mrandyk Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 6 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: This sucks. They gave a second chance to the one team you can't give one to. Quote Link to comment
Omaha-Husker Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Stumpy1 said: The officiating in both games have been HORRIBLE. That was an insanely weak call. Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Moiraine said: College OT rules > NFL OT rules Why is someone confused by this? Even if you don't agree, what's confusing? Whoever wins the coin toss has a much higher chance of winning the game. Doesn't seem fair to me. College OT is more fair and more exciting. 1 Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 The general concept for the NFL's OT is hot garbage. I can live with it in the regular season but there's no excuse for a playoff game to end like that, and I had no dog in the fight last night. Every single other major professional sport in this country has some form of a balanced overtime: baseball is an extra inning, basketball has extra minutes and hockey has extra minutes + a shootout. College football OT isn't perfect but it's certainly more equitable. As for the officiating yesterday, it wasn't great. Lots of problems and I don't think they all necessarily fall on the refs blowing calls. Some of it is issues at the macro level of football. But, if I'm a Saints fan, I'm also lamenting Brees going 4/11 in the final quarter and them turning the ball over in OT. If I'm a Chiefs fan, I'm frustrated that the defense allowed three 3rd and Long conversions in OT. There were a lot of opportunities for both losing teams yesterday to play better and they didn't. It doesn't negate some of the OT issues and bad officiating, but, it's certainly part of the puzzle. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Someone should hire Romo as their DC Quote Link to comment
Husker66 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 33 minutes ago, Enhance said: The general concept for the NFL's OT is hot garbage. I can live with it in the regular season but there's no excuse for a playoff game to end like that, and I had no dog in the fight last night. Every single other major professional sport in this country has some form of a balanced overtime: baseball is an extra inning, basketball has extra minutes and hockey has extra minutes + a shootout. College football OT isn't perfect but it's certainly more equitable. As for the officiating yesterday, it wasn't great. Lots of problems and I don't think they all necessarily fall on the refs blowing calls. Some of it is issues at the macro level of football. But, if I'm a Saints fan, I'm also lamenting Brees going 4/11 in the final quarter and them turning the ball over in OT. If I'm a Chiefs fan, I'm frustrated that the defense allowed three 3rd and Long conversions in OT. There were a lot of opportunities for both losing teams yesterday to play better and they didn't. It doesn't negate some of the OT issues and bad officiating, but, it's certainly part of the puzzle. one of those 3 and 10s was a horrendous roughing the passer call....which resulted on a fresh set of downs and a TD but hey, if Chiefs played in the first half like they did in second half, this would be a different outcome... Quote Link to comment
Husker66 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 the neutral zone violation cuts deep and brings back the pain of Lynn Illiot missing 3 field goals from 35-42 yards out and lost 10-7 to the colts in 95 playoff game...…..so close...soooo close Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Romo was spot on yesterday and I remember he's done the exact thing in other games I've watched. Seriously love the guy and he's into every game he calls no matter how big or not. Edit- was responding to Mav's post from page 1. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 I hope people who don't want officials to "decide the game" with a call late in the game remember this. Officials can "decide the game" just as much with a non-call as they can with a call. You make the call if/when it's there. Doesn't matter if it's the first two minutes or the last minute. 2 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 6 hours ago, Mavric said: I hope people who don't want officials to "decide the game" with a call late in the game remember this. Officials can "decide the game" just as much with a non-call as they can with a call. You make the call if/when it's there. Doesn't matter if it's the first two minutes or the last minute. This is bad. But, just as bad was the no call on the defender who hit Mahome's shoulder pads and lightly grazed his face mask (which I thought the no call was correct)......only to late in the game have Brady be hit on the shoulder pads with no touching of the face mask....FLAG. I believe that flag kept a drive alive that ultimately helped decide the game. I don't agree with a lot fo the Tom Brady hate I hear. But.....dang....the refs protect him from the slightest bit of contact when there have been numerous examples of them not doing the same thing to other QBs. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Saints fans are making but real easy to be happy the rams won. 1 Quote Link to comment
The Murphinator Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 8 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: Saints fans are making but real easy to be happy the rams won. Don't lie. If something like this happened to Nebraska you would be just as mad. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 2 minutes ago, The Murphinator said: Don't lie. If something like this happened to Nebraska you would be just as mad. Yep. But I wouldn’t be filing lawsuits to have the game replayed. Quote Link to comment
beorach Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 On 1/21/2019 at 8:10 AM, Enhance said: If I'm a Chiefs fan, I'm frustrated that the defense allowed three 3rd and Long conversions in OT. There were a lot of opportunities for both losing teams yesterday to play better and they didn't. It doesn't negate some of the OT issues and bad officiating, but, it's certainly part of the puzzle. As a Chiefs fan, I was upset over three calls. Two of them came on the go-ahead TD drive during regulation. Whether Edelman (sp?) touches the ball or not was one of them. When the call on the field is made, I thought you had to have clear video evidence to overturn it? I didn't think the video clearly showed that he didn't touch it. The roughing the passer call is one I assume all have seen. The Hogan catch is one I just may not understand the rules for. He pulls the ball in with one hand and goes to ground, at which point the ball escapes him. How's that a catch? I was laughing when the preseason games were being shown and the local homers were going on about how great the Chiefs were going to be this season but damn if they didn't overachieve with a rookie QB (following a season in which a former backup won the Super Bowl with the Eagles)! I guess I'll stay on the bandwagon for this team that seems to be perennially half-built. Quote Link to comment
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