Posted on 01/16/2006 6:48:08 AM PST by beyond the sea
Peyton Manning, after living a full life, died. When he got to heaven, God was showing him around. They came to a modest little house with a faded Colts flag in the window. "This house is yours for eternity, Peyton." said God.
"This is very special; not everyone gets a house up here." Peyton felt special, indeed, and walked up to his house.
On his way up the porch, he noticed another house just around the corner. It was a 3 story mansion with a black & gold sidewalk, a 50 foot tall flag pole with an enormous Steeler flag, and in every window a Terrible Towel.
Peyton looked at God and said, "God, I'm not trying to be ungrateful, but I have a question. I was an all-pro quarterback, I hold many NFL records, and i even went to the Hall of Fame."
God said, "What's your point Peyton?"
"Well, why does Ben Rothlisberger get a better house than me?"
God chuckled, and said, "That's not Ben's house, it's mine."
I guess he has Schottenheimer and Cowher in his head now too. Getting crowded in there isn't it? Can you pin the bulk of the blame for the loss on PM? Well, the QB always gets that but I credit the Pitt D mostly. They took the entire Indy offense out of their rhythym. And if their kicker converts and they go to OT who knows? We may just be talking about the Colts scare rather than a great Steelers win....
Could the QB and the running back run all the way back to their end of the field and then throw an incomplete pass to the running back's feet? Just a weird thought.
That was on 2nd down he went for it all, pretty good play actually, go for the throat and the win. The third down play was an incomplete pass to just last the markers. Can't really fault the calls on their final possession, though his final pass did kind of suck.
When the NFL has to rely on nuance in order to make a call, the NFL is in trouble. Part of the appeal of the NFL is the excitement and hard hitting action of games.
When games lose their tempo for 3-5+ minutes to determine what is a "football move", and the catch by Troy P. is ruled incomplete, it offends the sensibilities of most fans, as it turns the NFL into a league hobbled by complicated rules that detract from the game on the field. And that has the capability to turn off fans.
The NFL needs to redo several rules, or they will soon suffer from "paralysis by rules".
That's what bugs me.
Right on! Ben is wise beyond his years.
This is one great Monday ......... headache and all.
That will never happen, and for good reason. The NFL insists on using officials who are well-paid, highly-respected professionals in other walks of life -- because it makes them far less likely to fix games for gamblers.
If I remember that explanation of the Carolina challenge right, the ref specifically said that the ball had been fumbled through the end zone after the runner lost the ball before breaking the plane of the goal line; which without the face-mask penalty, would have resulted in Carolina ball at the 20. With the face-mask penalty, accepted by Chicago, the penalty wiped out the play, half the distance to the goal was marched off from the previous spot (the Carolina 7), and the ball was placed at (officially) the Carolina 3.
ROFL.
In 2005, that would have probably been ruled an incomplete.
Very good point. The Patriots have reaped a lot of benefit from pushing the envelope in big games since officials tend to call big games a little looser.
LOL......... maybe under next year's rules!
When The Bus fumbled that ball on the goal line, and the Colt started running it back, my wife's scream could have been mistaken for a new sound based weapon. I've never heard such a thing before. I thought only train or subway brakes could make such sounds.
I think all I could get out was a slow motion "N-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!"
I don't know if Big Ben will win us any championships, but as far as I'm concerned I've already gotten my money's worth! :)
That makes sense. But that could be mitigated by allowing the other refs to override a bad call.
Risky. Really the run was the money play, the team has lived and died by Bettis for a long time, he hadn't losta fumble in two years, give it to him and go for the throat. It was the kind of playoff coaching (take the win don't wait for the win to be handed to you) that usually gets lauded... until somebody drops the football. 99.9% of the time that is the right call, and really the fumble didn't make it the wrong call, it was just that .1% chance that something can go wrong on every down. Could always botch the snap on a kneel too, nothing is garaunteed in sports.
If it's the one I'm thinking of, the ball was uncatchable. Should've been a no-call.
I was thinking of the parallel to Scott Norwood, who missed the game winner against the Giants in SB Whatever and was gone from the Bills after the next season. Granted this was just a playoff game versus the SB, but that miss will be hard for him to live down.
I'm not really knocking Vanderjagt. Kicker may be the physically easiest job on a football team, but it is the ultimate 'what have you done for me lately' job. You can make four FGs in a game, but miss the fifth to tie it or win it, and you are the goat. Remember Gary Anderson for the Vikings several years ago? He didn't miss a kick virtually all year, then in the NFC championship game he misses a kick which would have sewn things up and sent the Vikes to the Super Bowl. Instead Atlanta comes back to tie in regulation (being down only seven rather than ten) and wins it in OT. Some Vikings fans friends of mine still haven't recovered from that one!
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bummer for you
Take a nap that day.
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