Maybe this is what you call your father, or grandfather perhaps. For me, it was a term affectionately used among friends; most frequently used at high volumes after alcohol consumption. Today is not about that… it’s about Papa Vegas. He reared his ugly head again in the NFL playoffs on Sunday.
If you’ve read my stuff for a while, you know all about Papa Vegas. He is involved with setting the lines of each game, swaying public perception, and if necessary, getting his hands dirty with the actual game on Sunday. He can be the ultimate decision maker when it comes to the outcome of an NFL game. There are 523 games in an NFL season, not including preseason games. There are thousands and thousands of plays. All it takes is one play here and there to make a huge difference…
Yeah, you can say that you can’t blame one play for a loss. You can say that if it came down to one play, you really didn’t deserve to win. That’s what he wants you to think. Tell that to the team that had a phantom holding penalty call back a critical first down, or even a touchdown; holding could be called on every play you know. Tell that to the team that had a play reversed or upheld after video review when everybody with two eyes could see it shouldn’t have been. Tell that to the team that had a critical drive ended when a penalty flag was picked up AFTER the penalty was already announced; now that’s bold Papa.
I’m sure fans of every team can think of a situation where they’ve been screwed. It’s hard to look at a situation fairly when so much emotion is riding on a game. You think you got cheated, OR, if the call went your way, you’re just happy to get the call. See, the more ambiguous the rule, the better. The more interpretation involved the better. The more referee involvement required in a game, the better. Better for him to control the game. Better for him to sway the end result. Just look at the explanation given by Pete Morelli, better known on the streets as the godfather, the head official in yesterday’s latest horrendous example…
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You see, it all comes back to my love for the Bears. It’s the main reason I hate the Packers, and to a lesser extent the Cowboys, Lions, and Seahawks. The Cowboys with their overrated, America’s team label makes me sick. The Lions, another division foe, are naturally hated, although they’ve never won a Super Bowl; extended winning can cause me to hate a team too. That brings me to the Seahawks, who’ve only won 1 Super Bowl (actually, they were part of the Super Bowl I thought was the most fixed against the Steelers; remember that penalty called on Hasselbeck for tackling the guy who picked him off, or the phantom holding call that took a TD off the board). But, with the Seahawks, it’s a little more complicated. I don’t like their attitude. I don’t like them being called one of the best defenses; there is a team that already holds that title. I don’t like their coach; the slimy scumbag from USC who got out just before the sanctions came down. I hate USC because I lived in LA, a city that treated them like their professional football team; how pathetic, and even more pathetic that the city does not have an NFL team. You know they play college football talk on Sunday morning out there!??! That just pissed me off.
So, basically, I’m screwed in the NFC, unless the Panthers could pull it off. Now I dislike them from beating us in the playoffs back in 2005, and costing me a lot of money, but… I was rooting for them against New England in that Super Bowl, and they do have ex-Bear Ron Rivera as their head coach… it’s not going to happen anyways. So, I’m stuck with rooting for the AFC in the most fixed game in sports, I mean, the Super Bowl. And that’s not all pleasant either, because I don’t like Denver either, because of their QB who beat us in the Super Bowl. You see, I may not even watch the Super Bowl.
But, that decision will be a rare one across the country. For all the teams people dislike, the Super Bowl is the biggest thing, and is a MUST watch. For all the horrible calls, and claims of fixing, the NFL stands defiant because they know we’ll keep coming back. They know we’ll get over that call eventually, unless you’re a Lions fan. Did you hear Jerry Jones saying that there should be a rule change because of that call? That pass interference should be reviewable… Yes, yes, that’s exactly what Papa wants. More plays in his decisive hands; I mean who do you think is on the other end of that headset during a replay review. Nice work Papa, I can’t wait to see the encore… as long as the Packers lose though, I can’t complain. So this Sunday, go Cowboys…. ugh, I think I just threw up in my mouth.
MK
What a joke! You just have to be on the right side of the calls when vegas gets involved. To have a penalty flag thrown, announced, and then picked up at the very last moment before the next play is BOLD! There was no showing jerry jones during this because he was on the phone…hahaha. But seriously, how do you do that? Pass interference or not, the refs and vegas shifted the whole game the cowgirls way. And yes, yes, plays still had to be made or not made after that call…I mean, non-call. But still, that flag that became a non-flag, impacted the entire rest of the game. And how in the world is dez, I smack my mama, bryant allowed to come onto the field after the flag is thrown, with no helmet, yelling and screaming at the officials not get an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty??? Oh wait, I already know the answer. For those lions fans, tough luck…cant really feel bad for you because I dont like you. But still, to have that type of situation pretty much determine your season, it sucks. For those cowgirl fans, vegas says you are welcome. They really wanted that matchup next week in cheeseville…now, you got it! For the nfl, these calls or non-calls are becoming less and less transparent. We see what is going on and just how much you and vegas can impact games whenever necessary. Like I said, just hope that you are on the right side when stuff like this goes down.
LD#19
Let’s talk about the Hollywood roughing the kicker call in the endzone! You know, the punter that wasn’t touched and flopped like he was in the NBA. Game and Line changing call. Would of been Dallas ball no worse than the 50 yard line down 7-0 with momentum. Instead Detroit drove down to make it 14-0 to ensure Detroit covered the +5 for the game; and they DID. The 2nd half line was bigger than the game, Dallas -7. COVER! Cowboys WIN!
Its the NFL! Its all rigged. The bears got the call in week 16 and they obliged by kicking an extra point instead going for 2 and giving themselves a chance to win down 8 instead of 9 with 35 seconds to go.
nostradummass
Bullwinkle asked “who cares?” to your NFL playoff preview. He was correct.
Why don’t you guys forget this NFL crap and just tune in on Monday night to WWE Raw??
They are both rigged, but Raw is really funny–really really funny, especially how it is over-acted–while the NFL is just frustrating rubbish (kind of like Dez Bryant!).
I probably will skip the stupidbowl this year too. Between notorious murderer Ray Lewis moralizing about Ray Rice, Ray Rice’s re-instatement after smacking his fiance right in the nose, Adrian Peterson NOT getting re-instated for disciplining his kid (yes, it was harsh, but suspended for the full season for setting his son in the right direction while Ray Rice gets ten games or whatever for assault and battery, Ray Lewis didn’t even get probation for murder and Aldon Smith got ten games or whatever for PED use??), some of the crap ON the field like the ref-ing in Sunday’s game (especially Dez Bryant on the field etc), Raiola intentionally stepping on other players, Suh stepping on other players, etc, why even watch the nonsense? Butkus and Singletary and players from other eras might have wanted to “kill” people on the field, but they played within the rules and the refs threw the flag when they didn’t. Let me know when the NFL allows players to bring guns on the field to shoot each other–then the real game will be “on.”