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re: Rams 27 @ Seahawks 31 Final - FOX
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:30 pm to Bayouboogaloocrew
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:30 pm to Bayouboogaloocrew
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Flip the script and you don’t think the Saints would have been catching all the hate?
Not to that extreme but the Rams were screwed with the Patriots filming their walkthrough before the Super Bowl.
My issue has never been with the Patriots, have always held it against the NFL for being soft. Same thing with the Saints No-call. The officials were demoted but still called games, some important. Should have been a suspension at the least.
Issue should be that the NFL doesn't hold very much accountability.
Saints fans should absolutely be furious, but at the NFL for not doing anything to prevent something like that from happening.
Even in these playoffs, years later, the officiating is very inconsistent.
This post was edited on 1/25/26 at 9:32 pm
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Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:33 pm to LSUgrad88
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I just don’t remember him trashing the Rams specifically. Maybe I missed that.
Interviewed him on WWL radio. Don't remember his exact words, just remember him saying he enjoys eating ice cream and pulling against the Rams.
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:38 pm to AnchorDownVU
Let's just take a second to acknowledge, forever and always frick the rams.
And I won on seahawks -2.5 then sam darnold getting 1+, 2+, and 3+ tds. I lost on 4+ tds. but no big deal.
And I won on seahawks -2.5 then sam darnold getting 1+, 2+, and 3+ tds. I lost on 4+ tds. but no big deal.
This post was edited on 1/25/26 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:41 pm to AnchorDownVU
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trashing the Rams
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just remember him saying he enjoys eating ice cream and pulling against the Rams.
?? your definition of “trashing” is a bit soft.
And nobody went after whitworths family. If anything that softened it a bit with a Louisiana/LSU boy getting to a SB
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:42 pm to LSUgrad88
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likely pointed out the ref standing right there who wouldn’t make the call (let’s not say he missed it; no one could miss that) was a Los Angeles resident
That would be Gary Cavaletto. He was from Santa Barbara. Never called a playoff game after that and retired shortly after.
I think the only official from that crew that has called big games since is Bill Vinovich, who was the head official on that crew. To be fair to him, he is a well respected official.
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:46 pm to AnchorDownVU
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just remember him saying he enjoys eating ice cream and pulling against the Rams.
Oh no, he said that?! Come on man. You're stretching this shite thin. Of course everyone was pissed at the Rams winning that rigged game and so of course naturally you would root against them. But you saying Payton "should've gone after the NFL"? Do you not remember all the grief the NFL got from Payton and the Saints? It wasn't enough imo, but Payton wearing a Roger the Clown shirt certainly isn't letting them off the hook. And they did get a year of PI being reviewed.
Also, Whitworth went to LSU and that cocksucker could've just appreciated the gift, but he was a douche about it. Going after family isn't ok, so that's not cool IF that happened. But for him, frick him.
This post was edited on 1/25/26 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:47 pm to Big L
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And nobody went after whitworths family. If anything that softened it a bit with a Louisiana/LSU boy getting to a SB
They did for the week after but it died down. There was a thread on here before the Super Bowl that year talking about it.
Whitworth did get a ton of love leading up to the second Super Bowl and from what I can tell he is universally loved by LSU fans.
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:52 pm to Sho Nuff
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Payton wearing a Roger the Clown shirt certainly isn't letting them off the hook.
By doing that he just ensured Goodell was going to dig in deeper, especially with the rumors that NFL execs held a grudge against CSP from their Super Bowl.
CSP handled that situation as badly as possible.
Handled correctly, I believe he could have initiated real change.
I'm still of the opinion that the NFL did everything to make sure the pass interference review rule fail. Also have no doubt that they did so to make CSP look bad.
Goodell is nothing more than a puppet for the owners.
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:55 pm to AnchorDownVU
I'm not arguing any of that with you, I agree with most of it. I responded to your post about the Saints going after the Rams, which they barely did, and instead going after the NFL, which they did. frick Goodell. SP was an arrogant douche and didn't help his case in other stuff either. That doesn't change a rigged game and the Saints being costed a SB.
Posted on 1/25/26 at 10:06 pm to AnchorDownVU
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The officials were demoted but still called games, some important.
Bill Vinovich was demoted so hard that he was named the head ref in the Super Bowl the following year. After flat out lying to the pool reporter after the game.
This post was edited on 1/25/26 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 1/25/26 at 10:32 pm to LSUgrad88
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Bill Vinovich was demoted so hard that he was named the head ref in the Super Bowl the following year.
I posted that in another post.. Vinovich was the only one to call a big game affter. He is a very well respected official so not surprising. The ones involved in the missed call have had 1 playoff game (Cavaletto, Stritesky and Turner), the ones that had nothing to do with the call haven't called a championship game but have called playoff games.
As expected, very few Saints games from anyone on the crew.
other members of the crew:
Umpire Bruce Stritesky - has not called a playoff game since
Down Judge Patrick Turner - 1 playoff game
Line Judge Rusty Baynes - 7 playoff games, 12 Saints games
Back Judge Todd Prukop - 4 playoff games
Side Judge Gary Cavaletto (guy who missed the call) - no playoff games - retired
Field Judge Tom Hill - six playoff games
This post was edited on 1/25/26 at 10:33 pm
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