jesus

stop with the false starts

1/13/2008 1:53:42 PM

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa boy

1/13/2008 1:54:31 PM

Vincent Jackson is a man....

1/13/2008 1:55:10 PM

PRiv w00t

1/13/2008 1:55:13 PM

hells yea rivers, nice drive

1/13/2008 1:56:08 PM

im not sure what D the chargers are playin........but its not exactly working

1/13/2008 2:01:06 PM

wtf merriman???

1/13/2008 2:03:24 PM

holy jesus listening to the commentators you'd think the Chargers are Middle Tennessee State or something

these guys did win the west and 11 games, right?

1/13/2008 2:03:31 PM

It's not so much as they won the West, as much as it is that they sucked the least in the West.

It's a division that consists of the Chiefs, Broncos, and Raiders. We're not talking the cream of the crop here.

[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 2:05 PM. Reason : .]

1/13/2008 2:05:22 PM

FALSE HOPE AND TEARS

1/13/2008 2:06:16 PM

more like the trail of tears


all things associated with NC State

1/13/2008 2:08:24 PM

Haha, Rivers has shit strapped all over his legs, yet somehow running him down is a show of great speed on your defensive line.

[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 2:12 PM. Reason : :]

1/13/2008 2:12:12 PM

goin out to woody's in cary for 2nd half if anyone wants to join in

1/13/2008 2:14:12 PM

AFTER FURTHER CONSIDERATION, WE NEED TO HAVE PEYTON MANNING'S TEAM PLAY TOM BRADY'S IN THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP.

1/13/2008 2:17:23 PM

Nate Kaeding is the least clutch kicker in the National Football League

1/13/2008 2:17:53 PM

oh dang...

Thought SD got the ball


crap

[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 2:19 PM. Reason : asdf]

1/13/2008 2:18:01 PM

colts should be able to make it 17-7

[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 2:20 PM. Reason : before the half]

1/13/2008 2:19:57 PM

NyM speaks the truth....don't worry about the fact he came completely through him to swat the ball...only contact, not interference

1/13/2008 2:20:27 PM

that was some NC state shit

watch....10 point swing coming up

1/13/2008 2:20:37 PM

lol anyone else notice how the clock stopped at 30 seconds a good 4 sec before the whistle blew there?

1/13/2008 2:24:37 PM

OH NO NO PENALTY

:cry:

[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 2:26 PM. Reason : :cry:]

1/13/2008 2:26:18 PM

DAMN PENALTY

1/13/2008 2:26:19 PM

NO FLAG

NO

[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 2:26 PM. Reason : FUCK]

1/13/2008 2:26:24 PM

wow, that was crazy, Peyton has to hate him by now

[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 2:26 PM. Reason : g]

1/13/2008 2:26:26 PM

^whats worse than that is the colts playcalling there. I mean....SD's shown they can't stop manning passing the ball right now.....so they choose to run it twice with less than 40 seconds remaining to get the First Down 2 yards away.

ANTONIO CROMARTIE!!!! hahaha

damn......penalty. some nc state shit

1/13/2008 2:26:30 PM

TO ENSURE THE COLTS VICTORY, WE THREW A FLAG FOR NO OBVIOUS REASON ON THE RETURN.

[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 2:27 PM. Reason : wow... where was the hold? I didn't see anything near a hold.]

1/13/2008 2:26:32 PM

wow

1/13/2008 2:26:46 PM

DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN HOLDING

1/13/2008 2:26:49 PM

where the fuck was the hold?

what a load of fucking shit

[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 2:27 PM. Reason : .]

1/13/2008 2:27:11 PM

uh where was the hold

1/13/2008 2:27:13 PM

where the fuck was the hold???

1/13/2008 2:27:38 PM

so the charger guy was held, thrown to the ground and called for the hold

1/13/2008 2:27:55 PM

he had his damn hands outside

1/13/2008 2:27:58 PM

apparently blocking on the return = holding

gotta get those TV ratings next weekend

and to think i went to church with Gerry Austin growing up....he's going to hell for this game

[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 2:28 PM. Reason : ,]

1/13/2008 2:28:00 PM

that was not a fucking hold


should be SD 14 IND 10

1/13/2008 2:28:23 PM

its all those damn manning commercials

1/13/2008 2:28:48 PM

this is why the colts are "under the radar"

1/13/2008 2:28:57 PM

Ah well, at least we got to see Peyton Manning get knocked on his ass during a pitiful attempt at making a tackle. They should have taken the opportunity to break his leg.

1/13/2008 2:29:07 PM

Shouldn't they have put like 12 seconds back on the clock?

1/13/2008 2:29:17 PM

its pretty obvious that the colts, cowboys, and pats get the calls every playoff season...

1/13/2008 2:29:26 PM

Honestly, I was looking for the flag indicator on the screen the whole time on the return. I knew there was no way Peyton could go to the locker room behind.

[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 2:32 PM. Reason : gotstomakethosecommercials]

1/13/2008 2:31:58 PM

haha the ref just got called the fuck out

1/13/2008 2:34:34 PM

Phil Luckett is a back judge in the National Football League. His officiating uniform number is 59. He entered the NFL as a field judge in 1991, was a referee from 1997-2000, and has since returned to the back judge position (the NFL switched the titles of back judge and field judge in 1998). Luckett took a leave of absence from the NFL for the 2006 season. Having returned for 2007, Luckett is the Back Judge on Bill Carollo's crew. Luckett also refereed in the WLAF/NFL Europe, including being assigned World Bowl '97.

Contents [hide]
1 Controversy
1.1 Thanksgiving, 1998
1.2 Vinny Testaverde
1.3 The "Music City Miracle"
1.4 Joe Horn
2 References



[edit] Controversy
While in the NFL, Luckett has seen his share of controversy. Despite making correct calls in two of the following instances, these are his most controversial NFL moments. The first 3 occurred within a span of fourteen months.


[edit] Thanksgiving, 1998
The first was an overtime coin toss on Thanksgiving, 1998 between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Detroit Lions. The referee microphone picked up Pittsburgh captain Jerome Bettis calling "heads." The toss was "tails", and Luckett called the Lions as the coin toss winners. Bettis insisted that he had called "tails", and Luckett insisted that (Bettis) had called "heads-tails," meaning that Bettis said "heads" first. The Steelers argued the call to no avail and Bettis denied Luckett's claim. The Lions scored a field goal on their first possession of the overtime to win the game, and even though Luckett made the right call, due to public ignorance and a media feeding-frenzy on the incident, Phil was vilified in the sports world.

Within a week, the game tape was enhanced, and Bettis is clearly heard saying "hea-tails." A sideline microphone enhancement also clearly had Bettis telling Coach Bill Cowher that (Bettis) had said "hea-tails."[1] According to NFL rules, a team's first call is the one the referee will use.

Because of this incident, the captain's choice of heads or tails is now called before the coin is flipped, and the referee will generally state it over his microphone so that there is no dispute.


[edit] Vinny Testaverde
The second was a late touchdown scored by Vinny Testaverde of the New York Jets against the Seattle Seahawks on December 6, 1998. Testaverde attempted a quarterback sneak on 4th down in the final minute of the game and although television replays clearly showed the football did not cross the goal line, Head Linesman Earnie Frantz ruled that Testaverde had scored. At the time, the NFL did not use instant replay to review officials' decisions. Luckett, as the head of the officiating crew that day, received bad publicity despite not actually making the erroneous ruling. The call would be cited as a major reason why the NFL reinstituted instant replay the following season.


[edit] The "Music City Miracle"
The third was the Music City Miracle play during the playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans on January 8, 2000. A lateral pass (by rule, a backward pass) thrown by Frank Wycheck to Kevin Dyson enabled Dyson to run 75 yards for a game-winning touchdown. The Bills alleged that the pass was actually a forward pass, and thus an illegal play that would have virtually clinched the game for the Bills. Instead, Luckett, after checking the replay, ruled the pass was thrown parallel to the 25-yard line thus making it a backward pass and the touchdown stood. NFL Films, with computer assistance, later concluded that the pass was, once and for all, a lateral.


[edit] Joe Horn
Luckett was in the news again in 2001 when he failed to get out of the way and was run over by New Orleans Saints wide receiver Joe Horn as he streaked downfield for a pass from Aaron Brooks during the Saints' game against the Carolina Panthers.

1/13/2008 2:34:50 PM

yea boomer just ruled him

1/13/2008 2:34:57 PM

home field advantage is causing the refs to really fuck up some ticky-tack calls and no calls

-illegal contact penalty waved off that would have given Chargers a first down
-block on return that was called a hold

1/13/2008 2:39:57 PM

Yeah I didn't see it either.

1/13/2008 2:41:38 PM

^^^^LOL, wikipedia is fast.

Quote :

"Chargers vs. Colts Jan 13 2008 Despite a long history of horrible calls, he remains in the league still to butcher another. Called holding during a playoff game between the Chargers and Colts during an interception return, negating a lead-changing touchdown just before the half. There were multiple camera angles clearly depicting the lack of a hold, as well as NFL analysts supporting that fact during the halftime show"

[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 2:42 PM. Reason : :]

1/13/2008 2:41:53 PM

A reverse....really????

1/13/2008 2:43:16 PM

holy shit you are some gay motherfuckers




the media is against State, the refs are against State, the refs are for Duke, the refs are for the Colts blah blah blah. Its all some big Mason/Trilateral Commission plot thats been around since the beginning of organized sports...All that shit works itself out in the long run, the teams that play better win.



[Edited on January 13, 2008 at 2:46 PM. Reason : d]

1/13/2008 2:43:34 PM

shaddup douche

1/13/2008 2:44:12 PM