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Originally posted by RamTime
Why are some of you guys so touchy? Its just a question. Here is why I ask.
QUESTION: Was there any call in this Super Bowl that you wish you could have had back?
Kukar: Absolutely not. The only play was the holding penalty after the Rams quarterback fumbled the ball and the Patriots ran it backs 99 yards for a touchdown; "I certainly tried to talk the head linesman out of that penalty. I gave him every opportunity to back off but he held fast. He was convinced it was a hold and I kept hammering him".
This is why I asked, so as you see it was a valid question. By your response it is obvious what this head ref did was indeed ridiculous. Thanks for making this one so very clear.
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The passage was taken from this (scary, scary) fansite:
http://stlouisrams.net/xxxvi/
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Kukar: Absolutely not. The only play was the holding penalty after the Rams quarterback fumbled the ball and the Patriots ran it backs 99 yards for a touchdown; I certainly tried to talk the head linesman out of that penalty. I gave him every opportunity to back off but he held fast. He was convinced it was a hold and I kept hammering him. However, I did see it on television last night on the replay and it was definitely a hold. It was a good call.
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This would have been more convincing with attribution. This particular passage seems to be nowhere else online. It appears to be a paraphrase of an interview typed in by hand, hence the incorrect spelling in "ran it backs 99 yards". And also, RamTime left out the sentence I bolded, in which Kukar verifies it was a good call, which kind of changes the tone of the whole thing.
But more importantly: HOLY CRAP that website is scary. I ran a word count on it:
10,000-plus words! Practically dissertation length! My favorite part is where they try to convince us that Brady is
outside inside the pocket on that not-intentional-grounding play:
Yeah, it would have been more convincing if the author had drawn
parallel lines down the hash marks. Instead of, you know. Totally crooked lines. And also, if the top line had actually gone through the tackle, instead of two yards outside him. Hilarious. People really will believe whatever they want to believe, I guess.
I just don't understand these people. They spend a huge chunk of their lives breaking down a Super Bowl like it was the Zapruder film instead of, I don't know, going outside? Spending time with the kids? Or maybe, and here's a wild idea, learning how to officiate football themselves, since we have a nationwide shortage and they think they can do so much better than the best referees in the NFL? Why not spend some time doing something active and productive for your community, instead of dwelling on a competition you didn't even participate in, only watched, and from which
everybody else in the world has moved on?
[Edited by jfurdell on Jul 11th, 2005 at 03:16 PM]