Wednesday, September 26, 2012

A Football To Racing Comparison


The Seahawks and Packers fiasco reminds me that whenever an official makes a call there will just about always be somebody who feels that the call was right, while others will feel that the call was wrong. It is all about your bias, and how it affects you. Now you know that there are plenty of Seahawks players and fans out there who know that the call was wrong, are feeling lucky that it went their way and who will readily admit it. But there are some diehards who are still saying that the rule was interpreted properly and that the touchdown call was correct.

Over the years I have seen the same scenario play out in races that I have attended where a call has been made, and for this comparison let’s just say that the call was correct, but the driver and his fans that it went against insist that they were wronged. Then, in the day and age of the internet, those fans would go on a forum and throw out all kinds of accusations and conspiracy theories making themselves look even worse than they already did. If you think that nothing looks dumber than a Seahawk player or fan who claims that they earned that victory Monday night, just remember that the next time that your driver has a call go against him at the track before you make a big issue of it.

I loved the interview with the receiver who “caught” the “touchdown pass”, former Fighting Irish star Golden Tate, just after the booth review was finished and it was declared a touchdown. The sideline reporter’s first question was “Did you push off?” and his reply was in essence I don’t know what you are talking about. Even more reason why my third favorite college football team is whoever is playing Notre Dame…..

Looking forward to three straight nights of racing this week starting off with the opening night of the Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals on Thursday night, then I will have the honor of filling in for regular announcer Bill Wright as the Sprint Invaders run the ½-mile oval in Davenport on Friday night before closing out their 2012 season at the Invaders’ “home track”, 34 Raceway in Burlington on Saturday night.

The weather is looking perfect for the final weekend in September so get out and support the show of your choice!

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