February 3rd, 2013 at 10:50 PM ^
/cries.
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:46 PM ^
That was surprisingly, no hook and ladder option set up at all. I know they like their returner and all but you figured you'd have that set up as an option.
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:50 PM ^
Nooo Ecker, pitch it to Breaston!!
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:47 PM ^
I guess the only thing to do now is keep Ray Lewis away from the post game parties.
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:47 PM ^
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:49 PM ^
The lesson, as always...
Big Bro > Lil Bro
Just kiddng. Kind of. That turned out to be a really entertaining game. I had no rooting interest, I'm just happy to be entertained
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:49 PM ^
A season that starts with replacement refs ends with a superbowl decided by the regular refs. Sort of a poetic full circle i suppose.
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:50 PM ^
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:49 PM ^
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:53 PM ^
I don't understand the complaining about the refs. The calls were fair for each team and the refs stayed out of things for the most part which led to an entertaining game. I enjoyed it.
February 3rd, 2013 at 11:08 PM ^
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:53 PM ^
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:54 PM ^
Good thing I love baseball too!
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:55 PM ^
we'll always have that recruiting obsession.
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:54 PM ^
because that's the ball game if you throw it, and there's a plausible handfighting argument (plausible, I said), and we know you just don't get that call without blood being drawn at the end of a game...
...but as a Michigan fan that had to watch that Rose Bowl ref take his flag out then put it back in his pocket on New Year's Day 1998 after the Wash St. receiver shoved Chuck Wood to the ground on the late fly route... I say do your job and throw the laundry.
At least this one wasn't quite as blatant as that shove.
February 3rd, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^
I'm just baffled that everyone's only talking about *that* call. How about the ridiculously blatant helmet-to-helmet hit the play before?!?! The defensive holding is debatable, the helmet to helmet was not, esp after how much emphasis the League has been putting on that all season. Inexcusable officiating & it had a huge impact on the game's outcome.
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:57 PM ^
If the refs had called the blatant hold on the punt, what would have happened? Would the yardage be assessed on the free kick?
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:59 PM ^
Would have had exactly the same result, with the same amount of time on the clock. Good instruction to all punt blockers at that point to go ahead and just tackle the man across from you, because what the hell, gives us more time to run around back there.
February 3rd, 2013 at 11:02 PM ^
Well that doesn't seem fair.
February 3rd, 2013 at 11:12 PM ^
I'm sure it will be addressed sooner or later. Just add the time the play took back onto the clock for all safeties or something. Buddy Ryan used to field 13 men goaline units and 14 man punt teams when he was more concerned about killing the clock than the yards from too many men on the field penalty. After the Giants did the same thing in a Super Bowl, the rule was changed to the play is blown dead if a team lines up with over 11 men on the field.
February 3rd, 2013 at 11:17 PM ^
Blow the play dead immediately if there is a flag thrown in the endzone on the offensive/kicking team so there is no advantage incurred by deliberately committing holds to kill time.
February 3rd, 2013 at 11:24 PM ^
I'd say that if the offense gives up a safety with under 2 minutes left in a half, the entire time of the play should just be put back on the clock. If you blow the play dead you still have the delay where the ref processes the hold mentally, throws the flag, and blows his whistle. Then they'll have to go dick around with instant replay to figure out the exact time in some cases I bet. Also refs will forget to blow the play dead in some cases since the rest of the time they don't blow the play dead for holding.
Plus there is the edge case where the team gets away with two holds but the third one is noticed. If you put the entire play back on the clock it covers the first two that were missed. End of the day though, the self safety is so rare there might not be a huge move to change this rule.
February 3rd, 2013 at 10:58 PM ^
February 3rd, 2013 at 11:02 PM ^
I hope I never see that overrated, overpubliciized nitwit's name in print again.
February 3rd, 2013 at 11:38 PM ^
February 3rd, 2013 at 11:02 PM ^
Ray needs to stop with the 'God is on my side' thing. God doesn't care who wins.
February 3rd, 2013 at 11:43 PM ^
I can assure you that God has bigger fish to fry than pro football.
February 3rd, 2013 at 11:04 PM ^
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February 4th, 2013 at 2:37 AM ^
I'll never cease to be amazed by how desperately people grasp at any tenuous associations with success. Would the Ray Lewis is the Devil screeds still be pouring out if this were 2002 and Elvis Grbac were quarterbacking Baltimore?