Did anyone expect the Patriot fans to be whining so much about officiating today?

Question

Didn't the Patriots win the game last night? I guess the Pats fans on here are bandwagon jumpers because they so quickly forget about all the times their defenders were on the backs of the Colt's receivers and no calls were made. Maybe they see their team commit so many penalties and get away with them, that they don't know what a penalty actually is.

Come on, you won the game, stop whining. Are you that upset to know that there is another team in the NFL in the same league as yours? Well, there is, and more than one actually.

I am not a sore loser at all. My team lost. I wish they would have won. They got outplayed in the 4th quarter, no doubt about it. Randy Moss made some great catches. I respect the way the Patriots played the game last night. Kudos to them. The fans, on the other hand, are another story. Just let your team win with dignity.

Hell on Wheels, I guarantee I have been watching football for longer than you have even been alive. I happen to know the game, so your not so subtle insult doesn't effect me.

Answer 1

nepalmer, you cant be serious about "fake crowd noise"

i've been to a game. there isn't anything fake about our crowd noise. you apparently have never been to a Colts game in the RCA dome. We are known for being loud...every minute of every play that the opposing offense is on the field. The game I went to, the only time it was quiet in that stadium was when Peyton was working his magic.

Its all real. Dont believe it, go see for yourself.

But you know what, I would expect a pats fan to say something like that. You're all so full of excuses all the time. Nothing is ever YOUR fault, or YOUR teams fault. It's always "who can I blame"

And Horseshoes, I agree. Pats fans are sore losers AND sore winners. I didn't know there could possibly be both, until I saw the way the fans reacted.

Show some class please.

Answer 2

Okay I cannot say the refs has a bias because I cannot possibly know that. The simple truth is there were 3 flat out bad calls and one borderline bad call yesterday.

The "catch" in the first series and not being able to see a foot out of bounds is insane. Pats had to use a replay and only a minute or so had come of the clock.

The D pass in against Hobbs was ridiculous... you cannot play that any better than he did and infact the receiver was impeding the defender if anything.

The O pass int against Moss was also ridiculous and the ref staff has the most of those calls than anyone ... no idea what they thought they saw.

The D pass int against Samuel was marginal and a better staff may have let it go.

I am curious however about these "all the times their defenders were on the backs of the Colt's receivers and no calls were made" as you stated. Do you mean in this game or past games? Do you mean before your owner had the rule changed or after?

Answer 3

One or two bad calls in a game is one thing. Often times this happens, and it happens on both sides. The problem I have with the officiating is the colts blatently were committing fouls and not getting called. Dallas Clark tackled a defender in the first quarter who have made an interception in front of the officials, no flag. Then later ellis hobbs gets tackled and then ellis hobbs got flagged. Then there were several plays on the last colts drive when the colts were in illegal formations or moving towards the line of scrimage prior to the ball being snapped(both 5 yard penalties, but obvious penalties that the refs should never miss. A lot of fans dont know a lot about formation rules and what the man in motion can and can not do, but for the refs these are easy calls). Did you see the play Sanders got hurt, he went helmet to helmet intentionally, not terribly hard but that should draw a flag. Sanders learned something about physics this weekend and the comic justice is he hurt himself but he should have penalized and should be fined by the NFL.

So its not like refs were making bad calls and the Pats and Colts were getting weird penalties, it the problem with the officiating calling one team for nothing and then ignoring everything the other team is doing. I know we have heard about the Colts complaints in the playoff game a couple years back, and the rules were actually changed because of the Colts complaints. However, in that game what they were doing was not against the rules.

Answer 4

Im tired of listening to the no class bullsh*t. get over yourself youre no different then any other fans in any other sport (except Yankee fans whow suck). you lost and youre upset, you'll get over it when you pound San Diego. but the no class and the whining comments ned to go. the fact is the first 5 or 6 games of the Brady Manning series way back when the colts fans couldnt stop bitching about the CB's and safeties hanging on your receivers. is that any different then Pats fans bitching about these ficticious pass inteference calls? i watch some of these calls and wonder what the refs,who are ten feet from the play, are looking at. even the the "inbounds" catch call that was made in the first quarter. there were two refs on the line watching it and they both got it wrong, but samuel who wasnt even on the line ran over to the sideline and told Bill to challenge it. and the play wasnt even close half his foot was out of bounds. awfull! you can say what you want but there are serious issues with the refs in these games and it needs to be looked into. oh yea and just because youre old doesn't make you smart.

Answer 5

As someone who's been to lots of colts games, even I know we aren't that loud. We cheat and we finally got caught and I feel embarrsed for the team. Here's a link to the CD skipping. Well played, Pat's fans, well played.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHQTcFQEMXo

Answer 6

When you have a game of this significance and importance you want the officiating crew to get it right. Well you want it right in every game but when it is one of the most anticipated and watched games it should be called right.

I am definately not a Patriots fan but even I noticed it.

Answer 7

Anyone who watched that game saw how the refs were big time biased to the Colts. Also I heard the Colts fake crowd noise CD skip during the game. pathetic. Patriots 24, Colts 7, Referees 13, Colts Audio Engineer 0.

Answer 8

probable 2 or 3 hundred. they could't recover from it. feels like the followers want a number of belichick's stupid "humble pie." if for some reason the giants pulled the disillusioned they are going to look truly truly stupid, merely save that throughout techniques.

Answer 9

First of all not all of us were whinning. Case in point look at the question I posted last night. Second, I doubt you even know what half the calls were about, so you would have no idea why some fans are so upset, Quit posting for attention.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiZ5RXABhdoB1loaSU06n7Dsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071104182413AAF8onq

Answer 10

If anyone is whining they shouldn't be,that being said the officials were horrendous with some really bad calls that could have changed the game.I think it speaks volumes as to how good the pats are,being able to win despite the refs mistakes.