Gotta luv ref's

[MTK]

It's funny because they rarely make that push out call, and you usually see it when a WR is in the air and gets shoved. It was a pretty lame call, worse than the Alstott one IMO, at least that one was close, the push out was just a completely blown call.

[LadyT]

There are bad calls in almost every game and against both teams. Luckily, most times they don't decide the game's outcome. In this game, they did and, unfortunately, we have only ourselves to blame. We had 36 points on the board and should never have been in the position where a 2-point coversion could cost us the game.

The players know that bad calls will happen. Knowing that, they also know that allowing the opponent to score so many points on you puts you in the position where a bad call can mean everything.

I didn't like many of the calls, but I refuse to blame the refs for what happened on Sunday. You should win 100% of the games where you put up 36 points.

[HTTR]

Originally Posted by LadyT

You should win 100% of the games where you put up 36 points.

Unfortunately, we only scored 35.

How bad does a call have to be before you throw a fit? I have no problem with refs making the best calls they can in the heat of the action. But the whole purpose of stopping games to review slow motion camera angles is to IMPROVE the calls that were made on the field (upheld or not). If you have solid evidence that (1) a player was not pushed out, and (2) a ball carrier's elbow came down short of the goal line, HAVE THE COURAGE TO MAKE THE RIGHT CALL (the rule about shove-outs not being reviewable is stupid).

Tampa Bay fans should be philosophical today about "we shouldn't have let the game come down to one call by the refs."