Saints Marching on, over & through

yesman065 · 01-13-2007, 11:27 PM

Is it me or did anyone else think the refs, commentators and all were biased against the Eagles? I don't think they should have won anyway the way the Saints kept running all over them, but . . . ?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-14-2007, 12:14 AM

If the Eagles had won they'd last another week, that's all.

yesman065 · 01-14-2007, 12:18 AM

I know that Bruce - I'm not surprised they lost at all, but even in the first 1/2 my son was even mentioning that things seemed very one-sided" I agreed - just wondering if it was just us - ya know being from the Philly area and all.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-14-2007, 12:39 AM

The Saints remind me of the early AFL teams, razzle dazzle everywhere at once, who's on first style of ball.

WabUfvot5 · 01-14-2007, 12:42 AM

It's happened before. Remember after 9/11 all the calls went New Yorks way. Same thing for the Saints first game after Katrina. If stuff like this is intentional or not I don't know. The refs are human and even if they are trying to be unbiased who's to say what their subconscious is doing.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-14-2007, 10:13 AM

Maybe the refs were feeling intimidated by the crowd.

Oh, wait, they didn't play in Philly.....nevermind.

Spexxvet · 01-14-2007, 04:23 PM

The calls did seem to go against the Iggles. What lost them the game (probably) was the horrendous play that was called on thrid and 2 at the 4 yard line (or something like that), where they lost yardage.

Pet peeve: there's only 1 referee on a football field - the other officials have different names, like umpire, line judge, side judge, and field judge.

01-13-2007, 11:27 PM	#1
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	Saints Marching on, over & through Is it me or did anyone else think the refs, commentators and all were biased against the Eagles? I don't think they should have won anyway the way the Saints kept running all over them, but . . . ?

01-14-2007, 12:14 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If the Eagles had won they'd last another week, that's all. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-14-2007, 12:39 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The Saints remind me of the early AFL teams, razzle dazzle everywhere at once, who's on first style of ball. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-14-2007, 10:13 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe the refs were feeling intimidated by the crowd. Oh, wait, they didn't play in Philly.....nevermind. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-14-2007, 04:23 PM	#7
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	The calls did seem to go against the Iggles. What lost them the game (probably) was the horrendous play that was called on thrid and 2 at the 4 yard line (or something like that), where they lost yardage. Pet peeve: there's only 1 referee on a football field - the other officials have different names, like umpire, line judge, side judge, and field judge. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

01-14-2007, 12:18 AM	#3
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	I know that Bruce - I'm not surprised they lost at all, but even in the first 1/2 my son was even mentioning that things seemed very one-sided" I agreed - just wondering if it was just us - ya know being from the Philly area and all.

01-14-2007, 12:42 AM	#5
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	It's happened before. Remember after 9/11 all the calls went New Yorks way. Same thing for the Saints first game after Katrina. If stuff like this is intentional or not I don't know. The refs are human and even if they are trying to be unbiased who's to say what their subconscious is doing.

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