See; it's fixed. There's people behind the scenes orchestrating a lot of these outcomes.
I may be wrong but does anyone think that was a touchdown.
Was it a touchdown?
I will be telling this story of this game for the rest of my life. Can you imagine the two reactions from people in casinos? First the TD and then when it was nullified? That's why a report just came out that said you are 54 percent more likely to kill yourself if you live in Las Vegas. lol I knew there was no illegal forward pass. I watched the play 100 times. Fishy to say the least.
I wish I was in a Vegas casino to witness that.
I think some of the touts work for them too. Especially the ones who give out free plays. Some guys are known to swing action.
What am I saying!
I think?
Come one; I'm not naive.
I am glad I was on the chargers. There was no reason for them to even look at the play. The NFL will have a talk with those refs.
I want blood!
www.youtube.com/watch
PITTSBURGH (AP) -The first 11-10 game in NFL history shouldn't have ended that way, referee Scott Green said after a last-minute touchdown was errantly taken away from the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.
The officiating mistake didn't affect the outcome since the Steelers still would have won, but the touchdown would have changed the score to 17-10 - or, more likely, 18-10, since the teams were lined up for an extra-point try that was never attempted.
On first-and-10 from San Diego's 21 with 5 seconds remaining, Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers threw a short pass to LaDainian Tomlinson over the middle for 3 yards. Tomlinson turned and made a handoff-type lateral to wide receiver Chris Chambers , who attempted to pitch the ball to a teammate only to have safety Troy Polamalu scoop it up and score from the 12.
Both teams left the field on what looked to be a game-ending play, but were called back by the officials for the extra-point attempt. At that point, the replay official called for a review.
After watching the play, Green initially announced the ruling on the field was upheld and the touchdown counted. But the officiating crew huddled again before the extra-point attempt and changed the call, deciding that an illegal forward pass by Rivers should've ended the play.
Green, in a postgame interview with a pool reporter, said that call was errant - even though his explanation for the confusion was almost as confusing as the play itself.
''We should have let the play go through in the end, yes,'' Green said. ''It was misinterpreted that instead of killing the play, we should have let the play go through.''
Green said the confusion occurred because there was a misunderstanding about whether Rivers' pass or Tomlinson's lateral was in question.
''The first pass was the one that was illegal, but it only kills the play if it hits the ground,'' Green said. ''That was incorrect to have killed it at that point. The ruling should have let the play go on. That's just the way that it played out. We believe the second pass (by Tomlinson) was legal.''
Green was asked why, since the first pass by Rivers did not hit the ground, the officials decided after huddling that the play should have ended there.
''We didn't kill it on the field,'' Green said. ''After (the) discussion we decided ... there was some confusion over which pass we were talking about and it was decided that it was the second pass that was illegal that did hit the ground and therefore we killed the play there.''
However, the officials realized afterward they erred.
''I know,'' Green said. ''The rule was misinterpreted.''
Asked about the officiating - the Steelers drew 115 yards in penalties to the Chargers' 5 - Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin declined to comment.
''No, I have never seen a game ended with 13-to-1 in penalties, but I am not answering questions about the officiating,'' Tomlin said.
The call affected betting on the game since the Steelers were 5-point favorites and would have covered if the touchdown counted.
Rule 8 Forward Pass, Backward Pass, Fumble
Section 1 Forward Pass
Article 1
The offensive team may make one forward pass from behind the line during
each play from scrimmage provided the ball does not cross the line and return behind
line prior to the pass.
(a) Any other forward pass by either team is illegal and is a foul by the passing team.
(b) When any illegal pass is caught or intercepted, the ball may be advanced and the
penalty declined.
Not to be a grammar punk but there is a mistake in your first line...Should read:
An Estimated $64 Million Swing in Favor of Bookies and Las Vegas since you cite $100 million as the number of bets made world-wide, not just in Vegas.
ref's are ruled by vegas , the bad calls in the past week proves it , now all we have to do is figure out which way the crooks have it fixed !!
it is obvious, from the calls at the end of the game, that green is connected to organized crime.. where is the NFL?????
There's an old richard Pryor movie, I think it's "Stir Crazy", where he's watching a basketball game and something happens in the game and he says "this ain't real", like he's watching wrestling. It's a funny line and I used to think what if he's right and everything is fixed? Well, between the ref in the LSU - South Carolina game making an open field tackle and that debacle last night in Pittsburg, I'm really starting to wonder what the hell is going. Maybe Richard Pryor was right, "this ain't real".
Horrible 2-4 day in the NFL and had big money riding on SD. Was eating dinner with the play happended. Almost choked. I mean holy shit. When they game back and overturned (which I thought was wrong) - I was relieved. BTW, WTF happened to Atl., Balt., & the Jags... oh well, one of those weeks. I lost by 1 point in three games this week CFB too.
Boy they are getting blatant with it now!
IN BAD ECONOMIC TIMES-----THIS STUFF GETS WORSE-----CASINOS ARE MAKING LESS MONEY---AND ARE GOING TO MAKE IT UP SOMEWHERE.
I got paid!!!!!