Official 'Shafted In Pittsburgh' Thread.

[englishmike]

Wow, anyone else ever lost a decent bet (SD +4.5) on an intercepted lateral returned for T-D?

Wow.

[Bread]

I feel your pain with you.

[Cloak & Dagger]

I blame this on bigboydan

[Bread]

Holy Sht!!! What??????????????????????????? Ref To The Rescue!!!

[englishmike]

Woo Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooo

[Richkas]

If you bet on SD in this game its ok. Your used to losing.

[englishmike]

If you bet on SD in this game its ok. Your used to losing.

But Richie.....I WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON !!!

[Bread]

That was insanity. There was no illegal pass. Unreal....but awesome.

[LMAOFISH]

WTF, where was the forward pass? As someone who bet on Pittsburgh, this is BS.

[LMAOFISH]

Is there still time to change this or is this official? This terrible piece of refeereing will have half the betting world furious.

[pavyracer]

I guess when it's your weekend everything you touch is gold. Congrats englishmike. You are unstoppable.

[Pokeraddict]

Have to wonder about this shady call that affected the spread. There was obviously no evidence to overturn the correct field call. I didn't touch this game but I'll tell you there needs to be an investigation. That was really shady.

[pavyracer]

Have to wonder about this shady call that affected the spread. There was obviously no evidence to overturn the correct field call. I didn't touch this game but I'll tell you there needs to be an investigation. That was really shady.

They will investigate it right after the non "muffed" punt fix at the Eagles - Falcons game from 3 weeks ago. I'm still fuming from losing that bet on refs incompetence.

[englishmike]

Someone has said they tivo'd it and the first pass was forward.

[ipickwinners]

i was not on either side of the game.... but they actually made the right call

after the offense makes a forward pass past the line of scrimmage and if there is any latteraling by the offense and then the defense recovers the ball... they cannot return it any further than where it was recovered


what i just dont understand is why they even reviewed it with 0 seconds left and they were all trotting off the field..... then they had to stop them from kicking the XP....... then they called it a TD.... then they didnt.... dont they know all the rules? makes u wonder if these refs should be reffing any games to begin with

[bigboydan]

Stop complaining gentlemen. The refs got it correct.

[big joe 1212]

The NFL just overturned this!

Final score 17-10

[ipickwinners]

no they didnt

[rm18]

They will investigate it right after the non "muffed" punt fix at the Eagles - Falcons game from 3 weeks ago. I'm still fuming from losing that bet on refs incompetence.

I thought you were 10-0 on home teams prior to Nets beating Hawks?

[pavyracer]

I thought you were 10-0 on home teams prior to Nets beating Hawks?

7-0 Hawks, 3-0 Falcons. Now I'm 0-3 the last 3 days.

[Bluehorseshoe]

i was not on either side of the game.... but they actually made the right call

after the offense makes a forward pass past the line of scrimmage and if there is any latteraling by the offense and then the defense recovers the ball... they cannot return it any further than where it was recovered

No offense. Where did you get that from?


If you go to NFL.com, this is the only thing I see in regards to laterals. http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/backwardpass

[mmike032]

They will investigate it right after the non "muffed" punt fix at the Eagles - Falcons game from 3 weeks ago. I'm still fuming from losing that bet on refs incompetence.

that call screwed me also.

[unit1884]

NBA is rigged, NFL is rigged, why the hell wouldnt they rig it? 50% of ppl watching the games have action on it...

NFL is all about spreads, nothing more. nobody cares who wins the superbowl, they only care who covered

[Starion]

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter?game_id=29685&season=2008&displayPage=tab_gamecenter

Watch the replay in video part. There's no forward pass anywhere other than rivers initially to tomlinson. It's not even close.

[shipitkthx]

Here is your proof.

The lateral is tossed from the 25 yard line:




It is caught at the 26:

[purecarnagge]

any video on this?

[rm18]

any video on this?

[yisman]

yep, me too

[unit1884]

looked like a TD to me... This game was clearly rigged. The ref at the end was so nervous and didnt even know wtf he was doing. Called it a TD then ruled it off? why in the world would they even waste time Reviewing this play? Game Over...

NFL has some questions to answer


70% of public was on Pittsburgh...

[unit1884]

lol, after the game the same ref said it should have been a TD...

WOW, after something like this you really have to ask yourself, why not just flip a fkn coin?

[yisman]

there's something seriously suspicious about overturning the original call after a few minutes when the rule clearly contradicts the call. You're telling me they took a few minutes to talk it over and check with the rules-mavens and still got it wrong?