Posted: January 27, 2003, 1:38 pm
The officiating was unbelievably bad.
The player being pushed out of the end zone was a non-issue. Give em the two points, who cares.
What was an issue, and was pointed out by Madden, is that bounds calls are not subject to challenge. Apparently the referees weren't aware of this and allowed a challenge anyway.
What surprised me was the atrocious use of timeouts by Oakland in the second half. Wasting a timeout on a possible two points was stupid. Burning your remaining two in less than a minute was even dumber.
The player being pushed out of the end zone was a non-issue. Give em the two points, who cares.
What was an issue, and was pointed out by Madden, is that bounds calls are not subject to challenge. Apparently the referees weren't aware of this and allowed a challenge anyway.
What surprised me was the atrocious use of timeouts by Oakland in the second half. Wasting a timeout on a possible two points was stupid. Burning your remaining two in less than a minute was even dumber.