurred. That's the way the system is supposed to work. Right?
Obviously the call against hasselback for a "low block" was not just wrong but strange. All the time we see officals huddle together to correct something like that but there was no such huddle this time. You would think one of the officals would run up and tell the guy who made the call that he was tackling a ball carrier. What the hell was that?
There's apperantly another call that's being disputed now. It was the throw to DJax inside the 2 minute warning of the first half. Hasselbeck threw it and Jackson caught the ball, landed the left foot in bounds and the right foot hit the pylon, then landed out. According to this ESPN article about the rule changes, that should be a TD... "A player will be ruled in bounds if he touches the pylon at the goal line before going out of bounds. For example, a pass would be considered complete if one foot touches the pylon and the other foot is in bounds."
If this is true, and the refs completely forgot the rule, that adds even more shame to an already pitifully officiated game.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/clayton_john/1354105.html
If this is true, and the refs completely forgot the rule, that adds even more shame to an already pitifully officiated game.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/clayton_john/1354105.html
RollTide said:
If this was called all the time Michael "thin neck" Irving would have ZERO career catches. That was his only way of getting seperation.
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