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From: dettelis@canisius.UUCP (Carl Dettelis)
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: Re: Re: superbowl officiating blooper
Message-ID: <1147@canisius.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 21:38:15 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 21 21:38:15 1986
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I don't think that the question is weather or not the officials blew

the 10 second rule, they did. I think the problem is whether the clock

should have been stopped because the Patriots were delaying the game.

Jim M. was tackled with 18 sec. left on the clock which is more than

enough time to get a play off; however, the pats were in the Chicago

backfield and one Pat even tried to hold Jim M. down after he was tackled 

in order to waste time. The officials, by  missing the 10 sec. call

were wrong, but the clock should have been stopped earlier after giving

the Pats a reasonable time to set up (18 sec. is more than reasonable).

So, the bottom line is the refs missed two calls which in effect canceled

each other out and allowed Chicago to kick the field goal like they should

have in the first place.

		- Carl Dettelis