Quote from: kopfjäger on September 23, 2012, 05:03:26 PM
RAIDERS 

+1 

They've gotta get the officials back in, the replacements are terrible.  Terrible calls made in all the games I saw today, they're just not qualified to officiate at that level.  The coaches were getting so frustrated.

Exhibit A:
Kevin Ogletree Trips On Ref's Thrown Hat


Felt so bad for Torrey Smith, bad way to lose a brother, I definitely wouldn't be playing if it were me.

Unbelievable finish to the game tonight.

Pack got make the beast with two backsed.

Hopefully (unfortunately) that's the tipping point to get the real refs back. 

Multiple terrible calls...the PI on the Seahawks, then the PI on the Packers, then the roughing the passer on the Packers, then the final no call (offensive PI) and call (touchdown). Unbelievable...the Packers got screwed.

The only silver lining is it was against the Packers. Go Bears!!! 

Here's the problem with the replacement refs - as long as the NFL isn't losing $2M/year from people not consuming their product (watching games via ticket sales and ad revenues), they've got no financial incentive to actually bring back competent officials.  If we just complain about how terrible the officiating is but keep watching every Sunday, it makes business sense to keep the lockout going.

Sad thing is that it's going to get someone seriously hurt.  In a league where players are looking for whatever advantage they can get and the refs won't enforce poor conduct rules, we'll start getting more and more hits like what happened to Darrius Heyward-Bey.

I agree, AK.

And just after Stella scored us tix (corporate freebies) to the Donkeys/Raiders game on Sunday.

Conundrum.  I haz one.

Gonna go watch the Janokowski show?

I think the replacement refs thing is a plot by Don King to do his best to fix the sport like everything else he gets his hands into....look at what he did for boxing after all...J/K

Focus on the game, nobody ever bought a ticket to watch the Refs. Football is being played and some damn good football.

Quote from: kopfjäger on September 26, 2012, 07:15:17 PM
Focus on the game, nobody ever bought a ticket to watch the Refs. Football is being played and some damn good football.

I would buy a ticket to watch Ed Hochuli open a can of pickles.

WOOT!!! The real Refs are coming back!!!

Falcons-Panthers 

Saints go 0-4

Quote from: kopfjäger on September 30, 2012, 04:58:05 PM
Saints go 0-4

Don't feel like you're alone - my Browns are 0-4 too!

Quote from: AdmiralKit on September 30, 2012, 05:14:41 PM
Don't feel like you're alone - my Browns are 0-4 too!

Oh, I'm by no means a Saints fan.