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Thoughts on this "replacement refs" business?
Pats' loss: crap.
Packers' loss: crap.
:(

@Razor - haven't seen an RSS feed in a while. Take the weekend off? Need some reading material for my day off! :D
 
dreadnatty08 said:
Thoughts on this "replacement refs" business?
Pats' loss: crap.
Packers' loss: crap.
:(
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Blech. That botched call at the end of the Packers game was awful. I'm less pissed at the refs about the questionable field goal to end the Pats game, though of course I'm more pissed that the Pats lost than the Packers.
dreadnatty08 said:
@Razor - haven't seen an RSS feed in a while. Take the weekend off? Need some reading material for my day off! :D
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It's coming! I was away all weekend, now playing catch up.
 
That call was absolutely awful as was the missed Pass Interference - he threw one of the Packers defenders out of the way to get into position. The GIF below shows it perfectly and I quoted the rule about a simultaneous catch, which is what some people are defending. It is not a simultaneous catch therefore should be an INT, especially since one ref called it a TD and one ref signaled timeout/touchback which is usually for an INT in the endzone.

Simultaneous Catch. If a pass is caught simultaneously by two eligible opponents, and both players retain it, the ball belongs to the passers. It is not a simultaneous catch if a player gains control first and an opponent subsequently gains joint control. If the ball is muffed after simultaneous touching by two such players, all the players of the passing team become eligible to catch the loose ball.
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Also I kinda want to pick this up - a $60 ICS tablet: Matrix One
 
As a Packer hater, I obviously have mixed feelings. However the Vikings got screwed too, and imo it was even worse. At least in the Packers game, both calls (no pass interference, simultaneous catch) were judgement calls. In the vikings game, they let the 49ers challenge twice with no time outs! It doesn't get any more black and white. Thankfully it didn't change the result of the game, but it was the worst screw up of the entire weekend. But it's not like it's unprecedented, after all, which team was it that got 5 downs that one time?
 
AntimonyER said:
As a Packer hater, I obviously have mixed feelings. However the Vikings got screwed too, and imo it was even worse. At least in the Packers game, both calls (no pass interference, simultaneous catch) were judgement calls. In the vikings game, they let the 49ers challenge twice with no time outs! It doesn't get any more black and white. Thankfully it didn't change the result of the game, but it was the worst screw up of the entire weekend. But it's not like it's unprecedented, after all, which team was it that got 5 downs that one time?
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Ehhhhh that PI call was pretty black and white haha.

Here is a ZOOMED in shot of the INT by Jennings - pretty clear. I am not a Packers fan, but a fan of the game itself and this is disgusting.

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Had not seen the play until that gif Stig. I don't like the NFL and have an alumni of my university playing on both teams. So in my unbiased opinion, it wasn't a terrible call. He got one hand on the ball when it got there, got his other on the ball as he was falling, and when he hit the ground had both hands on the ball just like the Packers guy. At that instant, both had full control of the ball and both are on the ground. Now, I did not see the pass interference portion, so I can't speak to that.
 
MSUgEEk said:
Had not seen the play until that gif Stig. I don't like the NFL and have an alumni of my university playing on both teams. So in my unbiased opinion, it wasn't a terrible call. He got one hand on the ball when it got there, got his other on the ball as he was falling, and when he hit the ground had both hands on the ball just like the Packers guy. At that instant, both had full control of the ball and both are on the ground. Now, I did not see the pass interference portion, so I can't speak to that.
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Ehhh I don't think he got his second hand on the ball until Jennings was on the ground with it, which would've been an interception at that point. M.D. Jennings pretty clearly caught the ball and Tate tried to wedge his arms in there—attempting to subsequently gain joint control, you might say. So that was clearly not a Seattle reception, simultaneous or otherwise. The only review-able portion of the call was completion (and TD) or incomplete pass and game over. If it truly was an interception then the receiver never had possession of the ball and its an incomplete pass.

I think my BIGGEST problem with this is that one ref calls for a Touchdown and the other one waves for time out which is usually the hand signal for a interception in the endzone which results in a touchback.

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Video is here if you want to watch last play in its entirety: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...the-breaking-point-for-nfl-nflra-negotiations
 
Eh, NFL is getting what the deserve in all this. Quit trying to save money off of the refs so you can make more. Pay up and get the real guys back on the field.
 
Well, I do think that the replacement refs are getting scrutinized much more highly than the regular refs do. The players, being a part of a union, are obviously going to be on the same side as the refs, and with most announcers being ex-players, their sympathys are the same. I do agree the refs made the wrong call last night, and have screwed up more than the regular refs, but I think the screams are getting louder in part because the regular refs know each game the replacements will get better. Its a situation with diminishing returns for them, and if the NFL doesn't cave soon, either they will, or they will be out of a job.
 
Dumb question, how does one assign Favorites with TT?
I was hoping they would sync with the ones on my PC but they don't. Can't find it in settings. :confused:
 
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