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From: jeff@hpcnoe.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Atrocious officiating on Monday Night
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Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 16:27:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 13 16:27:00 1985
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>             However, the officiating on Monday's Denver/ S.F. game was a 
> complete and utter travesty.

I am a Bronco fan, and I agree.

> Without its fine, classy fan that threw the snowball at Matt Cavanaugh in the
> second quarter, the Broncos would be 6-4 at this point.  It's beyond me that 
> the officials did not call an unsportsmanlike against the crowd at that point.
> According the rules, that is within their power.

The  snowball  incident  was  unfortunate,  and I think they should have
replayed the down.  But to say the Broncos would have lost is ludicrous.
Play calling revolve around the current score.  For example, the Broncos
might not have gone for the TD in the third  quarter  (they  would  have
been  behind  instead of ahead),  and in the last  drive of the game the
Broncos would  certainly have made more of an effort to score a TD.  I'm
not saying that the Broncos would have won, I'm saying it is not obvious
they would have lost.

-- Jeff Wu