The football blogs begin again in earnest.
Sorry to say it, but Baltimore just got hosed. I was for the Bengals, but the Ravens had the tying touchdown taken away from them shortly after Cincy was given a bogus interception that allowed them to take the lead. A mistake on a call (i.e. the phantom offensive pass interference on the touchdown) is one thing, but how is it possible to get a reviewable play wrong?!? You'd think HD replay would do the trick...
And don't even get me started on NCAA. The reffing has seemed better, if only because pretty much every single game is a blowout. There are only about five good teams! And sadly, none of them are in my beloved Big Ten (yes, Wisconsin included, sorry, I love the Badgers too, but they don't deserve that ranking). It's beginning to be like our baseball league - maybe we should just scrap the teams and start over!
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I suppose the NFL refs are in early season form too with that missed call. But that doesn't excuse the Ravens pass wacky-ness at the goal line, especially after the McGahee signing. (You could almost smell the interception on its way when Boller dropped back on 3rd and Goal on the 2 throwing off his back foot on the move)
It's particularly difficult to watch the Big Ten this year. Even worse when your school is Illinois (well I suppose it would be worse to be a Michigan fan this year). I would complain about more of the Big Ten, but Comcast and the Big Ten Network have yet to make a deal...bastards!
The refereeing at the end of the Ravens-Cinci game was appalling: first, the phantom pass interference and then the apparent "make-up call" right after it. I don't even understand the point of replay - that tired old "indisputable video evidence" standard trotted out by the screaming commentators (has Jaworski actually turned INTO Theisman??) is such baloney. The refs obviously just decide what they feel like deciding while they screw around slowing up the game. And there've been way too many flags in all the games so far this season. Even for someone who TiVos and can fast forward through the boring parts, the first quarters are painful to watch - more flags and commercials than football! And the rest of the quarters haven't been much better. This season has "trial and tribulation" written all over it already - and not just for us Michigan fans.
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