Biased Officials in Super Bowl

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Originally Posted by RickD

This is so funny. GUYS THE GAME IS OVER!!!!! Pats lost. Spring Training is starting! Let the Pats die in peace!

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I second that - time to moan about cockeyed umpires, now!:D

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cockeyed umpires

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And there's plenty of those to complain about

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Originally Posted by MeetDaMets

that key penalties were called on the giants.
reinforcing a lack of bias ?

too obvious ?

in any event its my opinion that its poor sportsmanship.
i believe i have that right as much as the op :)

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No, those examples weren't too obvious, I just wasn't understanding the original point but now I get it, thanks for clearing that up.

And yes, you have as much right to your opinion as anybody else on this board, nobody's denying that :)

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Originally Posted by Arctic Blast

jtuma2008 : Actually, a lot of Giants players and a lot of field officials have mentioned overhearing the Patriots saying some pretty cocky garbage, such as inviting the Giants to the Pats postgame victory party DURING the game, even when they were trailing. That certainly smacks of a team that had decided that it was entitled to win.

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While that's entirely possible and I don't doubt there are players on the Pats who would do that (as there are trash talkers on every team), I'd want to see exactly who made those claims before accepting it as fact. Because there are credible sources and there are people who will fabricate stories for the sake of further fueling a story. I also think it's one thing to believe that your team is entitled to win and another thing to deserve to win. And in some sense I believe every team thinks they are entitled to win. For the Giants, look how they turned their season around. After starting out so poorly and finishing so strong and knocking off tough competition, I'm sure they felt entitled to a SB win, which they should. To me, the Patriots had every reason to feel entitled to it because of the season they had. How often do you see seasons like they had (individually and teamwise)? Did they deserve to win though? No. They didn't play well at all and as a result, all they accomplished was for naught. Whether it happened during the game when the Pats were losing, again, I'd want to know who witnessed this and who could corroborate it before passing judgment.

I really think that, in the past, Belichick was ably to convince his guys, regardless of their record, that they were the underdog, so they would fight for every yard. and it worked. This time, though, I got the impression that HE was starting to believe the BS that they were entitled to the victory (it's really the only way to explain their outright bizarre offensive gameplan), and it filtered down from him to the team.

Okay NFLers, back in your caves! It's time for baseball!

Baseball Baby!!!!!

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Originally Posted by jtuma2008

And yes, you have as much right to your opinion as anybody else on this board, nobody's denying that :)

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Originally Posted by jtuma2008

While that's entirely possible and I don't doubt there are players on the Pats who would do that (as there are trash talkers on every team), I'd want to see exactly who made those claims before accepting it as fact....before passing judgment.

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i feel that "hey come to my party" is pretty tame
in comparison to other things said while on the field. :D
Not anything to get upset about,
happens to highlight "hubris" however.

signed,
Bill Belichicarus

PS the fall from grace was easy, landing was the hard part ...

id like to demand an investigation into the 2006 nlcs.
The cardinals cheated us out of a WS !

I demand it get replayed !
I also demand that people who purchased tickets,such as MYSELF,
to said nonexistent 2006 mets ws have the right to retain those tickets ;)

While were at it lets replay the 1919 ws.

ok !! whos with me ??? ;)

I think we should override those cowards McGraw and Brush, and force the 1904 Giants and Americans to play a Series!

Anyone here have any experience as a necromancer?