For the past two weeks, Dave has picked against the Steelers, and the Steelers have won. When Bill, Scott and I were watching the Giants/Washington game at John's, John told us a story about how they once forced Holly to not watch the Browns, because they did poorly when she was in the room and well when she wasn't. I bring this up because Dave now has a dilemma: does he keep picking against the Steelers and lose a point in the standings every week, or does he pick the Steelers and risk messing up their winning streak?
Week results as of Monday morning:
10 points: Dave, Matt, Holly and Heather
9 points: Jen, Bill, Scott, John, Steph, Nancy/Janie
8 points: Ryan, Chris
Overall results updated on the right.
3 comments:
I will not allow you to bait me.....
The chefs gift wrapped a win for the fizzled bolts as well... and screwed me out of a point. Up 21-3 and you blow it in the final minutes. Probably why they're 2-11.
Gotta say though, I think this is the best spot I've ever been in this late in the season in the pigskin pool so I'm not complaining... well not much anyway.
Steelers Notebook: NFL agrees on officials' TD call
League backs referee's take on Holmes' score
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The NFL is backing referee Walt Coleman's decision to overturn a call on the field and rule Santonio Holmes' catch a touchdown that gave the Steelers a 13-9 victory at Baltimore Sunday.
Coleman's officiating crew ruled that Holmes did not get into the end zone when he caught Ben Roethlisberger's pass from the Ravens' 4 with 43 seconds left. But after viewing it on replay, Coleman overturned the call and signaled a touchdown.
"Walt Coleman determined via high-def video review that the receiver had possession and two feet down with the ball in the goal line, meaning it broke the plane," an NFL spokesman said via e-mail.
The spokesman said Mike Pereira, the NFL's vice president of officiating, backed Coleman's ruling after replay.
Coleman explained after the game that Holmes "had two feet down and completed the catch with control of the ball breaking the plane of the goal line."
By rule, his feet did not have to be down, however, when the ball crossed the goal line -- he had to be in possession of the ball when it broke the plane of the goal line and then to complete the play his feet had to touch the ground.
"When he gained control of the ball," Coleman said, "the ball was breaking the plane and then he fell into the field of play."
Ed Bouchette can be reached at ebouchette@post-gazette.com.
First published on December 16, 2008 at 12:00 am
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