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02-11-2013, 07:09 PM #49Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: The National media is OBSESSED since we won the Lombardi
I'm not going to criticize a guy for picking against us, unless they always pick against us. Shannon picks us sometimes, and I loved how he called out Bellicheat after the AFCCG. Ray is going to probably be some kind of analyst next season. Do you think he is going to pick us every week? It would make him look silly if he did.
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02-11-2013, 08:27 PM #50
Re: The National media is OBSESSED since we won the Lombardi
That's not what the rule book states.
Section 3 Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Article 1: Prohibited Acts. There shall be no unsportsmanlike conduct. This applies to any act which is contrary to the generally understood principles of sportsmanship. Such acts specifically include, among others:
(g) Unnecessary physical contact with a game official.
Note 1: Under no condition is an official to allow a player to shove, push, or strike him in an offensive, disrespectful, or unsportsmanlike manner. Any such action must be reported to the Commissioner.

Penalty: (for a through h): Loss of 15 yards from the succeeding spot or whatever spot the Referee, after consulting with the crew, deems equitable. If the foul is by the defense, it is also an automatic First Down.
Could he have been thrown out? Yes. Is it automatic? No. The penalty is 15 yards. The action has to be reported, but it doesn't say the player has to be ejected. Of course, the shove has to be deemed offensive, disrespectful, or unsportsmanlike. I suppose that's up for debate, but this official chose to view it as something other than that, probably due to the context in which it happened. Williams was not arguing a call or going after an official. Should he get a fine? Probably, but that's a different issue than an "automatic ejection".
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02-11-2013, 08:43 PM #51
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02-11-2013, 08:44 PM #52
Re: The National media is OBSESSED since we won the Lombardi
The 'Media Experts' just can't believe they were wrong in their pregame predictions and they still intended to belabor us with how their predictions were actually right if it wasn't for the things that happend in the game.
Sour Grapes, Sour Whine.
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02-11-2013, 08:49 PM #53
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Re: The National media is OBSESSED since we won the Lombardi
I'm obsessed since the Ravens won the Lombardi.
"Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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Re: The National media is OBSESSED since we won the Lombardi
They're just pissed because a "Blue Collar" town (Forgive me Capt. Jesus) won a World Championship, same as if Cincinnati would have won. They want the "Coasts" to dominate football & baseball. Eff 'em!
Let Joe Cool lead the way 😎
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02-12-2013, 12:36 AM #56
Re: The National media is OBSESSED since we won the Lombardi
My "feedback" to CBS Sports The NFL Today - I delivered it via the internet.
I have heard Boomer Esiason say on several occasions that he would like Ray Lewis to talk about what happened in Atlanta 13 years ago.
Why don't you assign a producer to work with Boomer to review the court transcripts of Ray Lewis' testimony in that trial and have Boomer put together a piece on this topic? I am reading the transcript of Ray Lewis' testimony right now for a second time (the first was 13 years ago when it came out on CNN), and it seems to me Lewis is describing in detail what happened.
And if Boomer does not want to research this story and report on it, then maybe he should just stay quiet when the subject of Lewis is brought up. Either that or say something like, "Ray Lewis testified in court to the entire event in detail, but I am too lazy to read it so I am going to once again ask him to tell everyone - again - what happened."
Thank you.
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02-12-2013, 01:06 AM #57
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02-12-2013, 09:16 AM #58Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: The National media is OBSESSED since we won the Lombardi
Just curious: Have we ever heard an explanation from the ref that Williams shoved, as to why he didn't throw a flag? I don't remember anyone asking him what his thought process was. Usually, in the heat of the moment like that, if a player shoves a ref that flagrantly, it's almost instinct for him to (rightfully) reach for that flag. This ref did nothing. Anyone ask him why yet?
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02-12-2013, 11:44 AM #59
Re: The National media is OBSESSED since we won the Lombardi
I was watching Sound FX Best of 2012 last night, and near the end they showed the 4th down play from a camera angle I hadn't seen before. The angle was pretty much from behind the QB, directly at Smith & Crabtree. Crabtree pushed off not once, not twice, but three times. It was easily the best angle I've seen on this play, and it left no doubt that if there had to be a flag, it should have been against the offense.
I can't get the the Sound FX page right now, but I'll try to find it tonight. Jim Harbaugh should be duct-taped to a chair and made to watch it until his eyes bleed.
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02-12-2013, 11:50 AM #60Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: The National media is OBSESSED since we won the Lombardi
+1... I give him a lot credit for improving from the 1st NE game when he was picked on by Brady and Lloyd. But the huge chip on his shoulder every game got extremely tiresome. He would jaw and scrap with the opposing WR every damn game, and always toed the line of getting a 15yder, which he definitely deserved sometimes.
Maybe its just me, but I absolutely hate the Cortland Finnegan types of players who are dirty and instigate fights. I think Cary has some of that in him. Cary was with the Titans with Cortland, so I think Courtland rubbed off on him (I think Cary said he was buddies with him anyways)
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