SinceThe70s

Depends on how bad the gator smells.

I've had mosquito bites. Gator bites sound worse. Do citronella candles keep the gators away?

WRT to the blown call in question, If a paper/electronic trail of the refs being paid off cropped up the next day, I think that would qualify. But I think it's more of a catch-all rule to cover something completely unforeseen/unpredictable. Fans interfering with the game and influencing the outcome (poisoning the Gatorade at half time?). I definitely don't think it was intended for a blown call by the refs.

Reminded me of a comic bit from the 80's. If you don't have 5 minutes to kill just fast forward to 4:10 ("on a good day our Salvation Army could kick their @ss")

Just came across this. I don't know anything about this guy, but we got a lefty (Justin Wilson) for the bullpen: https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/justin-wilson-contract-mets-bullpen-1.26429678

My father had a great line: "Sometimes it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're an idiot rather than opening it up and removing all doubt". Today this applies to Jeff Wilpon with regard to not signing Machado or Harper since they have Cespedes on the roster: “I don’t know how many teams have two $30-million players,” said Wilpon He doesn't need to look past the NL East to find one: The Nationals ... will pay Stephen Strasburg $38.8 million and Max Scherzer $37.4 million in 2019. Reference: https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-wilpon-van-wagenen-1.26403996

That's a really sensible idea. I don't think the masses - who have no tolerance for human error by the refs - would go for it.

Defending your own presence on a message board is a sign of weakness.

Posting this here because it doesn't deserve it's own thread but the Mariners signed future HOFer Ichiro to a minor league deal. The Mariners open the season in Japan with a two game exhibition series against the Yomiuri Giants followed by a two game season opening series against the A's and Ichiro will be added to the expanded roster. Cool move.

Mussina's in and Schilling isn't? That's a joke to me. And I'm not saying Schilling should be in, it's debatable, which to me usually equates to no.. But I'd have Schilling ahead of Mussina. As a die hard Mets fan who pretty much hates anything and everything about the Yankees I'm glad to see Mariano went in unanimously. Anything less would have been based on a voters sheer stupidity or ignorance or arrogance.

There is nothing wrong with ketchup on a hot dog. And I'll up the ante - mustard flat out sucks!

I agree with your premise but not your solution. I'd love to see the length of a review be capped and strictly adhered to. If you can't tell it's a blown call in a short period of time live with it and move on. One of the plays that I remember that started this mess was when Vinny Testaverde's head reached maybe the 1 1/2 yard line, the ball maybe the two and they called it a TD. Anyone who saw the replay knew instantly they blew it. Same thing with the Saints game. Get the obvious blown calls right and move on from the rest.

Instant relay started with the same premise - to only overturn the blatant missed calls. But once Pandora's Box was opened there was no turning back and now we're left with a system that is dealing in minutia with super slo mo and pretty impressive quality when they zoom in. The fact that ex-refs have become a fixture in the broadcast booth is a sad indication of where we are at with instant replay. I don't think there's any doubt that they'll introduce some sort of limited review of penalties next year, but once they get a toe in the door it won't be long until the door gets kicked in. Wish I had an answer as to how to fix the system. The need for instant replay to correct the blatant bad call is obvious.

Atlanta? From what I've heard even snow lovers wouldn't want to be in Atlanta when it snows there. For the record, I love snow too. We get a few storms each year on Long Island and it grinds my gears when anyone ***** about it. For Gods sake, move to Atlanta if you don't like snow!!! ?

Wildcard: Bye week (Patriots lose on a blown call by the refs) Divisional: Patriots Conference: Patriots Superbowl: Patriots Realistic? No. Ideal? Yes.

It took blatant missed calls in big games to get us instant replay in the first place. I think this play will be the tipping point and they'll introduce some sort of limited review of penalties next year, especially with Payton on the competition committee. Instant replay is great when it overturns the indisputable blown calls. Unfortunately it's devolved to the point where we're relying too much on the technology with super slo-mo and zoom to try to get borderline calls "right" when half the time nobody agrees on the correct call anyway. Oh well, there's no turning back on that aspect.

Favorite: Don Rickles Least: Kathy Griffin

I didn't catch (or forgot) your comments from last year . A former player is an official? What capacity? Shocking sounds like an understatement. I wouldn't expect former players to be eligible to officiate at all.

Current rules are sudden death if first score is a TD or first score is a safety or first offensive drive isn't a score. Prior to that it was first score wins. Everyone got their panties in a bunch over the one-drive-long-FG wins and got nutty about the coin flip winning the game. I think you may be right about a true 15 minute OT at one point, but that would have pre-dated the two above.

We don't outsource any of those three. For the most part, I like clearing snow. Depending on the accumulation I'll either shovel or use the snow blower. And if it's snow blower worthy I'll take care of neighbors who need help. Had an elderly couple I took care of for years. Cleaning the house is probably an 80/20 proposition between wifey and me. She'd probably call it 90/10 or worse but the sad fact is that whatever the number is it trends in the wrong direction with each passing year. I may be the only jackass on my block that doesn't have a lawn service AND doesn't have a ride-on mower. Fortunately I have sons and that transition has begun.

Pretty sure that the numbers showed that as making long FG's became commonplace the coin toss winner became more relevant. Still doesn't sway me. Play defense or win in regulation if your defense sucks.

Unless I'm mistaken, on the overtime drive the Chiefs D failed to stop the Pats at least 3 times on 3rd and around 10. I prefer the straight-up sudden death OT rules of the past.

JMO, but as a Bills fan you should hate them for the tyrannical reign of terror they've imposed upon the Bills since Mo Lewis sent Drew Bledsoe to the hospital.

is this worded as if you were a General Audience Viewer?

I'll watch the Super Bowl this year the same way I watched the Super Bowl last year and Pats/Chiefs today. Rooting fiercely for a team I could care less about but expecting the worse. I hope it's more like last year than today....and I win some money.