The Answer To Why The Refs "Hate" Us...

by PsycoSalameh on Nov 17, 2008 9:59 AM EST Comment 15 comments

does anyone remember in week 2? when the chargers were playing with the broncos? at the end of the game, it was 31-38, chargers, with about around 30seconds left, and the broncos had the ball at san diegos 10 or 20, with no timeouts. jay cutler was being chased by a defensive player, when he fumbled the ball. the ref that was on the field, thought it was an incomplete pass, and blew the whistle. he thought it was an incomplete pass because cutlers arm went forward, but of course, the ball went backward. and even though the broncos fumbled, they still got another chance to score. then its fourth down, the broncos throw it to eddie royal, and score. now its 37-38. then the broncos go for 2.(obviously they hate the chargers, my brother is a bronco fan, and he says that he'll take a season sweep over the chargers than the super-bowl anyday)the broncos run the exact same play, but reversed. they throw it to royal, and win the game. Now the refs dont "hate" any team, they just love the chargers because they made a call that cost them the game

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The Refs don't "hate" us

I don’t think it’s a question of “why the refs hate us”…. I think it’s more a question of “What Big Wig was betting on this game and had enough dough to pay the refs off!!!!!”

Seriously, am I the only one who thinks there should be an investigation into last night’s game? How is it possible that we could have 13 penalties called on us and the charges end the game with 1, COUNT IT..1 penalty!?!?! Am I the only one who saw the confused looks on the refs after Troy scored that touchdown? They’re faces had an expression of Oh, NO, what do we do!?!?! The Steelers had a 5 point favorite over the Charges and SOMEBODY need to even the spread in the Chargers favor! So my question is WHO and HOW MUCH were those punk ass refs willing to trade their dignity for?

by mindstate on Nov 17, 2008 12:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

It must have been

LT/ He makes so much dough off his endorsments like Vizio and Cambell’s. I know it was him. LOL

by SoCalSteelerFan on Nov 17, 2008 1:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

did you guys see...

all of the holding going on at harrison? i mean i saw harrison being held by the facemask by 2 linemen, and STILL get through…but of course…no penalty…

The grass may be greener on the other side, but it still has to be mowed

by PsycoSalameh on Nov 17, 2008 1:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

this game was odd

First off Harrison NEVER gets the calls so I’ve kinda given up. I mean you can pretty much do anything short of tie a ball n chain to him and its legal now.

Secondly, that end of the game call was simple. All laterals were blatantly backward. They had something going on.

I do say I have to wonder how vegas felt about that ending.

by Mechem on Nov 17, 2008 2:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

agree

harrison gets held all the freaking time and, like u say, never gets the call. it drives me nuts

by Jett on Nov 17, 2008 4:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Amusingly ed bouchette answers this question today for us. What a “great” guy:

http://post-gazette.com/pg/08322/928646-367.stm

by steelguy99 on Nov 17, 2008 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

according to Sports Center

the VP of gambling at the Hilton said over 15 million was sitting on that call. People were rushing to cash out when they called it a TD but there was mass confusion when they took the pts off. Boy i’ll tell you, the officiating this year has been nothing short off perfect. I think the NFL would have a better chance letting pop warner coaches call the game.

by SoCalSteelerFan on Nov 17, 2008 2:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

OTOH...

If the refs hadn’t ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR MISTAKE PUBLICLY, no one would have been the wiser in all probablility.

I think the refs could care less about the Steelers one way or the other. What they don’t like is when some doofus makes a grandstand play on national television to try to embarass them, on a play where they were completely correct.

I didn’t hear any PUBLIC APOLOGY from Tomlin for his antics, did you?

by robert ethan on Nov 17, 2008 3:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

So they reward..

Norv Turner who in his post game (SD vs Den) podium blasted the reffing, calling it not acceptable. Why would they punish one and not the other? Furthermore, the call in the Denver game was much more publicized and resulted in more scrutiny and media over-kill on poor officiating.

If the refs had an agenda against a coach, it seems more logical it would be towards Turner.

by _ET_ on Nov 17, 2008 8:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You fail to make any reasonable point in your post. Stop it.

Guns don't kill people. Lamar Woodley kills people.

by BostonWahoo on Nov 18, 2008 4:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My thinking is that points allowed might be a better indicator..

..I don’t imagine they would be that different from total yardage, but some teams seem to have the knack of closing things off in the red zone, and I think some defenses are designed to “bend but not break”. Also some teams have more big play capabability and allow yardage while looking for turnovers.

by robert ethan on Nov 17, 2008 3:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

...oops, this post is in wrong thread....

..and I have no idea how to correct it.

by robert ethan on Nov 17, 2008 3:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Edit it and replace all your words with oops

15 million sitting on that call…

Well Scott had best not go to Vegas in the near future.

by Mechem on Nov 17, 2008 3:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, I dunno...

..considering that the big casinos were the prime beneficiaries of the glitch, I think he might have his choice of the finest suites in the city, replete with unlimited stocks of booze, food, and platinum rated call girls.

by robert ethan on Nov 17, 2008 3:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs