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This is just the sort of thing that might inspire Aaron Rodgers to stay in the Division.

That’s why I don’t think it was Poles’ call, ultimately. This has all the earmarks of the George & Ted Show. Prove me wrong. 😂

Same Sh*t, Different Day.

Sort of makes you wonder who actually made this call, eh? Bears = SSDD

How about Cincinnati? 😉

The subject of the transformation in the public perception of organized labor over the years is fascinating. They’ve gone from protector of the common man, to thumb on the scales of the economy, to banker for organized crime, to now - largely political entities more interested in influencing national policy and national elections than their original role of providing an economic check on corporate disregard for anything but the bottom line.

Brian was also one of the founders, and the first President of the Indiana Football Officials Association, which now numbers well over 700 members.

Ryan Poles, who worked for years in player personnel with the Chiefs, is the Bears new GM. https://www.si.com/nfl/bears/news/bears-reportedly-hire-ryan-poles-as-gm

I’m not sure who this moves says more about, the Plymouth program, the Glenn program, or Coach Barron.

Well, I just find that fascinating.

No one knows what the enigmatic Mr. Rodgers is going to do now. All I can say is it’s a lot easier for him to leave after they got knocked out in their first playoff game than it would be if they had won the Super Bowl.

Now TB 12 just has to take care of his business. It’s setting up nicely for him. Did Rogers’ MVP candidacy just take a hit?

Found this from last year. Hoping for a repeat in a couple of weeks.

And now you know why.

Bat Out of Hell is one of the greatest - and most popular - rock albums of all time. The story doesn’t mention a great movie he was in: Formula 51. I highly recommend it. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227984/

And it clearly was. He’s the poster boy for the Peter Principle.

Worked out for Mike Pence.

The Grobber was a Chicago sports institution. Pretty much a caricature of the old style sports beat reporter. Very entertaining.

Remember Bob well from both his time at Portage and at Valpo U. Great football guy. Never heard anyone say a bad thing about him.

I’ve been watching all the armchair officials on the internet commenting something like this: ”The whistle had no impact on the play, but still, a rule’s a rule so the TD shouldn’t have counted.” This is often followed by demands that all or some of the officials involved should be fired, or tarred and feathered, or prosecuted for obvious corruption, etc. Please save us from “rule book” officials.

Of course, you’re also a coach yourself, so ….

I don’t think it’s much of an issue at the NFL level. There are about 120 officials in the NFL. They all get the same memos, watch the same film, go to the same clinics, listen to the same supervisors. They should be as close to interchangeable as humanly possible. Plus, they are pretty good to start with.

Yeah, someone really pulled a boner.

Wait a minute! I was always told size didn’t matter! 😉

The football world is losing its collective mind this morning over a play in the Bengals - Raiders wild card game yesterday. Shortly before the end of the first half, the Bengals’ Joe Burrow threw a TD pass that has generated a sh*tstorm of controversy. The Bengals were leading by a TD at the time, and that was the final margin of victory. Today, the fans, aided by the media, are calling for the crew chief, Jerome Boger, to be fired … if not tarred and feathered. But if we break down the play, we understand what happened. The video shows the likely explanation. As Burrow scrambled to his sideline, the short wing on that side was camped out on the LOS at the sideline - right where he is supposed to be. Burrow ran right at him, and he was forced to sidestep, turn and rule on the play as Burrow released the ball right at the sideline. He was so close to Burrow that he was unable to see both the feet and the ball at the same time. He looked at the feet, and (I believe — the NFL did not identify the official who blew the whistle in the post game comment on the play) blew the whistle. After the play was over, the officials communicated, and another crew member called him off the play, which was the correct ruling. Then, they had to decide whether the whistle blew before the catch, since a whistle while the pass is in flight would require a replay of the down at the previous spot. When the whistle blew is not reviewable by replay under NFL rules. They ruled the ball was caught first and let the TD stand. Subsequent forensic analysis showed that the whistle blew about .10 seconds before the catch. IMO, this is much ado about very little. The erroneous out of bounds call by the short wing was unfortunate, but understandable under the circumstances, and the crew functioned appropriately in communicating and getting that call right. Human reaction time is about 250 milliseconds to see something and initiate a reaction to it. The YouTube video does not show anyone reacting to the whistle before the ball gets there, and you wouldn’t expect to see that. In other words, the whistle blowing 1/10 of a second before the ball arrived had no effect on the play. An interesting play, but actually handled pretty well, although those officials are being pilloried today.