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Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Dec 24 @ 3:21 PM ET
This league is a joke
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Dec 24 @ 3:22 PM ET
It really is so tiresome. And, in the press conference everyone will have to bite their tongues about why the game went the way it did or fear being punished by the league.
- sskkoo1



Pay the fine, hell the fans will do a go fund me like they did for Ruff.

It's a damn joke
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Dec 24 @ 3:25 PM ET
Don't post anymore fat chicks in here...
- jochfr

Even ugly kids need loving . Beer is the meaning of life for them and their suitors.
sskkoo1
Buffalo Sabres
Location: You are all Weirdos, NY
Joined: 06.06.2012

Dec 24 @ 3:42 PM ET
They're shot, they are utterly demoralized now.
TheGame316
Joined: 11.18.2008

Dec 24 @ 3:53 PM ET
LOL Buffalo Bills

GO PATRIOTS!
TheHank
Location: Yawn.
Joined: 01.11.2017

Dec 24 @ 4:15 PM ET
LOL Buffalo Bills

GO PATRIOTS!

- TheGame316


(frank) you
sskkoo1
Buffalo Sabres
Location: You are all Weirdos, NY
Joined: 06.06.2012

Dec 24 @ 4:19 PM ET
LOL Buffalo Bills

GO PATRIOTS!

- TheGame316



Where would the Patriots be without the officials always overturning calls for them, always making sure the game goes in their favor?
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Dec 24 @ 4:36 PM ET
Where would the Patriots be without the officials always overturning calls for them, always making sure the game goes in their favor?
- sskkoo1


Still winning
sskkoo1
Buffalo Sabres
Location: You are all Weirdos, NY
Joined: 06.06.2012

Dec 24 @ 4:58 PM ET
Still winning
- GERBE!!!75PTS



They're good enough to win on their own merits, they don't need the officials to throw games for them, but yet, they still get it.
gordong
Location: NY
Joined: 02.06.2007

Dec 24 @ 5:20 PM ET
Where would the Patriots be without the officials always overturning calls for them, always making sure the game goes in their favor?
- sskkoo1



And they want to know why the nfl is loosing fans.. well maybe because in almost every game there is at least one/two calls that affect a game, and they usually get the call wrong.


SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Dec 24 @ 8:17 PM ET
Tyrod says.......................this thing isn't on.
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Dec 24 @ 8:18 PM ET
And they want to know why the nfl is loosing fans.. well maybe because in almost every game there is at least one/two calls that affect a game, and they usually get the call wrong.
- gordong

Playing the game as kids , we didn't have replay frame by frame evidence of a wrong called play. We only had our team mates and the other team as a judge. Games went smoother back then.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Dec 24 @ 8:41 PM ET
Tyrod says.......................this thing isn't on.
- SABRES 89

the best bet for the bills, if they beat Miami, is for Cincy to beat ravens...


is that asking too much?
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Dec 24 @ 8:45 PM ET
Playing the game as kids , we didn't have replay frame by frame evidence of a wrong called play. We only had our team mates and the other team as a judge. Games went smoother back then.
- cabin


it's become even more confusing...

refs are in more control than people think...have thought that for a while now...at one time they could change the game with a bad call and/or a weak penalty call, now we can add the suits into that mix as they can alter the game...replays like we saw this week and last week allows for obscure rules and gray areas to change the course of a game...

and it's usually, as we've been seeing for years, to the patriots advantage

SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Dec 24 @ 8:56 PM ET
the best bet for the bills, if they beat Miami, is for Cincy to beat ravens...


is that asking too much?

- Michael Pachla

I don't care, I want a real QB on this team until that happens, this team will go no place.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Dec 24 @ 8:59 PM ET
it's become even more confusing...

refs are in more control than people think...have thought that for a while now...at one time they could change the game with a bad call and/or a weak penalty call, now we can add the suits into that mix as they can alter the game...replays like we saw this week and last week allows for obscure rules and gray areas to change the course of a game...

and it's usually, as we've been seeing for years, to the patriots advantage

- Michael Pachla


Every since Inflategate the League has bent over for the Patriots in bad bad ways.

And instant replay was supposed to take AWAY the controversy. The League needs to understand that the controversy will never go away, and fans disappointed by calls are no less frustrated when the frustration results from a review than they are when it results from a call in real time. With real time calls at least the League can reasonably say “we’re gonna miss a few because we’re human and the game is so damn fast”. With replay, there’s no such excuse.

Bottom line: it doesn’t eliminate pissed off fans, it only eliminates a decent excuse for blown calls (and slows the game to a crawl.).
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Dec 24 @ 9:00 PM ET
I don't care, I want a real QB on this team until that happens, this team will go no place.
- SABRES 89


Happy Holidays, Boat Anchor!
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Dec 24 @ 9:02 PM ET
I don't care, I want a real QB on this team until that happens, this team will go no place.
- SABRES 89


couldn't agree more...but, they're still in the hunt in a season that most of us threw out the window beginning with the trade of Watkins...other than the qb, they lack depth, both of which can, and more than likely will, be addressed this off season
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Dec 24 @ 9:02 PM ET
Every since Inflategate the League has bent over for the Patriots in bad bad ways.

And instant replay was supposed to take AWAY the controversy. The League needs to understand that the controversy will never go away, and fans disappointed by calls are no less frustrated when the frustration results from a review than they are when it results from a call in real time. With real time calls at least the League can reasonably say “we’re gonna miss a few because we’re human and the game is so damn fast”. With replay, there’s no such excuse.

Bottom line: it doesn’t eliminate pissed off fans, it only eliminates a decent excuse for blown calls (and slows the game to a crawl.).

- Der Kaiser


I didn't see the 2nd overturned call on the 4th down stop where the Bills thought they had stopped the Pats on 4th and 1 that the Pats challenged and won. Mark Kelso, the lush, nearly shouted "Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! ..." after it was overturned.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Dec 24 @ 9:02 PM ET
Every since Inflategate the League has bent over for the Patriots in bad bad ways.

And instant replay was supposed to take AWAY the controversy. The League needs to understand that the controversy will never go away, and fans disappointed by calls are no less frustrated when the frustration results from a review than they are when it results from a call in real time. With real time calls at least the League can reasonably say “we’re gonna miss a few because we’re human and the game is so damn fast”. With replay, there’s no such excuse.

Bottom line: it doesn’t eliminate pissed off fans, it only eliminates a decent excuse for blown calls (and slows the game to a crawl.).

- Der Kaiser


this is a good post
SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Dec 24 @ 9:23 PM ET
Happy Holidays, Boat Anchor!
- Der Kaiser

It's Merry Christmas............
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Dec 24 @ 9:49 PM ET
It's Merry Christmas............
- SABRES 89



Your boy's ban is falling apart, it's still happy holidays for now
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Dec 24 @ 10:04 PM ET
It's Merry Christmas............
- SABRES 89


I’m Jewish, though...
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Dec 24 @ 10:05 PM ET
I didn't see the 2nd overturned call on the 4th down stop where the Bills thought they had stopped the Pats on 4th and 1 that the Pats challenged and won. Mark Kelso, the lush, nearly shouted "Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! ..." after it was overturned.
- Wetbandit1


It was the right call. The original spot was terrible and replay made it pretty clear.

The touchdown called back on the other hand...
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Dec 24 @ 10:09 PM ET
It was the right call. The original spot was terrible and replay made it pretty clear.

The touchdown called back on the other hand...

- buffalofan19


The TD I saw on mute from pretty far away. It was damn close. I don't think they should've overturned it, but I also don't know why they overturned it. Did they say he didn't have possession when his back foot came down?
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