Posted on 01/16/2006 6:48:08 AM PST by beyond the sea
This is going to be less than pretty, but someone had to do it.
Yesterday's Steeler/Indy game was .............. well, you fill that in.
I'm a Steeler fan of 55 years or so, and the game yesterday was, to say the least, quite bizarre --- as the concept of "a football move" brought back visions of Elroy 'Crazy Legs' Hirsh. The LIVE THREAD yesterday including this incredible game was as lively as the game itself. This morning I gathered some of your comments on the Troy Polamalu interception.
Let's be honest............. he caught the damn ball and the refs blew the call. But FReepers' humor and insights were pretty darn funny as all this was happening. I'm a crappy typist, so this may be a quite ugly presentation. I am just going to present some of the posts from all of you who were transfixed by yesterday's game and the bizarre officiating. It all was unreal, and your comments were fabulous.
Yoi!
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I'm glad its not my team, I would have a heart attack!
932 posted on 01/15/2006 4:15:57 PM EST by scott says
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He had one knee and a head of hair down .... Interception — mikrofon (ROFL)
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What the HELL is a "Football Move" all of a sudden??
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Damn I hate the way LIBS have to try and start new verbiage.
675 posted on 01/15/2006 3:53:56 PM EST by ThreePuttinDude
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After further review, and a review of security provisions, we reverse the call.
677 posted on 01/15/2006 3:54:14 PM EST by steveegg
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HORRIBLE CALL by the Blind Zebra
689 posted on 01/15/2006 3:54:38 PM EST by GRRRRR
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I'm glad the NFL rule book is a living, breathing document! The 9th circuit is officiating today ;) (A CLASSIC !!)
714 posted on 01/15/2006 3:56:12 PM EST by cgk
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CBS considers the money slipped to the refs to make that reversal the best investment it could make. 715 posted on 01/15/2006 3:56:15 PM EST by steveegg
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Peyton Manning and Head Referee Caught in Uncompromising Position. 721 posted on 01/15/2006 3:56:45 PM EST by LdSentinal
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this ref will not be working the playoffs next year. Worst call i have ever seen.
734 posted on 01/15/2006 3:57:40 PM EST by connectthedots
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I'm a Colts fan, and that INT call was horrible. Seemed like TV wanted an interesting finish.
738 posted on 01/15/2006 3:58:12 PM EST by Teacher317
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That was an 8-point call. 745 posted on 01/15/2006 3:58:49 PM EST by steveegg
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The true 12th man in the game, The zebras..
794 posted on 01/15/2006 4:04:18 PM EST by NormsRevenge
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If the Colts win, this will be the biggest robbery since Brinks.
812 posted on 01/15/2006 4:07:15 PM EST by dfwgator
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Bettis is the happiest guy in 2 cities!
967 posted on 01/15/2006 4:17:54 PM EST by freedumb2003
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Ok Cowher, this time can you just take a knee?
974 posted on 01/15/2006 4:18:09 PM EST by dfwgator
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There was a pretty bad no-call in the Bears game as well. The Bears were driving with about 4 minutes to go, down by 8. The play-clock went to zero a good second or second-and-a-half before the ball was snapped. Grossman threw an interception. However, the play never should have happened, as a delay of game is an automatic call - the other team cannot decline the penalty. The Bears should have retained possession of the ball and the outcome of the game could have been quite different. Very bad no-call.
The NFL has messed with the catch/non-catch rules to the point that it is senseless.
I saw a Washington game maybe last year or the year before where a Washington player caught a ball, ran several steps, that is several steps in bounds, went out of bounds, slipped down and gave up the ball. He was after all out of bounds so their was no reason to hang on to the ball rather than brace himself. They called it a noncatch.
Then so far these playoffs, the Tampa tying TD catch v. Washington and this pick have been overruled for no reason. With the Tampa play, they guy caught the ball. He was in the endzone. That makes it a TD and the play is over. Nothing that happens later can change that. On the pick, it was a catch and then a drop. Someone can write a rule that says anything, but it was a catch.
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THAT IS HILLARIOUS!
yep....... and yoi and double yoi!
I was rooting for the Steelers because Mannings playoff futility stimulates my Schadenfreude gland. HOWEVER, when Bettis lost that ball on the 1-inch line, I suddenly started rooting for the Colts: the thought of Bettis ending his career with that play was just too delicious. A Schadenfreude feast! Oh, well.
Hey, is Manning overrated because he's white?
OK now I'm going to defend not taking the knee. Yeah sure given the fumble it looks like going for it was the wrong call, but when you look at the math it was the right call. There was 1:20 left in the game and Indy had all their time outs. If the Steelers take 3 knees the Colts call 3 time outs, so then we're at 4th and goal with about 1:14 or so left on the clock (knees and instant time outs don't take much clock), so then we kick the FG and are up by 6 but the Colts will get the ball back around their 20 with 1:00 on the clock. And then you have to ask yourself if the Colts can get a TD in 1 minute from 80 yards away, then think of the Colts first play in their regular season matchup and the answer is a big YES. So the right answer is to say "the Bus hasn't fumbled and lost the ball for two years" and go for the two score lead. You gotta figure the worst case scenario is the Bus gets stuffed 3 times and you still kick the FG but at least stuffing the Bus 3 times will use more clock than taking 3 knees. IMHO the "perfect" call would have been a fake knee QB sneek, catch the Colts hanging out by the umpire getting ready to call a timeout and maybe get the TD then (if not run the Bus on 2nd down, the fake only works on 1st down).
And the really good news for Steeler fans: Bill "coach like it's a regular season game" Cowher actually went for the throat and coached like it was a playoff game on multiple occassions during that game. Let's hope he keeps it up next week.
I love Cleveland and the great old Browns............... Lou 'The Toe' Groza, etc.
I knew it was over when it was 21-3.
Throwing stuff on the field is the act of bums always. Yeah we thought we were getting robbed but we still didn't pelt the field.
Well said! One more time.
You make it very clear by asking the question about an offensive receiver.
NFL refereeing has to become a full-time job. This called-back interception and the bogus interference call against Assante Samuel in the Pats/Broncos game were awful calls.
The refs.................. the true 12th man?
Unreal!
Just out of curiosity, where does one get their hands on this alleged rule book? Seems like there should be a .PDF out there somewhere.
"I'm sorry, I don't recall." (Hillary)
Just kidding, the refs are pretty bad to everyone now and then.
I think the end zone interference call was a good one--Gee, you'd never guess I was a Denver fan , would you?--
There was legal incidental contact by both players for about ten yards, with both players going for the ball. But at the end, the Patriots' player pushed off and shoved Lele down and out of bounds. That was the interference. And he was slowing up and impeding Lele's progress to the ball all the way.
At any rate, they probably would have scored on the inept Pats anyway, and the game was decided by more than the disputed points.
GO BRONCOS!!!
(I do agree the Polamalu ruling was terrible...that was about as exciting a game as I have ever seen...should be a good one next week.)
Dick Labeau came up with a disguised non blitz to help the coverage. It was a masterful plan and the reason the Steelers won.
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