Refs doing all they can for Dallas

Seymour · Dec 10, 2006

No face mask, overturning a catch, taunting?

FatTony · Dec 10, 2006

What about the unsportsman like conduct on Parcells for throwing the red flag?? That was huge for the Saints and might have cost me a TV.

gynecologist · Dec 10, 2006

This will prove I'm unbiased.

I have the Cowboys here and I believe the refs are totally for the Boys in here..

Seymour · Dec 10, 2006

Yeah but that's not debatable - if you throw your challenge flag within 2 minutes it's automatically a 15 yard and free 1st down penalty - parcells knew this - he just wanted to make sure the saints could not get a play off.

FatTony · Dec 10, 2006

Seymour said:
Yeah but that's not debatable - if you throw your challenge flag within 2 minutes it's automatically a 15 yard and free 1st down penalty - parcells knew this - he just wanted to make sure the saints could not get a play off.

I didn't know that. Didn't hear them explain it.

Journeyman · Dec 10, 2006

Fat Tony said:
What about the unsportsman like conduct on Parcells for throwing the red flag?? That was huge for the Saints and might have cost me a TV.

huge for the over too :lol:

Seymour · Dec 10, 2006

Yeah, it's a delay tactic the coaches used to do - in order to stop the clock late in the game coaches would throw the flag and try to challenge things that were not even challegeable - in essence, they were using the challenge flag as a timeout - that's why the refs must initiate the challenge in the last 2 minutes - Parcells was only throwing the flag to prevent the saints from gettign their play off - he know it was illegal.

wilheim · Dec 10, 2006

To be honest I don't care which side wins this game but the entire NFL these days is about refs and replays. Natrually I am all for fair play but the NFL has gone off the deep end rule wise.

wil.

lander · Dec 11, 2006

There was a call 2 weeks ago where Peerless Price had a catch taken away because he didn't "pause" after getting both feet down on a sideless "catch."

Wtf? Is he supposed to go all matrix on out routes?? That rule makes absolutely no sense. Hockuley probably felt like an a*shole trying to explain that BS.

Journeyman · Dec 11, 2006

I'm not sure if this game gets out of hand like it did, had the Saints not caught that break on the PF call on Parcells before the half ,where he threw out the red flag inside two minutes!

X-Files · Dec 11, 2006

The saints were crazy to try that onside kick. A Dallas player
might have picked up the ball & ran for a TD.

But back to refs & rules, in the NHL yesterday a ref dropped
the puck for a faceoff & it landed between his legs, yet he
let the play go on!