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http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5252682


Good thing the NFL came out and said they were wrong.

I was shocked when they overturned this one...I thought it was a no-brainer from any angle. Polamalu is a mutant ball-magnet out there in coverage, and he made a beautiful play...only to have an idiot ref take it away.

And in the other public apology the article referenced (SF-NYG no pass interference call 3 years ago), I felt guilty after that game when my Niners stole the win...it should have been another no-brainer. In that one though, the team screwed on the no-call (G-men) lost on the final play because of it.  :-/

"Asante Samuel was on the wrong end of one of the worst calls in playoff history. "

i'm guessing the person that wrote this article was a pats fan. The fumble back in the oak/ne game was one of the worst calls in playoff history.

At least the Steelers were able to still win the game. It would suck had they ended up losing and the league then admitted this (although I doubt they would've admitted it if the Steelers lost).

Here comes a fine:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs05/news/story?id=2294214

Oh yeah

I hate it when athletes say stuff like this...except this time.  Porter hit the nail on the head.

Porter got totally in their heads. Normally this stuff gets the other teams up, but Indy was actually shook. Porter was on fire for line 45 minutes before the game talking smack to the Colts...LOL

Had the Colts won this game do you think the NFL would've acknowledged the blown call ? Hell no....

I don't know.  I think they may have.  Or maybe they'd have invented sonething ridiculous like the "tuck rule"....

They acknowledged the blown call when it cost NYG the game in SF a few years back (the pass interference on the botched FG attempt).  So I don't see any reason to think that they wouldn't have.

One of the SF columnists I enjoy reading (the Betting Fool) had a recommendation regarding NFL refs...

"What to do? Trash the whole operation.

The NFL has bucketloads of money culled from huge TV contracts and could easily set up a referee academy, from which full-time refs would be sent to games to do a better job. The guys who don't make the NFL cut are sent to college, worse guys sent to lower divisions and they can work their way up. Pay is by level, with NFL refs earning a fine and fancy living.

One more tweak, a committee is formed in every NFL city, culled from local football experts. They make up a "referee review crew" for every game. This same crew has been trained at the referee academy. Compensation is free food every day for two weeks, as served by the NFL cheerleaders of their choosing. Female crew members (that's right, men can't do the damn job very well) are served by any member of any practice squad in the league. I should say something about cute butts here, but I won't.

This crew can "flag" a flag. If the penalty is not reviewable, yet clearly wrong, a green flag is shot out of an air rifle from the press box, landing dramatically on the field to the wild applause or boos from the crowd.

The offending referee is then airlifted out of the stadium, sent to Division III ball, and replaced by the alternate.

No more retired middle school principals who cut their chops in the darkened stadiums of Pennsylvania on Friday nights.

This new breed of official would even be trained to be physically fit, so they don't stumble into an over-the-middle pattern and can keep up with long pass plays. Speaking of long pass plays, doesn't a 50-yard (or more) penalty seem a bit much? Let's max out at 25 on long pass interference calls.

It's all so simple. Would Paul Gag-me-and-boo go for it? Not a chance. About the same chance of the league apologizing for that awful call if the Colts had won in overtime."

Apparently not.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs05/news/story?id=2296578

Wow, that's the first time I've seen a player dodge the bullet like that.  

I agree, I thought for sure there was a big fine looming on the horizon!!!!!

Porter is the man. He was just telling it like it was. America already knew Tagilabue wanted his boy manning to advance. If that call would've cost the steelers that game, and i get the perverbial "im sorry we f***** up" the next day. Bullets would be flying in those plush offices in new york.

You probably think you're exaggerating...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10911362/

The referee who made one of the more controversial calls in recent memory had his home vandalized in Stockton, Calif., FOXSports.com reported Wednesday.

FOXSports.com cited police reports that said someone threw a rock through Pete Morelli's living room window late Monday after Morelli and his wife had gone to bed. Police said there were no indications that the controversial call and the rock incident were related.

On Tuesday, the NFL said Morelli made a mistake: Troy Polamalu caught the ball. The league acknowledged Monday that Morelli erred when he overturned on replay Polamalu’s interception of a Peyton Manning pass Sunday in the playoff game between Pittsburgh and Indianapolis.

(more in article)

 Had the Steelers lost, then the NFL does not let it be known the call was in error.

Regardless of what they say, I still think the ref made the correct call, based on past explanations of what a catch is these days..  

Are you kidding me? he had two hands on the ball. He had possession. he made a football move. What about it was NOT a catch?

 First off you missed what I said.     "Based on past explanation of what a catch was."      

Have you forgotten the Chambers TD in NY a couple of year ago when he caught it, got his feet down, secured the ball & rolled several times before losing the ball.

Ruled Incomplete.

The explaination said that he had to complete the catch by basically stopping his momentum & being under control of his body.


I think TP pick should have been a catch, but with NFL rules & other catches I've seen called incomplete, I think the call was correct.   As for the NFL coming out & saying it was wrong.  That is just them throwing the ref under the bus for refining the rules too much..  

Now to address what you said.  What football move did TP make?  He stumbled, fell down & rolled & tried to stand up.  Since when is any of them considered a football move?    TP was never under control of his body & his body was always in motion.  So he needed to get to his feet before it being a catch.  Since he never made it to his feet with the ball, then it was not a catch.

NFL rules say that the roll is part of the catch & that the receiver must retain possession thoughout the roll.  TP never stop rolling before attempting to stand & as the ref said.   His knee was still on the ground when he lost the ball, so in the eyes of the rule he never stopped rolling before getting up.  Therefor the catch was rule incomplete.

Had TP stayed on the ground then it would have been a pick or had he gotten his knee up then it would have been a pick.

Correct call/Stupid Rule