How 'bout those Colts?

[Scootter]

World's 167th bigest Buc fan here, fell off to sleep at the start of the 3rd (happy).

 This morning I flipped out, must have been a hoot in the 4th.

I missed a good game, all I can say is crap crap, and WTG Colts (darn it)

[Gloves]

Originally posted by nuchpatrick
 All I have to say is that was a lame call by the reff on that final kick.

"Rule 12, section three, article two calls for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on a player "clearly running forward and leaping in an obvious attempt to block a field goal or try-kick after touchdown and landing on players unless the leaping player was originally lined up within one yard of the line of scrimmage when the ball was snapped."

Bad rule maybe, but right call based on that rule.

[FUNKED1]

I guess it's karma or something.  Raiders and A's choked, so something good had to happen somewhere.  

[Eagler]

Originally posted by Gloves
"Rule 12, section three, article two calls for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on a player "clearly running forward and leaping in an obvious attempt to block a field goal or try-kick after touchdown and landing on players unless the leaping player was originally lined up within one yard of the line of scrimmage when the ball was snapped."

Bad rule maybe, but right call based on that rule.

a flag could be thrown on at least 90% of all field goal attempts if they wanted to with that "unkown b4 last night rule"

didn't matter - the bucs laid down and rolled over in the 4th ..

[DiabloTX]

Actually, its a very good rule and I have known about it for quite a while.  It is designed to prevent any kind of attempt to "stack" players on top of each other to block a kick.  There was one specific game where a player actually climbed another to block a kick, or something to that affect, that instituted this rule.  It is strict for a reason.

[Cougar68]

If I remember it right, one of the Bucs players fell back underneath the guy that was leaping.  He didn't run and then jump on to the pile.  Bad call IMO.

Cougar

[Dago]

What about the guy falling down by the kicker, and then the kicker falls on him to get a penalty called?


dago

[Cougar68]

That was a questionable call as well.  However, I can see how at full speed it would look like the guy rolled into the punters legs.  I think calls like that, as well as roughing the passer calls, have to err in favor of protecting the players.  After looking at the replay it was a bad call, but not near as bad as the leaping one.  

Cougar

[Mini D]

Originally posted by Cougar68
That was a questionable call as well.  However, I can see how at full speed it would look like the guy rolled into the punters legs.  I think calls like that, as well as roughing the passer calls, have to err in favor of protecting the players.  After looking at the replay it was a bad call, but not near as bad as the leaping one.  

Cougar

Odd... so a questionable call is where the fould didn't really happen... but might have appeared to happen.  I can accept that.

But... a foul that clearly meets every criteria called out in the rule books is called and somehow that is worse?

Gotcha.

The foul was a good call.  He threw the flag before the ball was halfway to the goal post (made or missed not known).  It really is time to get over it and start adressing the real problem: 21 points in 4 minutes.

MiniD

[Cougar68]

If you just look at the letter of the rule it was the right call, but if you look at the INTENT of the rule it was horrible.  The rule is to prevent players from either leaping off a teammate to gain height, and also to prevent someone from running towards the line of scrimmage and leaping over the pile to make the block.  Rice went into the air and a teammate fell back into him.  

As far as the running into the punter foul, if you look at the letter of the rule that was a good call as well.  The player made contact with the punters leg and was not blocked into him.  However, I still say it was questionable after seeing the replay since it wasn't significant contact, just a great acting job.  

21 points in 4 minutes is a huge problem without a doubt.  It's still my opinion that the officials stepped over the bounds and decided the game.  Who knows what would've happened after the missed field goal.

Cougar

[Eagler]

Originally posted by DiabloTX
Actually, its a very good rule and I have known about it for quite a while.  It is designed to prevent any kind of attempt to "stack" players on top of each other to block a kick.  There was one specific game where a player actually climbed another to block a kick, or something to that affect, that instituted this rule.  It is strict for a reason.

I can see why they call it all the time...

otherwise we'd have this at every field goal attempt

[Ripsnort]

This game may have passed up the Dallas Cowboys 21 point comback in 6 mins. with Staubach at the helm back in the 70's. (If you remember that game like I do, then you're an old fart ) They're already calling it the greatest comeback in NFL history.

[DiabloTX]

Originally posted by Eagler
I can see why they call it all the time...

otherwise we'd have this at every field goal attempt

Well, yeah, if you take it to the nth degree....

[Kieran]

My goodness, 21 points in 4 minutes decided the game, not the ref.