Am I a jaded sports fan? Perhaps. But if we stick to the facts we see two acts of possible assholery. Does anyone even wonder if there could be an NFL next season if Roger Goodell suspended all the assholes?
The NFL officials finally got one correct! Hurray! They failed to call it right against San Diego, taking away a touchdown to give the world a freak: the first 11-10 score in NFL history. They’ve thrown penalty flags against Steeler players only to apologize for their mistakes later in the week. But on the third down pass into the end zone from Ben Roethlisberger to Santonio Holmes they got it right. It was initially ruled…
There were 92 yards between the Steelers and the Raven’s goal line. Roughly 2:45 later and Big Ben was hitting Santonio Holmes for the game-winning touchdown. Three of their last five victories have required a late-game comeback of some sort. The controversial ending in San Diego had a late 4th quarter drive to set up the winning field goal by Reed. Last week against the Cowboys saw a late drive tie the game before Deshea…
Head coach Mike Tomlin suspended San Antonio Holmes for the Giants game. The player will start in Washington this coming Monday night. Everything is all hunky-dory now, correct? Not by a long shot. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stated that punitive actions taken by the Pittsburgh Steelers organization will have no bearing on any decision he passes down. Since there were charges filed against Holmes by the Pittsburgh police, one can expect some action from the…
