Anyone that is watching the Houston versus Colts game. They just reversed a clear fumble on the return by Houston with no evidence what's so ever...primarily because there was none. Pathetic calls by the reds even after review.
Beyond me how that can happen, no evidence whatsoever that anyone has shown. Calls should NEVER get reversed unless it is OVERWHELMING. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free
That call reeks of a payoff to Jim Irsay (a loudmouth with too much power behind the scenes) and his Luck/Colts who are media darlings at the expense of the new-owner of the Texans whose team is in a freefall. The replay, if anything, CONFIRMED that Johnson caught the ball. This is clearly going to be called an error. Who overturned the call ? Did the refs look at it or someone upstairs ? That person should be FIRED unless he can tell the NFL Officiating Head where he saw justification for overturning the catch. That play changed the game.
oh and what about the crystal clear punt return fumble recovered by the Colts that then got overturned in the Texans favor. stfu.
I didn't see it, but was there probably or potential cause to overrule ? There was NOTHING on the AJ catch.
I can't believe that call was reversed. I thought you needed clear evidence to overturn the ruling on the field. What an absolute joke. It's one thing to blow a call on the field, but to review it in slow motion from several angles and still blow it shows a whole new level of incompetence. Someone should either be fired or sent back to school for this. I think a lot of it has to do with these old farts not being able to effectively and efficiently utilize the replay technology. It's time to bring in new technology to bring football into the 21st century. The refs are old as dirt and are simply not necessary considering the technology that is available today. Old archaic crap like the measuring stick when basic math will tell you whether or not you made the first down. That shit has to go. Fire the old refs who suck with computers. Bring in young people who are technologically savy so they use it properly and review plays from upstairs, quickly. Why even have the refs on the field do it in the first place. Gooddell has a chance to make football better overall. Will he do it or will he live in the past? It really makes you wonder. If that's the case, then it also raises the question: Who slipped Kubiak the ricin and when? Irsay is a royal deush bag, I wouldn't put it past him.
Hand out of bounds + finger on the ball = dead ball. It was unlucky for the Colts, but it was the right call.
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That is far from conclusive. If the finger actually touched the ball there should have been some evidence of it slightly changing direction. It looks close, but not conclusive enough to overturn a call.
Do you even know how to physics? The ball was going from left to right with the tips of the ball facing sideline to sideline and his finger touched it UNDERNEATH, not on the side. Touching it underneath wouldn't change the direction.
That's his point. If it didn't change direction, how can you tell he touched it? Especially to the point where you can over turn a call... I still haven't seen it but I'm going to go look for video on it.
K, Just saw the overturned call. IMO, He DID NOT Touch it while OOB. That said, the ball changed direction and that was because it went off of #38's (Sergio Brown) knee or something after #15 hit it back in bounds... The only possibility is that his pinky was still on the ball which is almost impossible to determine from the replays Either way, It seems It was never touched by either player while they were OOB. IMO, not enough to overturn and flat out the wrong call.
Because you can see his finger touch it? Oh, and the fact that it WOULDN'T change direction at the angle whether he did or didn't touch it. He didn't touch the side of the ball, touched the underside of it. This was, while an extremely close call, a good call.
It was the right call. Gruden's dumb ass was looking for something entirely different. He kept saying the ball never hit his foot. The truth was, the ball was touched while the player was out of bounds. A picture speaks a thousand words. I hate the refs and I think they're terrible but this was the right call.
LOL you really think that picture clearly shows that finger touching the ball? It's close but it's not conclusive enough to reverse. It's very possible his finger slid right under the ball without touching it. Bottom line is I've seen way more obvious evidence to overturn calls plenty of times and the refs still stuck with the ruling on the field because they do not want to make tough decisions. They want it to be obvious. That one wasn't close to obvious. And yeah, basic physics suggests the ball would slightly alter course from being touched (even if it just grazed it), but again it's too tough to call. They should have stuck with the ruling on the field, IMO.
