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Originally posted by RamTime
Many people believe that the officiating in SB 36 was less then fair. Many believe that it was in fact corrupt. I'm not so sure of that however one can not deny the avalance of missed calls in that game. I happened upon a video that contains only the cheap shots that were not called. Most are clear, a few are arguable some may have really been missed. Combine that with the IG at the end of the game with the statement above and this video. http;//ecosustainablevillage.com/penalty.wmv Oh and please don't shoot the messenger.
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RamTime, I have been very kind to your questions so far, BUT, you are now questioning the "integrity" of the best officials in the world. You can question judgment if you want, but DONT question our integrity. The "135 yards missed" video was obviously put together by a Rams fan. We dont even know if all of those plays occurred without a flag? I guess we are to "trust" the Rams fan, (who IS prejudice in this case) who made this video that each of these occurred without a flag? Even if that was the case, in ½ of them, I couldnt tell what the fan wanted called. In one the defender had his leg wrapped up before he ever got OOBs but he didnt fall till after OOBs. He is really begging on that one, and others as well.
Do you realize these calls happen at incredible speed, and the decision of flag, or not, must be made in less than a second! If an official does not see the WHOLE play involved, he CANNOT throw a flag, so do some get missed, YES, but as stated above, by cutting off the clips when this person did, we do not even get to see the whole play. Sometimes what appears to be a clip is not when you see the whole play and see the block started in the front, and contact was maintained as the defender spun around. In that case what ends up looking like a clip, is NOT. Most fans do not understand that concept.
Your questions are welcomed, but please do not come in here saying we are corrupt. We could care less who wins or loses a game we officiate. We just call them as we see them and hopefully see them correctly most of the time. I think a prejudice fan could take individual clips of MOST games and make a video similar to 135 yards.
One thing I KNOW fans do not understand is that in major college and NFL a foul is ONLY a foul if it is a safety issue or occurs at the point of attack, meaning it had an impact on the play. A hold by the right tackle as the ball is being run over the left tackle is NOT a flag, and the official would receive a negative mark if he did call that on cuz it was not at the point of attack. Beyond that did you know there are seven holding exceptions in the NFL, meaning that even if holding is occurring, it is NOT a foul in these situations. I did not until I starting working NFL rules, and am a huge NFL fan. It is hard to argue with better than 99%.
We will continue to welcome good play questions from you RamTime!
[Edited by MJT on Jul 10th, 2005 at 01:45 PM]