That's because they're greasy, cheating, chemically altered low blow throwing, leg whipping, ankle breaking shitbricks of such epic proportions that even the Peyton manning funded officials can't overlook the blatant assholishness of the Denver Broncos.

Yeah...but...those are all when the game is over and the outcome isn't in question. Because that's when most penalties generally occur.

/nut

you included four dots at the end -- must mean something...

how many holding/illegal downfield block penalties for that "fair" offense, stud

They get called for those pick plays once in a while. Not enough, though.

I know, right? Several years ago there was a Pitt/SD game (IIRC, I at least know Pitt was in there) where Polumalu recovered a fumble and the officials took it off so the score would stay on one side or the other of the spread.

I remember watching it and thinking, "huh. That was a weird ruling." And then I went to work the next day and my buddy was fuming mad throwing shit in his office because he had money on the game and they changed the last play on some obscure ruling to cover or stay under the spread (I can't remember which).

After thinking about it, that's the most plausible explanation.

In fact, you have no proof whatsoever and your accusation is not evidence.

I just posted this in another thread where someone mentioned this. The Polumalu fumble recovery was from a lateral:

Could be, but it is pretty damning given proximity to the point spread. We'll probably never know.

Tamba Hali finds this stat amusing.

I sure wished there was video of the ref that day,his facial expression was all anyone needed to see,it was basically,"oh shit what just happened."

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I'm sure your memory is accurate. And they did screw up the call.
I think it happened because it was an odd play and they ****ed up. You think it was intentional due because he was on the take from gamblers.

You guys want it both ways--the refs are incompetent idiots and diabolically clever.

I think next year I'm going to write an essay too.

I'll tell the story of how much our family loves football and how important it is at gatherings, the kids game in the yard and watching on holidays. I'll relay the story about the time grandma was carrying the turkey to the Thanksgiving table and was tripped when Auntie Em slid her chair back and hooked her apron, dislodging the golden brown bird from her arm. Half way to the ground, grandpa shouted "FUMBLE" and pandemonium ensued in the scrum to recover.

Under the pile my thumb was broken and someone bit deeply into my calf muscle. Imagine my surprise when grandma untangled the pile of players until my mother emerged from the bottom with my thumbnail in her left hand and the golden brown bird tucked high and tight with 5 points of contact. Her side of the table was awarded the bird, so I went on defense on the pie table.

LMAO

THAT'S THE POINT,they didn't **** up!Watch the video,it was correctly ruled a TD and then taken off the scoreboard.Even the commentator on the highlights says as much.

The end zone official rules it was a TD. He just signals that a player with the ball has crossed the goal line. He's not making a judgment on laterals that he didn't even have a good view of.

When reviewed they saw the illegal lateral. But they made the wrong call on it. The ball wasn't dead and the resulting play should have been allowed.

Again, I think they screwed up. You think it was intentional and the refs were being bought off by gamblers. That's really quite a conclusion to reaach based on this evidence.