Thread on Officiating at ESPN.com is almost up to 1000 posts.

Goody · 02-06-2006, 02:23 PM

http://forums.espn.go.com/espn/threa...ostID=19310180

If nothing else, the 'hawks seem to have gained a lot of fans from other teams who want fair football.

Jason · 02-06-2006, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 9lives

http://forums.espn.go.com/espn/threa...ostID=19310180

If nothing else, the 'hawks seem to have gained a lot of fans from other teams who want to whine and cry like a bunch of babies..

You would think this is the first time there have been a few questionable calls in a football game.

Jonzard · 02-06-2006, 02:25 PM

Did this really need its own damn thread!?

spleen1015 · 02-06-2006, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Dale And Eli's Dad

You would think this is the first time there have been a few questionable calls in a football game.

No, but I think this is the first time so many different questionable situations have come up in the Super Bowl.

sebastian0622 · 02-06-2006, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonzard

Did this really need its own damn threan!?

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I wonder how many posts that thread on ESPN would have if the officiating had been bad?

spleen1015 · 02-06-2006, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonzard

Did this really need its own damn threan!?

What difference does it make?

Sublimity · 02-06-2006, 02:32 PM

I wonder if we can get this one to that many posts.

Sublimity · 02-06-2006, 02:32 PM

Nah, probably not. A lot of people have already had their say in the 3(?) other threads that became related to this topic.

Sublimity · 02-06-2006, 02:33 PM

Then again, we do have some people capable of filling up some posts.

sebastian0622 · 02-06-2006, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sublimity

Nah, probably not. A lot of people have already had their say in the 3(?) other threads that became related to this topic.

We should get a mod to just merge all of them. Probably with the lunch thread.

Sublimity · 02-06-2006, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by sebastian0622

We should get a mod to just merge all of them. Probably with the lunch thread.

Do sour grapes make for a good lunch?

sebastian0622 · 02-06-2006, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Sublimity

Do sour grapes make for a good lunch?

Yeah, they go great with spilled milk.

Goody · 02-06-2006, 02:48 PM

I liked this one.

"I live in Pittsburgh. I wanted to see the Steelers win today because I live here, but found myself rooting for the Hawks in the second half. I am a die-hard 9er fan and love football, play fantasy like nobody's business. However, I am sickened by what happened tonight. This is something that will tarnish the reputation of the NFL if it is not addressed. I can list the things that were wrong with the refs, but I have to go to sleep sometime tonight. One thing that everyone is missing however, is the fact that within the last two minutes of the first half, they did not review the possible TD by DJack. From where I was sitting, he got his first foot down and the second hit the pylon before going out. In my book, that is a TD. Given that and the others, I say the final should have been 28-14 Hawks. Sorry to all in Seattle and the rest of us that have to suffer through an offseason with only this to reflect on."

-regnag33 on espn.com

I thought it was just the real in depth fans on a sports simulation board that would be talking about it so much. When I saw so much support on a mainstream sports media board for the Seahawks...I figured it needed its own thread.

Goody · 02-06-2006, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sebastian0622

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I wonder how many posts that thread on ESPN would have if the officiating had been bad?

Or I wonder how many posts the thread would have if so many people didn't agree with what you saw. Oh...yeah..nearly 1,000 in 20 hours.

Dougiestyle · 02-06-2006, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 9lives

I liked this one.

"I live in Pittsburgh. I wanted to see the Steelers win today because I live here, but found myself rooting for the Hawks in the second half. I am a die-hard 9er fan and love football, play fantasy like nobody's business. However, I am sickened by what happened tonight. This is something that will tarnish the reputation of the NFL if it is not addressed. I can list the things that were wrong with the refs, but I have to go to sleep sometime tonight. One thing that everyone is missing however, is the fact that within the last two minutes of the first half, they did not review the possible TD by DJack. From where I was sitting, he got his first foot down and the second hit the pylon before going out. In my book, that is a TD. Given that and the others, I say the final should have been 28-14 Hawks. Sorry to all in Seattle and the rest of us that have to suffer through an offseason with only this to reflect on."

-regnag33 on espn.com

I thought it was just the real in depth fans on a sports simulation board that would be talking about it so much. When I saw so much support on a mainstream sports media board for the Seahawks...I figured it needed its own thread.

And regnag is an idiot.

Goody · 02-06-2006, 03:11 PM

Did anybody tape the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet or the Lingerie Bowl? I want to see something to make me proud to be a sports fan again.

Craig S. · 02-06-2006, 03:17 PM

The officiating was no worse in last night's game than it has been all season. The problem, I believe, has nothing to do with fixing games. It has to do, instead, with a decline in officiating due to too many loose rule interpretations, sloppy work, and an attitude of, "Oh, well, we'll fix it on replay."

I've been frustrated with this situation for the past two years, so last night's game didn't seem particularly bad.

Gastric ReFlux · 02-06-2006, 03:18 PM

+1

tim_uwrf · 02-06-2006, 03:24 PM

The game wasn't officiated poorly at all. Maybe one call during the whole game that was blatantly not a foul, but the rest could have gone either way.

As for the DJack catch that wasn't, he stepped out of bounds with his second foot. He only got one foot in, it almost looked like he didn't even try to get his feet in.

I really could have cared less who won; but to me, it looked like the Steelers wanted it more in the second half. Seattle played very laxidasical until the end of the game when they started to get TOO aggresive for the situation they were in. But to each his own.

abailey3313 · 02-06-2006, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by tim_uwrf

The game wasn't officiated poorly at all. Maybe one call during the whole game that was blatantly not a foul, but the rest could have gone either way.

As for the DJack catch that wasn't, he stepped out of bounds with his second foot. He only got one foot in, it almost looked like he didn't even try to get his feet in.

I really could have cared less who won; but to me, it looked like the Steelers wanted it more in the second half. Seattle played very laxidasical until the end of the game when they started to get TOO aggresive for the situation they were in. But to each his own.

Agreed.

If the only thing you have to talk about the game is the officiating, don't talk about it at all. I've seen four or five people on here say "I don't watch the NFL, but the officiating last night was horrible!" If you don't watch it, why do you care?

GET OVER IT.

I really wonder what would be said right now if they hadn't called that pass interferance on Jackson, leaving it as a touchdown, and allowing Michaels and Madden to sit and chatter for the rest of the game about "that really could've been called interference". What do you people want? Perfection? We're dealing with human beings here, people. I find it very hard to believe that anyone bitching about the officiating could put on the shirt and do a better job.

02-06-2006, 02:23 PM	#1
Goody Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Korea Posts: 3,530	Thread on Officiating at ESPN.com is almost up to 1000 posts. http://forums.espn.go.com/espn/threa...ostID=19310180 If nothing else, the 'hawks seem to have gained a lot of fans from other teams who want fair football. __________________ In the past: Laseron Baseball Association creator. Present: I am Rezulm on PT and OOTP Discord. Future: I wish it was the past.

02-06-2006, 02:25 PM	#3
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	Did this really need its own damn thread!? __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB Last edited by Jonzard; 02-06-2006 at 02:32 PM.

02-06-2006, 02:32 PM	#7
Sublimity Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: This thread. Posts: 3,199	I wonder if we can get this one to that many posts. __________________ mrs ria: I hereby dub Sublimity the Glorious Upholder of the 5B3. Current leading vote-getter in the Worst Poster in OT History poll.

02-06-2006, 02:32 PM	#8
Sublimity Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: This thread. Posts: 3,199	Nah, probably not. A lot of people have already had their say in the 3(?) other threads that became related to this topic. __________________ mrs ria: I hereby dub Sublimity the Glorious Upholder of the 5B3. Current leading vote-getter in the Worst Poster in OT History poll.

02-06-2006, 02:33 PM	#9
Sublimity Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: This thread. Posts: 3,199	Then again, we do have some people capable of filling up some posts. __________________ mrs ria: I hereby dub Sublimity the Glorious Upholder of the 5B3. Current leading vote-getter in the Worst Poster in OT History poll.

02-06-2006, 02:48 PM	#13
Goody Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Korea Posts: 3,530	I liked this one. "I live in Pittsburgh. I wanted to see the Steelers win today because I live here, but found myself rooting for the Hawks in the second half. I am a die-hard 9er fan and love football, play fantasy like nobody's business. However, I am sickened by what happened tonight. This is something that will tarnish the reputation of the NFL if it is not addressed. I can list the things that were wrong with the refs, but I have to go to sleep sometime tonight. One thing that everyone is missing however, is the fact that within the last two minutes of the first half, they did not review the possible TD by DJack. From where I was sitting, he got his first foot down and the second hit the pylon before going out. In my book, that is a TD. Given that and the others, I say the final should have been 28-14 Hawks. Sorry to all in Seattle and the rest of us that have to suffer through an offseason with only this to reflect on." -regnag33 on espn.com I thought it was just the real in depth fans on a sports simulation board that would be talking about it so much. When I saw so much support on a mainstream sports media board for the Seahawks...I figured it needed its own thread. __________________ In the past: Laseron Baseball Association creator. Present: I am Rezulm on PT and OOTP Discord. Future: I wish it was the past.

02-06-2006, 03:11 PM	#16
Goody Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Korea Posts: 3,530	Did anybody tape the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet or the Lingerie Bowl? I want to see something to make me proud to be a sports fan again.

02-06-2006, 03:17 PM	#17
Craig S. Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 114	The officiating was no worse in last night's game than it has been all season. The problem, I believe, has nothing to do with fixing games. It has to do, instead, with a decline in officiating due to too many loose rule interpretations, sloppy work, and an attitude of, "Oh, well, we'll fix it on replay." I've been frustrated with this situation for the past two years, so last night's game didn't seem particularly bad.

02-06-2006, 03:18 PM	#18
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	+1

02-06-2006, 03:24 PM	#19
tim_uwrf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Field of Dreams Posts: 1,998	The game wasn't officiated poorly at all. Maybe one call during the whole game that was blatantly not a foul, but the rest could have gone either way. As for the DJack catch that wasn't, he stepped out of bounds with his second foot. He only got one foot in, it almost looked like he didn't even try to get his feet in. I really could have cared less who won; but to me, it looked like the Steelers wanted it more in the second half. Seattle played very laxidasical until the end of the game when they started to get TOO aggresive for the situation they were in. But to each his own.