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The Jacksonville Jaguars were mad as hell to lose to the Colts, and  I can't blame them. I am sure losing to us is a a lot like what losing to the Patriots over and over again felt like to Colts fans before we won the Super Bowl. If they want to cry wolf, though, they can suck it. Here is a hometown paper reporting what they said and an Indy paper.
For the most part, they believe two things: 1. that they were jobbed on two fumble recoveries that were reviewed and 2. that they were being drawn into false starts by the Colts. I tape the games, and watch them twice again over the course of a week. I just watched it for the third time (once in person) and I can say this. F*ck you whiny beeyatches. I normally don't get this agitated over something that pertains to gamesmanship, but what are they talking about? They believe that a fumble that was overturned incomplete (by the admittedly fumble prone Ben Utecht) was an actual fumble. It clearly isn't. He never has control, and if you want to argue that he had control, he is clearly down when the ball comes out. It isn't that tough a call in slow-mo. It isn't. The second fumble call was when the tenacious Robert Mathis forced a fumble on Garrard. It was initially called recovered by Garrard, and I thought it was int he stands and cursed Dungy for reviewing it. Then, thanks to the wonders of technology I see a replay and Raheem Brock clearly recovers it. Great call Tony. I have no idea what the Jags are pissed about on this call, either. This is the play I am looking at as I type (it is close to the beginning of the game), and it is so clear on the tape that I wonder how the side-judge could have missed it.
As far as penalties go I will say this. The Colts are one of the elast penalized teams at home, which sounds like a great argument for opposing teams, until you discover that they are one of the least penalized teams on the road. Why? They practice the things that produce common penalties so much that they don't commit them. They don't false start often and they don't jump offsides often. They play in a very loud environment and have been trained to jump on the visual cue of the snap. One particular play they are being accused of cheating on is after the personal foul committed on the jaguars last drive when Reggie Williams pushed Hagler down. They believe they were induce to a false start. They believe that the Colts were jumping all over the place. I watched the replay in slow motion. I see Robert Mathis shift his positioning as Garrard is coming under center. I see Brock replant his foot and after he does I see the other tackle (number obscured) dip his butt down a little. No one jerked forward to any real degree. They certainly didn't move anymore than Garrard himself during his hard counts. If you want a reason for Jacksonville's 4 false starts go watch a game in the Dome. It is the smallest stadium in the league. The fans are right on top of the field and the upper deck is all metal bleachers. It is the loudest environment I have ever been in and I have been working on construction sites for a long time. I have also been in farrowing houses on large hog operations. Neither compares in terms of volume or stink for that matter, the fat sunovabitch that sits behind Hot Tub reeks. Am I saying that the Colts were not trying to induce the Jags? Hell no, but they weren't trying any harder than the Jags were to draw them off. Lets look at the game of football for a moment. Is there anything as beautifully catastrophic and sudden as the line of scrimmage in football? Is there anything that is so pregnant with calamity and disaster? The horrible things that go on at the line of scrimmage in a NFL game are like a sadistic trip to a Vegas leather bar. You don't talk about it in front of kids or women, and by God, just about anything goes. It is one running crime of "Can this fit here?" and "Let's see how best to break your arm?". Jacksonville got beat because Peyton Manning is one of the best QBs to ever play the game and he was 10-13 on third down. I don't know anything about the way sorcerers put number together, but that must be like...50% or something.
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I remember in the first quarter thinking that there were some interesting calls going on but with all the play reviews I lost interest. I'm a firm believer that it all evens out in the end, so everyone should just stop complaining.
yeah. Folks have probably hear me complain all year about teams holding Colts defensive linemen and not getting called, but even that, in all reality, is just something you have to get over.
It is the same with baltimore. They had a chance to win it, they had three chances to convert third downs that could have put New England away and they blew them all. they are to blame for their loss, not Brady and not the refs. Heck, you cant give someone three chances to do something when they are as capable aas Brady.
Though i do think that there are several games where the refs have impacted the outcome, that isnt new and you cant breakdown mentally like Williams or Scott did.
I can understand people complaining from time to time but they just need to keep in mind that it all seems to average itself out. You are right, Baltimore could have put that game away and made this all a moot point, but didn't.
I'd like your thoughts on Kyle Boller. He obviously has the arm strength but only seems to have 1-2 good games a season. Is he like the Ultra Rex Grossman or what? I saw him absolutely tear someone up on Sunday Night Football like two seasons ago, but he's just too inconsistent.