I don't want anyone here to think I am self-promoting as that's not the case. If anyone has issue with me posting this here, tell me and I'll take it down.
I just wanted to put this up here so people who had to listen to the game can see firsthand how bad some of the calls were.
Moreover, if anyone remembers any other poor (and obvious) calls that were made and/or missed, and has some screen shots to them, please feel free to contribute.
The Giants did win, and that's something to be proud of and something to celebrate. But calls like this, if they continue, will eventually cost them or another team.
Photographic Evidence: Poor Officiating Overshadows Impressive New York Giants Victory - (
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B. Centralized Replay
Pointing out flaws in a system is a good tool for change but proposing no solution while pointing out flaws seems futile
I thought JPP was going to rip off an official's head begging for a flag
Also was a double screw up because on the hail mary drive they had no timeouts cuz of the Jennings fumble debacle..
LTS I have heard you say this but they need to change this crap and not make these reviews a coaching strategy and go to a replay official who has the power to look at every play and override the guys on the field..
Giants101- Great job
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Maybe we should make it a weekly thing?
We left out some of the smaller nonsense that happens in every game and really wanted to focus on the big, obvious stuff.
It's not a conspiracy. It's deep rooted flaw in the system and a deep rooted flaw in human nature. The refs are simply selfish, lazy and insecure scumbags. They don't have the balls to admit when they are wrong. And that's just a shame.
You can always make excuses for the ref. Its a judgement call, the game moves fast, there are only so many angles, etc. You can then try to rationalize bad calls either with a positive tone (the evidence wasn't 100% conclusive) or a negative tone (lazy, selfish, don't want to self correct).
But the fumble changes everything.
Because now you're talking about a game changing play correctly called on the field, being overturned to an incorrect call, and then completely indisputable visual evidence being ignored to uphold the call.
No, up until yesterday I used to make excuses and rationalize as above - despite alot of evidence that something more nefarious was going on.
But the fumble shows without a doubt that Leavy had premeditated intent to tilt the game in GBs favor.
The question is why, and is the league complicit or is it confined to the refs.
Its really horrible. Although at least now many things become clearer.
Bad call for sure, but this picture above for me is not conclusive to over turn the call.
And that still doesn't expalin on what grounds it was reversed on the field from a fumble to a non-fumble.
Add the pieces together and the questions pile up.
Again, big props to Giants 101.
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I don't know if you or anyone in your office has been monitoring the media and internet discussion of the horrible officiating in the Giants/ Packers game. If you have, i'm sure you have cause for great concern. For the first time in my 50 years of watching the NFL, the integrity of the league is being called into question in a broad based manner. I am not going to re-hash the specific calls, but you should be aware that the reaction is unprecedented.
On the website, BigBlueInteractive.com which I frequent, I have never seen anything like it. They have the usual mix of posters, some conspiracy theorists and flakes, but mostly level header and well educated posters. Typically after a game, a few posters will complain about some calls in the game. They will uaually be told by a large majority of posters to let it go, mistakes happen, officials are human, move on, etc. Not this time. Posters are almost unanimously up in arms, and WE WON THE GAME. Winning is usually the strongest argument for moving on, but these calls were so egregious that many level headed posters are questioning if it's more that human error at work.
I've never been much of a conspiracy theorist but when presented with enough evidence and recorded observations, just as in science, theory becomes accepted as fact. The facts aren’t simply that the NFL doesn’t like the Giants. That would be absurd. What isn’t absurd is this: Wouldn’t the NFL just love to televise a conference championship between the Saints and Packers or, more appropriately, Rodgers vs. Brees, or maybe a Super Bowl gunslingers' duel (Rodgers/Brees vs. Brady)? This past weekend certain calls were made or not made with intent and did clearly not correspond to what actually occurred during play. The Saints were not called for a single penalty against a very stout 49ers team. 63 pass attempts, not one hold, false start or intentional grounding? I know what I saw and know what the officiating crew decided not to see.
When the Giants played the Packers back in week 13 Nicks was constantly being mugged, no calls. Corey Webster was called for an interference that wasn’t, a Ballard TD that wasn’t and Jennings not having possession in the end zone that was, at least the way the refs decided to rule. I feel like I’m forgetting something…Oh yeah, a JPP sack that was nullified due to what can only be described as a phantom call on Williams for illegal use of hands.
And yesterday? How about indisputable, ultra slow motion / stop action video showing Jennings fumble? DJ Ware clearly ran for a big 1st down and the ball was spotted short. Can a player in this new league actually get a hit on a QB anymore if it’s not in the NFL’s “best interest”? I refer to Osi’s roughing penalty that wasn’t. It was as clean a hit as there can be these days; standing straight up, head to the side, shoulder pad to shoulder pad, arm around waist, within a step after Rodgers’ release. Because of that the drive continued and the Packers scored 7. Eli was hit in the back, the defender taking two steps after the release and had hands to his head and facemask at various points in the game…no calls. Baas nearly decapitated with the DT pushing his facemask up and back…no call. JPP constantly held…no calls. Snee called for holding?...BS Were there a slew of calls that went in the Giants favor? No, not in either game.
I feel sorry for what probably is about to happen to the Ravens. Is there a story line in a Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh Super Bowl? Absolutely, but the NFL would rather see an “elite” QB (Brady) in that game. Congrats to the 9er’s who, like the Giants, beat two opponents in the divisional round. I admire their hard-hitting, old school D. Will the Giants get the calls next week to set up a rematch of the 2007 Super Bowl? That too is very possible. I don’t have the ability to see into the future nor do the powers that be in the NFL…But that doesn’t mean they and their officials won’t try to influence the outcomes by favoring future QB matchups over calling fair and balanced football games.
Boy, it’s a good thing this isn’t an election year or I’d really be flipping my wig over something of far greater importance…oh, wait a minute…