Monday, September 15, 2008
Hochuli's Bad Call
If you are a Charger's fan you are probably having a hard time getting out of bed this morning and if you are a Bronco's fan you are probably still wiping the sweat from your brow knowing that you cheated death. For those of you who didn't see the game last night here is a brief article about what happened. I am still a little unclear as to the rules exactly but no matter what Hochuli says I still believe this is a "whistle issue". If it was in fact an incomplete pass, as it was called to be, then the ball should have gone back to the 2 yard line but if it was a fumble and recovered by Denver then it should have been placed on the 10. It seems that they were mixing rules to cover themselves. The bottom line is that there is nothing that the NFL can do about it now; they can't say well San Diego, if you had recovered the fumble Rivers wouldn't have thrown an interception and Sproles wouldn't have fumbled therefore you are the winners. Under the circumstances Hochuli did make right call after he screwed the pooch by calling the play dead with an "incomplete pass" before the ball even hit the ground. No amount of apologizing from Ed Hochuli to Norv Turner will make up for this one.
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My question is this - the refs can undo it when they accidently throw a flag on a play, why couldn't Hockuley just say - I shouldn't have blown the whistle, the play was really dead when the guy went out of bounds. So no harm no foul, Chargers get the ball on the 15. It isn't like the whistle stopped the guys from playing
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