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September 24, 2012
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Answers to those questions you have about the Orakpo Geico Scrabble ad.
posted by yerfatma at 10:56 AM on September 24, 2012
posted by phaedon at 12:45 PM on September 24, 2012
The Titans were awarded a 33-yard penalty in overtime when an official errantly marked off a penalty from the Lions' 44 instead of the Titans 44. The mistake put them in field goal range. They went on to kick it and won the game.
posted by rcade at 12:46 PM on September 24, 2012
Integrity of the game my a55, Mr. GoToHell.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:51 PM on September 24, 2012
Oops. That should be a 27-yard penalty. 6 + 6 + 15.
posted by rcade at 01:21 PM on September 24, 2012
Revis Island will be uninhabited for the rest of the season as he tore his ACL. Perhaps Tebow can line up as a nickel back from here on out; judging by yesterday's performance, he's good at deflecting passes.
posted by dfleming at 02:12 PM on September 24, 2012
All the latest on the Cowboys ... or maybe not.
posted by cixelsyd at 04:02 PM on September 24, 2012
The Titans were awarded a 33-yard penalty in overtime when an official errantly marked off a penalty from the Lions' 44 instead of the Titans 44. The mistake put them in field goal range. They went on to kick it and won the game.
And still the league doesn't care. Keep spending that hard-earned money on their game, fans. That's all that matters, and when everyone figures this fact out they won't keep scratching their heads over the many, many botched calls.
posted by dyams at 04:31 PM on September 24, 2012
Answers to those questions you have about the Orakpo Geico Scrabble ad.
14) Why is this add still airing?
posted by tron7 at 04:32 PM on September 24, 2012
In Pats/Ravens there were 11 first downs via penalty. What a farce.
posted by feloniousmonk at 05:08 PM on September 24, 2012
The Pats / Ravens game was more like a bad B movie than it was a sporting contest. And it wasn't the quality of the play or players.
At around 3 minutes to go it appeared the Ravens were done, having been screwed by questionable (ok, simply wrong) calls at critical moments. Then they win on a field goal (or not) after the officials delayed call ... post deer in the headlights confusion on the play and the game in it's entirety.
Left me with the same "what the hell was that?" feeling as said B movie.
posted by cixelsyd at 08:33 PM on September 24, 2012
Mean Joe Greene and the kid whose Coke he bogarted.