I saw online the Chiefs/Bills game was coming down to the wire, so I turned it on.
The first thing I wondered was why the Chief defender was hanging all over the receiver, then pushed him away from the ball, and no call. Not unexpected, I've seen endless non-calls on what used to be clear PI increasing for years now. They ought to either call it or stop calling it. Also, the ''just let them play'' at the end of games is bullshit. If it's a penalty on the first play of exhibition, it's a penalty on the last play of the Superbowl. If they truly aren't going to make calls at the end of the game, then the refs should tell both sides and go sit down somewhere, instead of having a guessing game. If you don't want to get a penalty, don't commit one. On the very next play they call a less flagrant PI, but the receiver caught it anyway. Was that just an ass-covering flag so they wouldn't get accused of not calling them that late in the game?
One of the many reasons I don't really watch sports is the officiating. Fucksakes, they ought to designate some fan at home watching on TV to make certain calls the refs never seem to get right. PI in football, balls and strikes in baseball, fouls in basketball. Given the percent of just horrible calls and non-calls, my theory is they are too close to the action somehow.
I was assuming a Buffalo squib kick on the kickoff to force them to pick it up and run some time off at 13 seconds. The announcer even told the audience that was what was coming. This is why teams do that. The coach threw away the win on that.
I'm glad as usual I didn't waste 3 hours on this.
