(S32) PT 5 - Bad Call

[TomHanks]

Oh man, let me tell you about how the referees just had it out for the Baltimore Hawks in our recent bout against the New York Silverbacks. So, after a very difficult 3rd quarter, we were on our way to getting back into it, had just scored a long TD. We go for the 2 point conversion to tie it up, and the refs call Dante short. I’m dead convinced he broke the plane and that was a successful conversion, but refs had other ideas. Now, all of sudden we’re 2 points back. But, that’s far from out of it with 12 minutes and 50 seconds left in the game. Next step is a big defensive stop. Howitzer misses his target on first down, what do the refs do? Throw up the flag after the pass is missed and call a penalty that should be immediate. Neutral zone infraction on Sheriff Woody. Do you understand how insane it is to call that on someone who is 15 inches tall? How was his foot across the line? The line is bigger than his foot is. Little bit later in the same drive, Woody made a tackle to hold the receiver to 8 yards and not give up a first down. Flag goes up. Defensive pass interference on a different defender. Who was guarding someone who wasn’t even targeted. How does that even happen? 10 yard penalty, automatic first down. From there, NY chewed the clock and sat on the win. Absolute bogus if you ask me.