Author Topic: Official NFL Discussion: If You Only Count The Legal Points, KC Wins (Read 368544 times)

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #425 on:** September 17, 2012, 03:03:31 PM »

The refs fucking up entire games wasn't that big of a surprise.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #426 on:** September 21, 2012, 11:17:29 AM »

It's being reported that Time Warner and the NFL have come to an agreement and the NFL Network (and the Red Zone channel) will be on Time Warner Cable before next week's game, eliminating one of my biggest complaints about the company.

noname2200 · « **Reply #427 on:** September 21, 2012, 03:01:51 PM »

More football is always better imo!

TrueNerd · « **Reply #428 on:** September 24, 2012, 12:22:21 AM »

I'm assuming Mr. Leahy is enjoying Belichick's tears this evening.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #429 on:** September 24, 2012, 07:42:59 AM »

Bright House just picked up NFL Network yesterday, woohoo!

Do_What · « **Reply #430 on:** September 24, 2012, 12:37:17 PM »

If Arizona is going to be good I don't know what to do with the NFL. At least the Browns are terrible as usual.

noname2200 · « **Reply #431 on:** September 24, 2012, 03:59:06 PM »

Raise your hand if you saw the current standings coming!

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #432 on:** September 24, 2012, 05:26:48 PM »

I would have thought Miami would be 0-3. The Texans being 3-0 is the only record that makes sense, but it won't last.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #433 on:** September 24, 2012, 05:30:10 PM »

Actually, I (and I am not the only one) am shocked Houston are somehow 3-0. I am happy that the Bills are 2-1, good start for them.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #434 on:** September 24, 2012, 06:20:13 PM »

You shouldn't be. They've got the best running back in the league, a great, if underappreciated, QB, and a really good defense. They'd have probably won the Super Bowl last year if not for injuries.

noname2200 · « **Reply #435 on:** September 25, 2012, 12:15:19 AM »

Well that game was certainly...something.

Can't blame it all on the refs, though. Seattle's D is very good, but they shouldn't have eviscerated the Pack's offense like that. Green Bay basically pissed away a full half.

That said, Tate has to be on someone's fantasy team. Or Shields slept with someone's daughter. Maybe both.

NWR_Neal · « **Reply #436 on:** September 25, 2012, 12:47:23 AM »

Yo guys. I'm out until the real refs come back. I can't support something that heinously robbed a victory from the Packers and questionably robbed a victory from the Patriots (though, I mean, screw the Patriots).

I'll still keep up with any fantasy leagues where money is on the line, but I won't bother with the NWR one since it doesn't have any financial bearing for me. I implore anyone who enjoys the sport to stop watching as well, as it might be the only way that the NFL will actually pay the refs.

I hope to be back to watching the NFL next weekend, but who knows.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #437 on:** September 25, 2012, 01:06:32 AM »

This is Neal's Bayonetta 2 moment.

STOLEN FROM US

NWR_Neal · « **Reply #438 on:** September 25, 2012, 01:25:26 AM »

The difference is that Bayonetta 2 couldn't exist without Nintendo. The NFL can exist with real referees.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #439 on:** September 25, 2012, 01:40:43 AM »

Since my team is irrelevant and I honestly don't care whether or not they win games, I really don't feel the need to boycott over this. I feel bad for the fans of contending teams that can and have been screwed over by this, though.

TrueNerd · « **Reply #440 on:** September 25, 2012, 01:41:45 AM »

BRING ME THE PECTORALS OF ED HOCHULI

NWR_Neal · « **Reply #441 on:** September 25, 2012, 01:45:55 AM »

Fun fact: The last two Super Bowl teams wouldn't have made the playoffs if they lost one more game! Ain't this **** wacky?

Soren · « **Reply #442 on:** September 25, 2012, 01:47:33 AM »

If anything, this controversy brought out the best in twitter. Quality lulz to be had all around. This one from Rembert Browne was the best IMO:

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The Packers are pulling the risky, but legendary "they can't suspend us all" trick every 12th grade class considers come Senior Skip Day.

What a horrible game.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #443 on:** September 25, 2012, 02:04:12 AM »

IM SO ANGRY AS A FOOTBALL FAN RIGHT NOW /Bayonetta 2

You know how this is going to look ten years from now in the record books? Hawks won. Packers lost.

Do_What · « **Reply #444 on:** September 25, 2012, 10:36:33 AM »

I don't actually watch football games. I just do fantasy and pick games and stuff. I have watched more this year than in the past because these officials are hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05jBIcgHq1k This got me interested. The twitter feeds are gold on Sundays.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #445 on:** September 25, 2012, 12:09:37 PM »

Well as a Seahawks fan I'm obviously glad they won the game but they clearly shouldn't have. I can see ruling a touchdown on the field because it was hard to see what happened and a double catch goes to the offence. But they reviewed the play! How do you watch that replay and not see it as a Green Bay interception?! The only thing I can think of is that since it was a Seattle home game the ref was scared of the reaction of the home crowd finding out they lost when they were made to believe they had won only a minute before.

Roger Goodell has got to phone the ref's union today to set a deal. The only thing that could be worse than this would be if a replacement ref was caught rigging a game for gambling. What shocks me is that these refs are refs in some capacity in the real world. It isn't like the NFL literally just grabbed random people off the street. If you can referee a high school or some low level college game surely you can make some of these calls correct. I swear I could do an equal job with the ZERO reffing experience I have now.

The defence was awesome though. 8 sacks in the first half?! YEAH!

Do_What · « **Reply #446 on:** September 25, 2012, 02:08:05 PM »

Well, these guys are refs at much lower levels of football. The rule sets are different and the play isn't nearly as fast. It's easier to officiate when the players aren't very good.

noname2200 · « **Reply #447 on:** September 26, 2012, 01:23:37 PM »

Quote from: Ian Sane on September 25, 2012, 12:09:37 PM

But they reviewed the play! How do you watch that replay and not see it as a Green Bay interception?! The only thing I can think of is that since it was a Seattle home game the ref was scared of the reaction of the home crowd finding out they lost when they were made to believe they had won only a minute before.

The ruling on the field ultimately became a simultaneous catch. That's non-reviewable. I imagine the guys in the booth (who are not replacements, by the by) were desperately trying to find evidence that Jennings and/or Tate landed out of bounds, therefore resulting in an incomplete pass, but since that was clearly not the case, the call had to stand.

Now I'm curious as to how many Packers are going to get fined/suspended by Mr. I Am The Law. The team seems to be trying a "they can't suspend us all!" approach. Should be interesting to see the results!

NWR_Neal · « **Reply #448 on:** September 26, 2012, 01:38:44 PM »

Since the play took place in the end zone, the simultaneous catch WAS reviewable. Seems the current bullshit story is there wasn't enough evidence to overturn it. The whole process of it was totally ridiculous. The refs are supposed to confer with the head ref until they reach a conclusion, but that never happened.

But, hopefully this will start to behind us because the real refs should return by, at the latest, Week 5.

Though if the Packers miss out on something by a game.....

noname2200 · « **Reply #449 on:** September 26, 2012, 01:57:09 PM »

Quote from: NWR_Neal on September 26, 2012, 01:38:44 PM

Since the play took place in the end zone, the simultaneous catch WAS reviewable. Seems the current bullshit story is there wasn't enough evidence to overturn it. The whole process of it was totally ridiculous. The refs are supposed to confer with the head ref until they reach a conclusion, but that never happened.

But, hopefully this will start to behind us because the real refs should return by, at the latest, Week 5.

Though if the Packers miss out on something by a game.....

Why would it make a difference if it's in the end zone or not? So many of the review rules seem arbitrary for the sake of being arbitrary...

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Author Topic: Official NFL Discussion: If You Only Count The Legal Points, KC Wins (Read 368544 times)