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ironhorse2ko

Ravens..got..screwed

December 16, 2008 at 03:51PM View BBCode

Plain and simple...we got...SCREWED!!!
happy

December 16, 2008 at 03:54PM View BBCode

ah?
Hamilton2

December 16, 2008 at 03:56PM View BBCode

They lost to a great team on a catch made in the END ZONE after allowing a 92 yard drive in the final minute. Maybe if they could have made a play sometime during the last 92 yards instead of waiting for the refs to bail them out they could have won.
Benne

December 16, 2008 at 04:28PM View BBCode

What Joe said.
sycophantman

December 16, 2008 at 04:28PM View BBCode

Oh... SNAP!
whiskybear

December 16, 2008 at 04:43PM View BBCode

Well, the catch wasn't made in the end zone. (I agree that the Ravens defense should have come alive at some point before that catch at the 1.)
whiskybear

December 16, 2008 at 04:47PM View BBCode

Also, to Ironhorse, try having it happen in a Super Bowl, buddy.
happy

December 16, 2008 at 05:09PM View BBCode

so the guy didnt make the endzone and the play wasnt reversed?

Im actually getting kind of bothered by this stuff. Refs seem to regularly get the call wrong on review. the clinton portis fumble a couple of weeks ago comes to mind, but there are numerous other examples.
barterer2002

December 16, 2008 at 05:16PM View BBCode

Originally posted by ironhorse2ko
Plain and simple...we got...SCREWED!!!


Once again, you're full of it.
dirtdevil

December 16, 2008 at 05:16PM View BBCode

the call on the field (no touchdown) was reversed after a booth review, the ruling being that the ball had broken the plane of the end zone when he gained control of it. i've only seen the replay very briefly, but from what i saw, and everything i've read, touchdown seems to have been the correct call.
tm4559

December 16, 2008 at 05:20PM View BBCode

how many times do you have to be told not to drag pesky facts into the discussion?
whiskybear

December 16, 2008 at 05:28PM View BBCode

Originally posted by dirtdevil
the call on the field (no touchdown) was reversed after a booth review, the ruling being that the ball had broken the plane of the end zone when he gained control of it. i've only seen the replay very briefly, but from what i saw, and everything i've read, touchdown seems to have been the correct call.


The receiver was falling out of the end zone toward the 1-yard line and clearly did not possess the football while the ball was within the plane. At best the call on the field should have stood for lack of sufficient and indisputable visual evidence. A reversal is pretty much unforgivable. But it's the Steelers, so what else is new?
FuriousGiorge

December 16, 2008 at 05:51PM View BBCode

3 years ago.
whiskybear

December 16, 2008 at 05:57PM View BBCode

There is no statute of limitations on motherfucking Super Bowls.
Hamilton2

December 16, 2008 at 06:05PM View BBCode

He took possession of the ball immediately. There was no juggling/bobbling or otherwise struggling to gain control. The WR was well within the endzone when he caught the pass, and the ball easily broke the plane of the goalline.

I can see that you are upset by the reversal, since the evidence was perhaps inconclusive, but I really think it was the right call.

Also, they originally spotted the ball inside the 1 yard line. PIT still would have scored, as it is virtually impossible to not get into the end zone from a half yard out on a QB sneak, and there was sufficient time for 2 more plays if needed.
FuriousGiorge

December 16, 2008 at 06:09PM View BBCode

Originally posted by whiskybear
There is no statute of limitations on motherfucking Super Bowls.


Somewhere, a warm, pleasant sensation comes over Shrutebag, and he is unable to identify the source.
whiskybear

December 16, 2008 at 06:10PM View BBCode

Originally posted by Hamilton2
Also, they originally spotted the ball inside the 1 yard line. PIT still would have scored, as it is virtually impossible to not get into the end zone from a half yard out on a QB sneak, and there was sufficient time for 2 more plays if needed.


Then let them settle it on the field. Also, the play occurred on third down; it would have brought up a fourth-and-inches decision for the Steelers.

(Basically, that's a damn stupid thing to say, Joe.)
whiskybear

December 16, 2008 at 06:10PM View formatted

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Oh shut up Craig.
Hamilton2

December 16, 2008 at 06:13PM View BBCode

OK, so they had 1 chance. They would have scored.

My point still remains that the Ravens ought to have made a play somewhere in the 92 yards preceding the goalline, instead of counting on a catch which was made in the end zone being ruled a non touchdown.

(Yes, it was a stupid thing to say. I admit it.)
whiskybear

December 16, 2008 at 06:15PM View BBCode

I agree that the Ravens defense should have made a stop on that drive. I watched it and it was pitiful. But the replay and subsequent reversal were not handled correctly by the officials.
happy

December 16, 2008 at 06:25PM View BBCode

the theory is that they did make a stop, right then at the one yard line, and the refs blew the game. there is a reason it was a 92 yard drive not a 91 yard drive.

And i have seen bad calls go both ways on the replays (overturned and calls standing)
Faceman

December 16, 2008 at 06:31PM View BBCode

The ball hit his hands within the white line (or the plane). TD.

I understand that and am the first to argue that replay should only be used for obvious screwups, which this clearly was not. That said, replay isn't used for that.

The whole "ball scores a TD not the player" is a stupid rule as it is. If Holmes is standing just as he was, toes in the end zone, only he's leaning out the side or back (instead of the front) of the end zone, it's a TD and nobody even bats an eyelash. But since he's hanging out the front, it's different.

The rule is stupid. The player should have to touch in the end zone. It shouldn't be the ball crossing the line.
whiskybear

December 16, 2008 at 06:33PM View BBCode

Originally posted by Faceman
The rule is stupid. The player should have to touch in the end zone. It shouldn't be the ball crossing the line.


This is the stupidest thing you've ever said written.
FuriousGiorge

December 16, 2008 at 06:34PM View BBCode

Every down call made on every part of the field is spotted where the ball ends up. Why should the endzone be any different?
Faceman

December 16, 2008 at 06:36PM View BBCode

Originally posted by whiskybear
But the replay and subsequent reversal were not handled correctly by the officials.


I love how you make your arguments so factual. . what exactly, did Coleman do wrong? You can disagree on what you see in the replay, but he most certainly handled the replay situation correctly.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/15/AR2008121500396.html

Quote:
Later, referee Walt Coleman said, "He had two feet down. When he gained control of the ball, the ball was breaking the plane."

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