Will KC get honest officiating if Oakland loses on Saturday?

[wazu]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

And yet the Ravens won anyway. And if the NFL really wanted to fix a game, or even make the game more interesting/competitive, you think that turning off the power and praying for a shift in momentum is how it would do it?

Ridiculously far-fetched conspiracy theory there. Also not the first time a major professional league saw a power outage in a championship game. But because the Bruins weren't ever going to beat the Gretzky-led Oilers, who cares about that one.

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/thro...ley-cup-finals

The momentum shift stopped the 49ers, who were rolling at that point. And no, I don't think it was a conspiracy. Just an interesting choice to choose that bizarre game as evidence that games aren't fixed.

[carcosa]

Originally Posted by wazu

The momentum shift stopped the 49ers, who were rolling at that point. And no, I don't think it was a conspiracy. Just an interesting choice to choose that bizarre game as evidence that games aren't fixed.

I'm not choosing that game as evidence so much as making the point that Joe Flacco is possibly the least marketable QB of all time, so it would be weird if the NFL conspired to help him win

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by carcosa

I'm not choosing that game as evidence so much as making the point that Joe Flacco is possibly the least marketable QB of all time, so it would be weird if the NFL conspired to help him win

[carcosa]

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan

lmao

Dilfer has proven himself to be a TV star though!!!!!

[Nzoner]

So the three consecutive should have been 1st downs for Houston in the Mexico City game are just bad officiating?Especially when one play was ruled where the knee was down and not the spot of the ball?

Just asking because three days later Phil Simms in the Thanksgiving game said "well Jim everyone knows it's where the ball is,not the players body."

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by Nzoner

So the three consecutive should have been 1st downs for Houston in the Mexico City game are just bad officiating?Especially when one play was ruled where the knee was down and not the spot of the ball?

Just asking because three days later Phil Simms in the Thanksgiving game said "well Jim everyone knows it's where the ball is,not the players body."

It was really one play that had the ball spotted really poorly, and that was on 3rd down. The refs spotted it a yard and a half short at a minimum. Texans should have challenged that spot, and they likely would have won the challenge. 4th down wasn't all that bad a spot, unless you are looking for a conspiracy. Watching the replay it looked pretty near spot on. Of course if you watched that whole game the refs were spotting the ball short on both teams most of the night. Raiders missed at least one first down because of the terrible spots.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Nzoner

So the three consecutive should have been 1st downs for Houston in the Mexico City game are just bad officiating?Especially when one play was ruled where the knee was down and not the spot of the ball?

Just asking because three days later Phil Simms in the Thanksgiving game said "well Jim everyone knows it's where the ball is,not the players body."

The Oakland Houston game was a disgrace but I still see it as just horrible officiating. Hell, if O'Brien wasn't a moron and challenged that 3rd down I believe it gets overturned easily. But the fool he is he waited for the 4th down to challenge. He challenges that third down and the game probably plays out differently.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by carcosa

I'm not choosing that game as evidence so much as making the point that Joe Flacco is possibly the least marketable QB of all time, so it would be weird if the NFL conspired to help him win

This has been discussed other "NFL is rigged" threads. The nutjob consensus seems to be that the big story was it being the last game for Ray Lewis, so sending him out winner = RATINGS GOLD.

Doesn't make much sense to me, especially since having young star Kaep win the SB would have been a much better marketing angle, and a new star they could hype going into the next season.

[carcosa]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

This has been discussed other "NFL is rigged" threads. The nutjob consensus seems to be that the big story was it being the last game for Ray Lewis, so sending him out winner = RATINGS GOLD.

Doesn't make much sense to me, especially since having young star Kaep win the SB would have been a much better marketing angle, and a new star they could hype going into the next season.

Plus, like... Ray Lewis isn't exactly the most well-liked NFL player around, y'know?

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

This has been discussed other "NFL is rigged" threads. The nutjob consensus seems to be that the big story was it being the last game for Ray Lewis, so sending him out winner = RATINGS GOLD.

Doesn't make much sense to me, especially since having young star Kaep win the SB would have been a much better marketing angle, and a new star they could hype going into the next season.

The NFL only likes stars that toe the line and shut the **** up, hence Cam Newton being put in his place at the moment.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Mecca

The NFL only likes stars that toe the line and shut the **** up, hence Cam Newton being put in his place at the moment.

Is 'toe the line' some new code for murder?

[GoChargers]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

This has been discussed other "NFL is rigged" threads. The nutjob consensus seems to be that the big story was it being the last game for Ray Lewis, so sending him out winner = RATINGS GOLD.

That "conspiracy" makes no sense. The Niners backed into that Super Bowl because the refs didn't call their blatant holding on Roddy White. They then got plenty of beneficial treatment from the refs in the Super Bowl itself. For instance, David Akers flopped his way into a redo after shanking a field goal during the Niners' post-power-outage comeback. I seem to recall a blatant late hit out of bounds on Flacco down the stretch of the game that went uncalled too, as well as plenty of uncalled grabbing and holding against Torrey Smith. Man, the NFL must really suck at rigging games.

[GoChargers]

Originally Posted by wazu

The momentum shift stopped the 49ers, who were rolling at that point.

No it didn't. The Ravens were up 28-6 and had just taken the opening kickoff of the second half to the house before the power went out. The Niners outscored the Ravens 25-13 after the power outage.