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Originally Posted by Lzen
I didn't watch the game. I only had it on in the background for the last few minutes of regulation and the OT. What exactly happened?
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Well .... One of the Bell running backs (can't remember which one) gets gang tackled and in the process of falling down fumbles the ball and it goes under his legs. Only NO one really see's the ball has been fumbled till the players are crawling off the top of Bell then a 49ers player runs up and grabs the ball when any other officiating crew would have blown the play dead. They call it Denvers ball and Mike Nolan throws the challenge flag and the refs reviews it and says it was a fumble and a recovery by 49ers.....5 to 8 seconds AFTER the guy was on the ground.
Denver gets hosed.
49ers player gets tackled and gets stripped and Denver thinks they have the ball. Its gets challenged by Nolan... it should have been down by contact as the reciever had his knee down before the strip but since they hosed the first call on the Bell play they say the 49ers reciever never had control and call it incomplete. Kinda hosed both teams but Denver gets hosed again IMO. There were a couple of other questionalble calls but those two were one right after the other so those were most noticeable.
Denver gets hosed again.
It was so fun seeing another team get completely hosed by officials (especially Dungver) I was giddy.
Hope this helps your insight to Dungvers loss all the way around.
BTW: As much as the 49ers tried to shoot themselves in the foot ALL AFTERNOON LONG the Donks just kept pulling up the legs of San Fran to avoid letting the bullet make contact. It was great to watch as a Chiefs fan.
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