Monday, November 27, 2006

Protecting the QB VS The BCS

I am in such a miserable, foul, pissed off mood after watching the Packers lose to the Seahawks on Monday Night Football. You can no longer question Giants rookie Mathias Kiwanuka for letting up on Vince Young in Sunday's loss to the Titans. Just ask Cullen Jenkins.

With the Packers trailing by 3 and Seattle facing a third and long, Cullen Jenkins put a clean hit on Matt Hasselbeck as Hasselbeck tried to complete a pass. The pass fell harmlessly incomplete. Ah, but wait. What do I see? The great NFL officials standing there throwing their yellow garbage on the field.

Jenkins was called for roughing the passer even though replay clearly shows he did nothing wrong. Will the NFL fine the officials 10, 15, maybe 25 thousand dollars for this mistake? I think not. Although if Jenkins really had committed a foul, he probably would be facing that type of fine.

It is simply inexcusable. The officials need to start being held accountable for their incompetence. I have had it with the inconsistency one gets when it comes to holding, pass interference, illegal contact, and roughing the passer. Each game, each official, the calls are different and it is unacceptable.

The only thing worse is the BCS, which I like to refer to as the Bull Crap Series because that's exactly what it is. It certainly can't stand for Bowl Championship Series because it's the furthest thing from that. We all know it's broken and needs to be fixed. It always has been and always will be. But that's not going to change anytime soon and it's pointless to go on about it. As long as the big conferences control the money and have the power you will continue to see teams like Ohio State having to wait 50 DAYS before playing in their bowl game. What a joke.
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