Hawkpower
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twisted_steel2":3ppxruzn said:For me, I usually don't get angry when we lose... it bums me out, and I mop for an hour or two. But anger? Nah. Win some, you lose some.
But when the officiating seems to be deciding the outcomes on the field, when the officiating becomes the story, when the officiating doesn't let the players decide the outcome? That's when I get angry, that's what drives me crazy.
I quit watching at one point, I think in the 4th quarter... when we got them to a 4th down, stopped their drive! Woohooo! Punt time!
Nope, I penalty to extend the Saints drive, and they're judgement calls, always judgement calls. Never something obvious, always some ticky tack BS.
Notice how they stopped showing the replays of the 'penalties'?
The Shead penalty was jaw dropping.
He literally engaged the receiver at the line of scrimmage, ran with him laterally and then broke on the quick slant beating the receiver to the ball for the break up.
Textbook. Just as it is taught.
You could tell the refs were struggling with what to call it. That they settled on holding was even more absurd.