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Old Sun Sep 23, 2012, 05:49pm
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I love that Mike Ditka can make the Mr. Rogers sweater look scary.
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Old Sun Sep 23, 2012, 09:07pm
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I love that Mike Ditka can make the Mr. Rogers sweater look scary.
Mr. Rogers wore a button-up; Ditka wore a pull-over.
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Old Sun Sep 23, 2012, 09:20pm
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Anyone think the league calls to the teams worked this week? Players/coaches better behaved? Better officiating? The same? Worse? Doesn't matter anymore just live with it?
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Old Sun Sep 23, 2012, 11:02pm
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I think ESPN and other media outlets have been hired by the union to try and gen up discontent. It has never been that bad, certainly not as bad as ESPN and others want us to believe. I think in today's Vikings game (worked by a guy I know -- full disclosure), there was a complaint about a misenforced penalty. Man, you NEVER see that.
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Old Sun Sep 23, 2012, 11:06pm
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I think ESPN and other media outlets have been hired by the union to try and gen up discontent. It has never been that bad, certainly not as bad as ESPN and others want us to believe. I think in today's Vikings game (worked by a guy I know -- full disclosure), there was a complaint about a misenforced penalty. Man, you NEVER see that.
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.
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Old Mon Sep 24, 2012, 11:56pm
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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...

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Old Mon Sep 24, 2012, 02:27am
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I think ESPN and other media outlets have been hired by the union
ESPN is involved in multi-million-dollar deals with the NFL. They're taking the union side in nothing.
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Old Mon Sep 24, 2012, 08:26am
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Mr. Rogers wore a button-up; Ditka wore a pull-over.
The word you're groping for is 'cardigan', and many of them zipped.

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Old Mon Sep 24, 2012, 08:58am
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Steve Young said it best - as long as we're watching, the NFL doesn't give a flip about the quality. The 2 games I watched were horrible, and I think it's a given now that there will be at least 1 phantom pass interference call each game, (although last night's was called illegal contact - even though if anything happened it was A) within 5 yards of the LOS and B) while the ball was in the air). Some of the R's are ok on mike - but it seems there are 5 or 6 of them out there still not comfortable on mike. That problem is not really an officiating problem, but it just looks bad.

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.
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Old 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.
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Old Mon Sep 24, 2012, 12:00pm
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The word you're groping for is 'cardigan', and many of them zipped.
You're so right, Carl. But they stilll weren't pullovers.
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Old Mon Sep 24, 2012, 08:54pm
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You're so right, Carl. But they stilll weren't pullovers.
I'm not Papa C, but I'll take it as a compliment.
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Old Tue Sep 25, 2012, 06:05am
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I'm not Papa C, but I'll take it as a compliment.
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.
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Old Tue Sep 25, 2012, 08:46am
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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.
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