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FAVRE PULLED A FAVRE
WOOO!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!!
Re: FAVRE PULLED A FAVRE
My facebook status reads:
Brett Favre's final play as a Packer, Interception. Brett Favre's final (?) play as a Viking, Interception. Oh, the poetry.
HA!
Also? Best.Superbowl.In.YEARS!
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Really, no one has an issue with all that roughing the passer? The one that was called was actually a bad call, but some of those other hits were SO LATE. Even the Saints fans watching at our house were like "WTF late hit! No flag? We're so lucky!"
And I can.not. believe. that booth review in OT stood as a reception. I saw that ball rolling all over the ground. Officials need to face us and explain that one.
Happy as I am that the Vikes lost I agree with you. The Saints had some calls gift wrapped.
Agreed. I was cheering for the Vikes, but I'm not all that sad that the Saints won...however, some of those calls were bogus, to say the least.
Ball on the ground, ball on the ground
Look at Minnesota with the ball on the ground,
Favre on the sideline, tears runnin down
Runnin, Passin, but the ball's on the ground!
I am proud of the way Favre played. He was hurt, he was hit numerous times, he's OLD, and he kept getting up and keeping the team together, trying to boost AP up even when he kept on fumbling the freaking ball. I am almost positive he'll come back, but if he doesn't, it was a fun season to watch.
Oh and I hate the overtime coin toss.
I agree that some of the calls sucked. But honestly, we lost the game because of a few big errors.
I'm sad the VIkes lost, but the Saints are a good team and I hope they take the Colts to the cleaners.
Agreed -- you can't win the game when you turn the ball over 5+ times.
I really don't understand this comment. He lost, so how is he rising to the top?
As I've stated, I am one of the few remaining Favre fans, but I agree the Saints deserve some luck and I'm happy to see them shine!
I am proud of the way Favre played. He was hurt, he was hit numerous times, he's OLD, and he kept getting up and keeping the team together, trying to boost AP up even when he kept on fumbling the freaking ball. I am almost positive he'll come back, but if he doesn't, it was a fun season to watch.
Oh and I hate the overtime coin toss.
I Totally Agree!!!!! It made me so sad to watch him and nobody protected him. I have never seen a QB get so ruffed up. Did you see his wife oh I felt so bad.
PS I'm A Total Brett Farve Fan Now!!!!! I Hope he come back
Clearly you missed the Packer's entire season....
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OK and I'm sick of hearing people say "the Saints deserved this. That city deserved this after what they've been through"
Ok natural disasters suck, but it does not mean you deserve a championship. In that case the Saints should should ship their trophy to Haiti.
Yes the bad calls did go both ways, but there was what, maybe one bad call in favor of the Vikings, compared to at least three bad calls against the Vikings, and about a hundred non calls against the Saints. I'm sorry, but diving at the QBs knees should be called any day of the week.
As an impartial person in that game, I don't think the calls made the difference. the large number of turnovers did.
Yes bad calls suck. They always do. But you can't really blame most losses on bad calls.
No, I agree that you can't blame the loss on the bad calls. The Vikings totally effed this one up in an epic way. As we say here in MN, they ARE the Vikings after all.
However, in a championship game, the officials need to make the right calls. When you get the calls wrong, even after a booth review, or you don't make a call at all, it has the ability to change the outcome of the game. In this game, it changed the outcome.
I understand giving the Saints the first down after the play on 4th and inches, and I understand why they couldn't reverse that ruling, even though it looked like his helmet pushed the ball back and it never crossed the first down marker. I get that, because it was just way too close to tell for sure. But you can't tell me that the PI call on Leber was a good call, nor was that booth review that was upheld as a reception. That was BS and anyone who thinks otherwise is either blind or in denial. Those officials need to explain that one, because honestly I just don't understand.
What's so hard to understand about home-field advantage? The home team always gets the calls like that, it's just the way the game has developed and what it's become. Is it fair? Not at all, but the importance of officials has become so great in the past decade that it's what the sport has evolved to. When you have so many humans out there making judgement calls, the biased human-error is bound to be present, and they have given officials a much greater control over these calls in recent years, unfortunately. Even though they are paid to be neutral observers, they are going to be biased and it would be nice to watch a game (in any sport) and not assume that the home team will get the favorable calls. Unfortunately, that's just not what happens most of the time.
The key is to play at a higher level so that the officials do NOT have to control the game or change the outcome. Complete your passes, control the clock properly, stop the opposing offense from getting first downs... if you don't do these things, then you can't complain about the officials making a few calls that will change the game. If you do those things, then the stonger team emerges and the game is settled by the players as it should be.
This. We're lucky poor A. Rodgers still has all limbs attached.
Exactly.
Favre looked beat up out there, but he's always been a warrior, I knew he'd keep going back in. What a game.