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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