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Originally posted by ABoselli
My take on Kukar's comments is in line with what most of us use as our philosophy - did the foul impact the play? Kukar was, in effect, saying to the guy, "This is a game turning play. Did the foul you saw have an effect? Are you absolutely positive?" The H stuck with it, and rightly so, as I recall. Didn't then DE or the OLB hold the TE off the line preventing him from getting into his pattern? On any pass play, especially one where there's a sack or a hit on the QB while he still has the ball (because the defense has gained a definite advantage by keeping receivers from running their patterns illegally) a defensive hold has a definite impact on the play.
It appears Ramtime feels that is evidence that Kukar was trying to favor the Patriots.
Anybody else got a beef from games played years ago? Maybe some UM faithful could pontificate about how their DB didn't mug the OSU wideout?
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Actually that is what I thought to. However a pass interference was called against the Rams OFFENSE on a play early in the game 20 yards away from the incompletion and there was nobody hustling around trying to talk anyone out of a flag. Matter of fact there was a hold on the patriots that last for only 5 or 6 yards and it ended with a blatant clip of the receiver that was being held. Of course some people can actually look at this play and say it never happened that way which is why I hesitate to link you to it but just to prove a point
http://stlouisrams.net/xxxvi/clips/001a.wmv
Also the only flag that was succesfully picked up on the day was when Prohel fumbled late in the 2nd quarter and though Kukar mumbled something about it, it was unclear on what he said and naturally there was no replay shown.