Around The NFL - 2008

[SD_Eagle5]

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In a humorously ironic twist, fans of the New England Patriots are demanding that the NFL investigate the final 1:40 of Super Bowl XLII because -- get this -- they feel cheated.

And no, this is not a joke.

According to the disgruntled Patriots fan who created the original petition on petitiononline.com, the game clock should not have stopped following Brandon Jacobs' fourth-and-one plunge and thus, the game should have ended on the sack of Eli Manning with 50 seconds remaining.


This fan, and the other 7,815 (and counting) who have apparently signed this ridiculous petition, were obviously too busy crying in their beer to realize that it was an administrative time-out. The referees were determining whether or not to measure the spot -- something that requires a clocks-stoppage under NFL rules. Once the first down was determined without a measurement, the clock was wound and continued to run.

If anything, using the fan's logic, this petition proves that New England shouldn't have had 35 seconds left on their next possession. If anything, they should have had 29 seconds or less.

But hey, what can you expect from fans who say they love their team at 18-0 and then claim they were bored to tears during the greatest Super Bowl of all time?

[reese125]

Bob Costas and crew done on HBO. Good show none-the-less, but now all the games highlights are shown 20x's over before the show even airs.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/2008-02-06-3063546697_x.htm

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

We landed on the moon, people!

[Sgt PSN]

Farg the moon, JFK just got shot!

[SunMo]

haha, USA Today

[SD_Eagle5]

[reese125]

haha, USA Today

you an avid reader?

[Sgt PSN]

I prefer USA Last Week myself. 

[reese125]

well I posted it for the slow and behind...just for you pal

[PhillyPhreak54]

QUINN ACCUSED OF TAUNTING GAYS

Quarterback Brady Quinn made no headlines on the football field in 2007.  He's now making headlines for something he allegedly did on the first day of 2008.

According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Quinn was accused in a 911 call made on New Year's Day of shouting insults at a group of passersby outside of a gay bar in Columbus, Ohio.

A man named Seth Harris placed the call after encountering a group including Quinn.  Harris told the operator that "Brady Quinn from the Browns" was "trying to cause a fight.  I just walked outside and he exchanged many profanities with me and called me a flag, of course."

Police responded to the scene, Quinn and friends were present.

"When we got there, he was very cooperative and just stopped," said Columbus police spokeswoman Amanda Ford.  "I think his friends were like, 'Let's get out of here.'"

Hmmm.  But why would Brady Quinn and his buddies be hanging out in the "gay-friendly Short North neighborhood"?

[SunMo]

QUINN ACCUSED OF TAUNTING GAYS

Quarterback Brady Quinn made no headlines on the football field in 2007.  He's now making headlines for something he allegedly did on the first day of 2008.

According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Quinn was accused in a 911 call made on New Year's Day of shouting insults at a group of passersby outside of a gay bar in Columbus, Ohio.

A man named Seth Harris placed the call after encountering a group including Quinn.  Harris told the operator that "Brady Quinn from the Browns" was "trying to cause a fight.  I just walked outside and he exchanged many profanities with me and called me a flag, of course."

Police responded to the scene, Quinn and friends were present.

"When we got there, he was very cooperative and just stopped," said Columbus police spokeswoman Amanda Ford.  "I think his friends were like, 'Let's get out of here.'"

Hmmm.  But why would Brady Quinn and his buddies be hanging out in the "gay-friendly Short North neighborhood"?

that is why PFT is the dumbest and worst page ever, that guy is such a tool

[Diomedes]

I don't even read PFT directly anymore...everything he posts is reposted here.

[phattymatty]

mr. pft?

[Cerevant]

That web site makes my eyes bleed.

[SD_Eagle5]

Belichick's been taping games since 2000