Never gonna take the NFL serious again....

It ranks up there with the WWE the way the refs never seem to see the Vikes QB getting his liver removed via his facemask or how they high/low him, damn near break his ankle, all a good hour after the pass. Oh and the reviews were a joke. Why go through the charade if your just gonna deiced the play in favor of NO. We all know they need to win and wah wah wah and all that crap. Better yet, why play? I mean a "game" needs things called "rules" and stuff and it seemed that the rule book was not their for NO. They got away with so much crap. Cathes that were not catches, TDs that were not TDs, roughing the passer that a 10 drunk monkeys could call while throwing their feces.

Whatever. Rule one if your a Vikes fan: Prepared to be burned by the refs.....

The refs burnt the Saints even more than the Vikings (ie roughing the passer calls).

Tell me ONE bad call against the Vikings, just one.

:lol: This reminds me of all the whining Seahawk fans did after their Superbowl with the Steelers. JML897

Now that was true bias. The refs were VERY anti-Seahawks that game and that isn't even debatable. The Seahawks were jobbed.

One: there's already a few topics on this. Second: it's not the refs playing the game. Had the Vikings not been so sloppy handling the ball, they'd be on their way to the SB right now.

Good God, Vikings fans whine a lot. The refs really were not that bad. You had numerous chances to win the game, but couldn't get it done. Stop blaming the refs for the loss.

NFL has never been anything but a glorification of mediocre athletes.

NBA its much worse my god.MrLions

[QUOTE="MrLions"]NBA its much worse my god.II_Seraphim_II

[QUOTE="MrLions"]NBA its much worse my god.II_Seraphim_II

Complete opposite for me. I get bored out of my skull watching soccer.

[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"][QUOTE="MrLions"]NBA its much worse my god.TaCoDuDe

Complete opposite for me. I get bored out of my skull watching soccer.

[QUOTE="TaCoDuDe"]

[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"] To be honest, the only sport I can stand to watch is Soccer. It's fast paced, entertaining, and just a lot of fun to both watch and play. While American Football, may be fun to play *AT TIMES* its a total chore to watch. NBA is also pretty boring to watch. Soccer is the only sport I find both enjoyable to watch, play and play on video games. II_Seraphim_II

Complete opposite for me. I get bored out of my skull watching soccer.

I don't hate it, I just hate watching it. I played soccer for 12 years, including 5 years of club, and loved it. I just find watching it incredibly boring.

Football is very very boring for me to watch.

But I find when I play the Madden or NCAA Football video games, I have a good time. It makes me appreciate the strategy more if I'm the one calling the shots.

Still, it's a snoozefest for me to watch it for real.

i never have, i dont know how you americans like it... you play for 10 seconds and then you stop for a whole 2 minutes?? and whats with all the protective gear? grow a pair.

i never have, i dont know how you americans like it... you play for 10 seconds and then you stop for a whole 2 minutes?? and whats with all the protective gear? grow a pair.

boxofwonder

Americans love their sports with abstract rules that are always controversial no matter what the call. Should just stick to sports like football and basketball where any minor contact is usually called as a foul.F1_2004

NBA its much worse my god.MrLions

Aw, I see someone's upset the Vikings lost... Well, I haven't seen the game (Damn Fox...), so I can't judge on how blind the refs were, but I'm glad Saints won... for some reason. It's the first NFl season I really followed (not from US), and for some reason I like the Saints. Doubt they're gonna beat the Colts, but hey...

NFL has never been anything but a glorification of mediocre athletes.

trenno2529

The refs burnt the Saints even more than the Vikings (ie roughing the passer calls).

Tell me ONE bad call against the Vikings, just one.

AHUGECAT

Pass interference on Ben Leber over an uncatchable ball.

[QUOTE="AHUGECAT"]

The refs burnt the Saints even more than the Vikings (ie roughing the passer calls).

Tell me ONE bad call against the Vikings, just one.

Flamecommando

Pass interference on Ben Leber over an uncatchable ball.

[QUOTE="Flamecommando"]

[QUOTE="AHUGECAT"]

The refs burnt the Saints even more than the Vikings (ie roughing the passer calls).

Tell me ONE bad call against the Vikings, just one.

ExpiredGhost

Pass interference on Ben Leber over an uncatchable ball.

"Slow motion replay shows no contact occurred and Fox's Aikman questioned whether contact was made. Second, the ball was overthrown by seven yards. Thomas turned to make the catch at the 30 yard line, the ball landed on the 23 yard line. This is what the rule book terms uncatchable." Whatever though. If Favre would have done something short and out to the side. The kick is up and Vikings win. Not today.

[QUOTE="ExpiredGhost"][QUOTE="Flamecommando"]

Pass interference on Ben Leber over an uncatchable ball.

Flamecommando

It was somewhere in front of him and high.

i never have, i dont know how you americans like it... you play for 10 seconds and then you stop for a whole 2 minutes?? and whats with all the protective gear? grow a pair.

boxofwonder

I always liked college better. Bunch of whiney babies in the NFL (personal opinion, of course).

I always liked college better. Bunch of whiney babies in the NFL (personal opinion, of course).

UltimoIce

i never have, i dont know how you americans like it... you play for 10 seconds and then you stop for a whole 2 minutes?? and whats with all the protective gear? grow a pair.

boxofwonder

My assumption is that you are English, and use rugby as a basis for football being a wimpy sport. Yes, rugby is a tough sport, but so is getting hit by 300 pounds of pure muscle as hard as they can hit you 80 times in one night.

As someone else mentioned, ignorance is great!

I must have been watching a different game than everyone else:roll:

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I always liked college better. Bunch of whiney babies in the NFL (personal opinion, of course).

Messiahbolical-

The BCS system is crap, but college games are more entertaining to me still. There is more strategy as well, as there isn't as much perfection. That's why college can have things like the spread offense, which takes advantage of weakness.

[QUOTE="Messiahbolical-"][QUOTE="UltimoIce"]

I always liked college better. Bunch of whiney babies in the NFL (personal opinion, of course).

UltimoIce

The BCS system is crap, but college games are more entertaining to me still. There is more strategy as well, as there isn't as much perfection. That's why college can have things like the spread offense, which takes advantage of weakness.

I stopped watching in '96 after it became painfully clear that the NFL refs are (to put it bluntly) blind idiots who were only hired because they were incapable of holding a real job (like mopping the floors at McDonald's). The playoffs and Superbowl that year drove me to becoming a hockey fan (the Red Wings/Avalanche playoff series that year was epic).

[QUOTE="UltimoIce"]

[QUOTE="Messiahbolical-"] College's "playoff system" is a complete joke, and it's hard for me to even take it serious.Messiahbolical-

The BCS system is crap, but college games are more entertaining to me still. There is more strategy as well, as there isn't as much perfection. That's why college can have things like the spread offense, which takes advantage of weakness.

I'm not arguing with you. I agree the BCS is stupid. But, Obama keeps his word and gets us a college football playoffs, we just have to enjoy what we have :).