aussiew Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Thank you Football Gods. And shame on me for missing it. Us girls just love REVENGE!
Beerball Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Freeman Linky Yeah, that's what I thought, but I was unsure whether they broke teams up for the playoffs. Sweet justice!!!!!!
LynchMob23 Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 If that's the play I'm thinking of, while most of Johnson was in the endzone, the ball was outside of it. Yup, but apparently once his knee was down, they should have counted it as a safety, even if he got the ball out after the fact.
Gordio Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Thats what the backjudge did. He was looking at the jumbotron (which is where the play clock is according to the article). When he sees it at 0, he looks down to see if the ball is/was being snapped. It was, so no flag. Ya know, instead of bellyaching,the titans could have actually made the stop on that play and rendered the point moot. No excuse for not being flagged & it was not even close. I do not know what is so hard about flagging the o for delay of game. But you see it time & time again where the play clock runs out & it is not flagged. The only explanation is that the backjudge drops the ball & is not paying attention to the play clock. I dont care what the article says, if the play clock on the jumbotron was the same as the one they had on the bottom of the tv it should of been flagged & like I said it was not even close. The titans should of stopped them on 3rd down. horrible break down in the coverage.
KD in CA Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 I thought we had refs on the field to see a play, not challenges to do their job for them? As many people predicted would happen, replay has reduced the quality of the officiating.
Ramius Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 No excuse for not being flagged & it was not even close. I do not know what is so hard about flagging the o for delay of game. But you see it time & time again where the play clock runs out & it is not flagged. The only explanation is that the backjudge drops the ball & is not paying attention to the play clock. I dont care what the article says, if the play clock on the jumbotron was the same as the one they had on the bottom of the tv it should of been flagged & like I said it was not even close. The titans should of stopped them on 3rd down. horrible break down in the coverage. You see it time and time again because the backjudge can't both watch the ball being snapped and the play clock, dumbass. It takes 1-1.5 seconds to go from watching the ball to looking at the play clock (especially if it is up on the jumbotron) to go back to looking at the ball. They snapped the ball about 1-1.5 seconds after the clock hit 0.
KD in CA Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 No excuse for not being flagged & it was not even close. I do not know what is so hard about flagging the o for delay of game. But you see it time & time again where the play clock runs out & it is not flagged. Generally there is about a half-second leeway in that rule. But this one was more like 1.5 seconds -- an eternity to make that call.
Adam Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Apparently the gift non-call of forward lateral must have slipped his mind. Although I hated to see Willis McMoron's team win, I have to give credit to the football gods for screwing over the previously anointed AFC Champion Titans. The football gods have given the gift of tit-for-tat to the boo hooing titans! http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs2008...tory?id=3826899 I hope Willis gets a superbowl ring i thought the same thing as I watched his team get screwed... "shove the homerun throwback up your ass Jeff!" Shove it up Greer and Linton's as well- they wanted to be heroes instead of playing their assignments
RayFinkle Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Shove it up Greer and Linton's as well- they wanted to be heroes instead of playing their assignments Greer was 17 years old when the Music City Forward Pass happened. Kinda hard to pin the blame on him...
BuffaloBud Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 How about putting a buzzer on the play clock like basketball. Play clock goes to zero, horn sounds, no ball in play, throw flag. Sounds simple.
Adam Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Greer was 17 years old when the Music City Forward Pass happened. Kinda hard to pin the blame on him... Donovan Greer was a backup corner on the team at the time.
Gordio Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 You see it time and time again because the backjudge can't both watch the ball being snapped and the play clock, dumbass. It takes 1-1.5 seconds to go from watching the ball to looking at the play clock (especially if it is up on the jumbotron) to go back to looking at the ball. They snapped the ball about 1-1.5 seconds after the clock hit 0. Is it too much to expect the backjudge to look at the playclock & see double 00s & look at the line & realize the ball has not been hiked & throw the flag? I could see if it was a bang/bang play but it was not. There was at least 2 seond differential. The ref blew it & it cost Tenn their season. Have you ever been in a NFL stadium or any stadium for that matter? You could easily simultaneously look at the playclock & look when the ball is hiked in every stadium I have been to. It is a poor excuse for the ref not throwing the flag.
WWVaBeach Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 I would like to call it: "The Music City Retribution".
Ramius Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Is it too much to expect the backjudge to look at the playclock & see double 00s & look at the line & realize the ball has not been hiked & throw the flag? I could see if it was a bang/bang play but it was not. There was at least 2 seond differential. The ref blew it & it cost Tenn their season. Have you ever been in a NFL stadium or any stadium for that matter? You could easily simultaneously look at the playclock & look when the ball is hiked in every stadium I have been to. It is a poor excuse for the ref not throwing the flag. Since your reading comprehension is subpar, here you go. The play clock at LP Field is located on the Jumbotron scoreboard, not at field level. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs2008...tory?id=3826899 So now the ref is supposed to watch the ball and the jumbotron simultaneously? Read the rule. When the backjudge sees the clock hit 0, he's supposed to look and see if the ball is being snapped. If it is, there is no penalty. If not, he throws the flag. Perhaps if Tennessee had a play clock at field level, the ref would have been a fraction of a second faster and it would have been a penalty. In either case, the penalty had no bearing on the play. Its not like the titans defense stood up and walked to the huddle when the play clock hit 0. They had every chance to make a play on 3rd down and didn't. They should be blaming themselves, NOT the officials. Its not like the ravens got away with a facemask or blatant hold or pass interference. Delay of game doesn't impact the current play. That being said, i agree with the posters above who said that a buzzer or horn or some type of signal would be a better method of judging when the clock hit 0.
Alphadawg7 Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Apparently the gift non-call of forward lateral must have slipped his mind. Although I hated to see Willis McMoron's team win, I have to give credit to the football gods for screwing over the previously anointed AFC Champion Titans. The football gods have given the gift of tit-for-tat to the boo hooing titans! http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs2008...tory?id=3826899 I am as big of a Bills fan as there is, but even I have to admit the Music City Miracle was NOT a forward lateral and has been proven not to be a forward lateral countless times. Bills fans need to get over this and accept that our HORRIBLE Special Teams coverage on that play is why we lost the game as the officials got a VERY CLOSE call correct on this play. And this is from someone who was screaming about this during the play, but accpeted the decision after several replays and computer analysis showed it to be a almost exact lateral pass...regardless, it was close to judge and the officials (probably through dumb luck) got this call right.
Adam Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 I am as big of a Bills fan as there is, but even I have to admit the Music City Miracle was NOT a forward lateral and has been proven not to be a forward lateral countless times. Bills fans need to get over this and accept that our HORRIBLE Special Teams coverage on that play is why we lost the game as the officials got a VERY CLOSE call correct on this play. And this is from someone who was screaming about this during the play, but accpeted the decision after several replays and computer analysis showed it to be a almost exact lateral pass...regardless, it was close to judge and the officials (probably through dumb luck) got this call right. There is no way to tell on that play- and I don't fault the officials at all. Based on replay, the call wouldn't have been overturned either way
Cugalabanza Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 I am as big of a Bills fan as there is, but even I have to admit the Music City Miracle was NOT a forward lateral and has been proven not to be a forward lateral countless times. Bills fans need to get over this and accept that our HORRIBLE Special Teams coverage on that play is why we lost the game as the officials got a VERY CLOSE call correct on this play. And this is from someone who was screaming about this during the play, but accpeted the decision after several replays and computer analysis showed it to be a almost exact lateral pass...regardless, it was close to judge and the officials (probably through dumb luck) got this call right. Thank you!
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