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Week 14 2007 NFL Power Rankings | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
Suspicious Win (#4)
by Flemish American on Fri Dec 07 2007 at 10:11 AM EST
Sorry guys, but I assume we watched the same game.

I won't go as far as to say anything was rigged.  I always give humanity the benefit of the doubt.  However, it is a shame this game came down to the end the way it did.

The NFL is not stupid.  It knows an undefeated champion is a good thing for the game and it would at least have wanted the Patiots undefeated going into this week's game against the Steelers.  It is just too good.  The Ravens were in plenty of position to mess that up and the calls on the field were so close that it left a bad taste in my mouth.

New England is clearly a great team and by far a better one than the Ravens, but "On Any Given Sunday......."

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rigged? (#5)
by kroberts on Sat Dec 08 2007 at 9:39 PM EST
I don't buy into any kind of fixing as far as this game or any game ever.

Seriously, if that's the case, even for a minute, then what's the point? Besides, you could say that for, say, the Dallas/Green Bay game, as well. (The pass interference call at the end of the game, as well as the stolen interception al harris took from T.O.)

But that's not the case. I watched all those calls and they were all legit. The Ravens could have and should have won the game, but they screwed themselves.

On that fourth down play, they called a timeout when they would have stopped the QB sneak. then on the holding penalty for benjamin watson (which was a call the refs has to make) they didn't have to touch him. They simply had to defend him.

In the end, the better team emerged and stayed undefeated, and this became just another game that tells the story of Baltimore this season. They just aren't that good right now.

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Week 14 2007 NFL Power Rankings | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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