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HLin NC Mon Sep 24, 2012 09:35am
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And as an aside, I'm VERY tired of seeing ball-carriers crossing the goal line near the pylon with the official still 5 yards behind.
And that makes no sense as unless they came from Arena League, they should be coming from 7 man mechanics anyway????? Unless they were moved from wing to deep in the process of hiring.

CT1 Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:00pm
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Originally Posted by maven (Post 855644)
The word you're groping for is 'cardigan', and many of them zipped. :)
You're so right, Carl. But they stilll weren't pullovers. ;)

maven Mon Sep 24, 2012 08:54pm
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Originally Posted by CT1 (Post 855683)
You're so right, Carl. But they stilll weren't pullovers. ;)
I'm not Papa C, but I'll take it as a compliment. :p

InsideTheStripe Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:56pm
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Originally Posted by JasonTX (Post 855625)
You are probably onto something. What a lot of people don't realize is that if you go back and look at last years games, even the regular officials received a lot of negative treatment. Everyone thinks the officials are "cheating" regardless of who is out there. The media is always trying to created controversy. Controversial situations bring higher ratings.
People are always going to complain...

However, the 'regular' refs managed to get a game completed within 3.0 to 3.5 hours of kickoff. The biggest beef (I'm willing to publicly air) with the replacement officials is they are turning a compact, perfectly choreographed telecast into a baseball game.

I don't have 4 hours to devote to a game I'm not working.

Nor do most people...

CT1 Tue Sep 25, 2012 06:05am
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Originally Posted by maven (Post 855750)
I'm not Papa C, but I'll take it as a compliment. :p
That was actually an obscure reference to Carl Stephens, long-time Auburn PA announcer and host of Shug Jordan's TV & radio shows. Carl passed away in August.

parepat Tue Sep 25, 2012 08:46am
We'll see if the NFL backs up its threat w Bill Belicheck. The League's most prominent coach lays his hands on an official (a la Joe Paterno a few years back). I bet they do nothing.

maven Tue Sep 25, 2012 08:57am
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Originally Posted by parepat (Post 855886)
We'll see if the NFL backs up its threat w Bill Belicheck. The League's most prominent coach lays his hands on an official (a la Joe Paterno a few years back). I bet they do nothing.
They can't do nothing: the league has painted themselves into a corner. They've bet the farm that nobody will care about the replacement refs, that they can make the sausage from roadkill and the fans will keep eating it. They have to shut up the factory workers to keep up the pretense.

Were I Belichick, I'd tell the league to stick it in their ear, and I wouldn't pay. If they want to try to fire me over the action, let 'em.


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