You've got to be kidding me

A few random thoughts while contemplating the state of refereeing in the NFL

1) Seriously, was there one game this weekend that didn't have at least two major, game turning calls that were just blatantly wrong? I mean, offensive pass interference called on the defense, interception/fumbles called an incompletion, an aborted 4th-and-inches that had no penalty called on anyone (how is that fucking possible? If they line up and no snap happens, there has to be either a false start or offsides. There has to. How can there not? Look, if the O-line gets set, a play has to be run, it is in the freaking rule book!), Andre Davis being tackled by the facemask with two hands, etc. I mean, if there is a story this weekend, it is how bad the officiating was, and that is it.

2) So the Pats run came to an end, with the final score New England 13, Denver 13, Refs 14. I don't want it to sound like sour grapes, and god knows the Pats look sloppy the whole game, but it is much harder to take the defeat when the officiating was so bad. If Denver had come out, whooped the Pats legitimately, okay, I'd take it. But when they get two 1st downs on the 1 yd line because of messed up calls, and they lead to the margin of victory, well, that sucks. Look, when you have Brady making a critical mistake at a the biggest moment in the game, not to mention missing open recievers all day and not beating the blitz, Adam V shanking a kick, and Troy Brown putting the ball on the floor, well, you probably aren't going to win. Still, even with 5 turnovers, you have to wonder. It doesn't feel like the Pats should have lost that game.

3) Well, after the Pats got eliminated, I immedeately decided I was rooting for the NFC participant in the superbowl, with the Panthers being my chosen one. Seriously, when the three teams I like the least (with the Jets maybe sneaking past one of them if push comes to shove) are the only ones left, I guess I'm just rooting for injuries (kidding!). Indy, well, they are led by the A-Rod of baseball, this generation's John Elway, the snivelling piece of crap who feels the world is owed to him but lacks the flesh balloons to go out and win it. Screw them (and man, was that shank fantastic, to the extent that I called it the moment they started driving down the field, and I have witnesses), and despite the refs giving them back Peyton's gift to Polomalu, they still lost. Now, in the AFC, we have the Steelers and the Broncos: one team that prides themselves on hurting offensive players on the other team playing the team that makes their hay trying to end defensive linemen's careers. Seriously, when this game is over, the playing field is going to look like that field in Gone With The Wind, bodies strewn about, and women with bad accent (Steelers fans) bitching and moaning. This grudge match is the least appetizing game to watch since the Mets-Yankees world series, or maybe even when Mothra and Godzilla battled each other for the right to destroy Tokyo. Man, these two teams suck.

4) Another thing, for the last two weeks, it seemed like every time Bettis ran the ball, they cut to a shot of his two parents, jumping up and down, tidally locked in celebration, high-fiving every time their moon of a son reached escape velocity from them. Yet, when Bettis tried to hand the game back to Peyton, they didn't show those fat bastards in the stands. That is what I was waiting for. Also, how manny times did those teams keep bailing the other one out? I mean, that has to be the worst game ever, despite what Peter Kings says. I mean, Manning and the line kept saying, "here, take the game", but the refs kept saying, "No! wait!", then Jerome pops in and says, "We're going to overtime, baby" before Vanderjaggoff pops up and says, "I'm still bitter at Peyton and Dungy for making fun of me a few years ago, take this you sons of bitches!". That game sucked ass.

5) Okay, so my neighbor seem to be making Meth or are slaughtering animals next door, and I can't hear the music coming from the speakers on my computer, I have to take care of this.