<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>In response to an item in our Conference Championship Ten-Pack regarding a key pass interference call on Patriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs that allowed the Colts to complete an 18-point comeback and knot the game at 21, a member of PFT Planet has alerted us to a January 25, 2007 "Q&A" on Jaguars.com in which Vic Ketchman writes that the NFL has acknowledged that a bad call was made.Writes Ketchman, in response to a question that chastised him for suggesting that face-guarding is still forbidden: "Face-guarding was discontinued several years ago and I completely missed it. I talked to Dean Blandino in the league office and he confirmed what you're saying. Blandino, by the way, was in the replay booth at the Patriots-Colts game. Ellis Hobbs should not have been flagged for pass-interference. He didn't make contact with the receiver and in no way did Hobbs impede Reggie Wayne's ability to catch the pass. Blandino confirmed that the incorrect call was made. It advanced the ball from the Patriots' 19-yard line to the one-yard line and was the big play in a touchdown drive that led to a two-point conversion and a tie game at 21-21. Referee Bill Carollo made no reference to face-guarding in his explanation, but CBS analyst Phil Simms did. Apparently, he, too, doesn't know the rule no longer exists. The next time you hear a TV analyst say, 'he wasn?t playing the ball,' think of the Hobbs play, then turn down the sound."Make no mistake about it, it was a key call. And, to their credit, we haven't heard a public peep from the "no class" Pats about the play.Gee, what would Napolian have done if that phantom flag had been thrown on a member of the Colts' defense?</div>First off, don't say this didn't have much of an effect on the game because this and the non-call on Caldwell was basically a 15 point swing. That being said, call or non-call I still think the outcome of the game would probably still have been in the Colts favor. I do think that had these calls swung the Patroits way and the calls jipped the Colts this would be getting much, much, much more press than it is right now because the media is always looking for ways to put the Pats down. Hey I'm not going to complain, we didn't win. If the calls went our way, who knows how the game would have ended. Colts played a great 2nd half, we didn't, plain and simple. We didn't deserve it. Just something to think about.
Bad calls went both ways. I remember some bad calls in the first half of that game that went against the Colts. The Colts definitely earned this comeback.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mavsfan1000 @ Jan 27 2007, 07:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Bad calls went both ways. I remember some bad calls in the first half of that game that went against the Colts. The Colts definitely earned this comeback.</div>I know, I acknowledged that, and I said the Colts definitely deserved it. Don't take this the wrong way guys, I'm not taking this as an excuse and hiding behind it. I just said it was something to think about, something that may have affected the game if it had gone a different way.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrownieCakes @ Jan 28 2007, 12:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>well, its not like the colts get any calls at home. *cough Troy P's INT last year cough*</div>And it might be the First time since 2001 where a Questionable Call didn't go in the Patriots Favor. Hell, they won a Super Bowl off of a bad call *cough*Tuck Rule*cough*
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Feb 1 2007, 09:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>And it might be the First time since 2001 where a Questionable Call didn't go in the Patriots Favor. Hell, they won a Super Bowl off of a bad call *cough*Tuck Rule*cough*</div>which is a rule, no matter how obscure it is.
