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I think?!?
If you have watched much media coverage today it seemed to be bashing the officials pretty bad, especially on Cold Pizza. As an Umpire I thought the controversial hold call was a good-great call. O lineman got beat, reached out and with the right hand from behind got a handful of jersey, enough to knock him down enough to not sack number 8. The one replay they keep showing supposedly shows a "phantom foul" but apparently they are not looking where I'm looking.
And as for the OPI, great call. Simply put receiver puts hands on defender, extends arms enough to displace defender, goes opposite way for the catch, and 5 feet from BJ, easy call. As for the possible illegal contact I think no call was correct, I heard a sportscaster make a good point (it does happen occasionaly) that the reciever was in scramble mode at that point and was not really running his route therefore the pattycake hands were alright as no advantage occured until there was clear seperation toward the ball.
And I love that people are calling these "ticky tak" fouls. What the Heck is a ticky tak foul anyway, an infraction that by the letter of the rule is illegal, but not "big" enough!?! You do something that is not legal by rule + you gain an advantage = infraction. Just because the defender isn't Vlade Divac'd 12 feet the other way doesn't mean you don't call it.
As for the block below the waist...bad call. They're human!