BOYZ,
Actually Sharkman, In a 1976 playoff game the Patriots had the Raiders beaten in the AFC Championship game until a roughing the passer flag was thrown against Sugar Bear Hamilton of the Patriots. The replay showed Hamilton barely touched Cheater Ken Stabler who was shown falling and adding some fake rolling on purpose after Hamilton's fingers barely grazed him. The delay in the fall was so obvious it looked like he had time to order pizza before deciding to do so. The difference in the payback is the Patriots didn't do anything to encourage the Tuck Rule call, while Stabler was as phoney as Joe.t posing as a Patriots fan. That flag gave the Raiders a 1st and goal when it looked like they had been stopped. Good ole Madden the best and dirtiest teacher of cheating ever.
http://www.boston.com/sports/footba...friday_its_still_tough_to_look_back_at_r.html
On the next play, Patriots defensive end Mel Lunsford – who was drafted by the Raiders in ’72 – sacked Stabler for an eight yard loss and Pats fans were feeling pretty fancy with just 1:24 left to play.
Stabler misfired on the next two passes and the Raiders were faced with a third and 18 from their own 28 yard line. The Patriots were seemingly poised to pull off a playoff win in enemy territory.
The Snake then dropped back to pass and Patriots defensive tackle Ray "Sugar Bear" Hamilton came charging in on him. Hamilton got a piece of the ball on a pass intended for former Patriot halfback/kick returner Carl Garrett down at the goal line. Pass incomplete.
Game. Set. Match.
Not quite. The most horrible thing happened next. The most backbreaking, heartbreaking call you could imagine.
Referee Ben Dreith called a highly-questionable roughing-the-passer penalty on Hamilton that gave the Raiders new life. Dreith said Hamilton came down on Stabler with excessive force, which forced him to throw the flag.
“It goes incomplete on our sideline,” Patriots broadcaster Gil Santos told NFL Network in a look back at the game. “And then we see the flag. And then they call roughing the passer and I look at the replay and I said, ‘You gotta be kidding me.’”
Hamilton could not believe the call was going to be on the Patriots.
“I just figured that someone had held one of our guys,” Hamilton told NFL Network. “I just knew that’s what it was. It couldn’t have been anything else. I was totally shocked. It was just a phantom, bogus call.”
And the Raiders took advantage of it as Stabler snaked into the end zone behind guard Gene Upshaw to score the winning touchdown with 10 seconds remaining to advance by a final score of 24-21.
Remember all those fumble forward on purpose plays by the Raiders. Sometimes they'd actually chuck it long like a messed up shot put. It inspired the current rule against that.
Truly,
Merlot
Actually Sharkman, In a 1976 playoff game the Patriots had the Raiders beaten in the AFC Championship game until a roughing the passer flag was thrown against Sugar Bear Hamilton of the Patriots. The replay showed Hamilton barely touched Cheater Ken Stabler who was shown falling and adding some fake rolling on purpose after Hamilton's fingers barely grazed him. The delay in the fall was so obvious it looked like he had time to order pizza before deciding to do so. The difference in the payback is the Patriots didn't do anything to encourage the Tuck Rule call, while Stabler was as phoney as Joe.t posing as a Patriots fan. That flag gave the Raiders a 1st and goal when it looked like they had been stopped. Good ole Madden the best and dirtiest teacher of cheating ever.
http://www.boston.com/sports/footba...friday_its_still_tough_to_look_back_at_r.html
On the next play, Patriots defensive end Mel Lunsford – who was drafted by the Raiders in ’72 – sacked Stabler for an eight yard loss and Pats fans were feeling pretty fancy with just 1:24 left to play.
Stabler misfired on the next two passes and the Raiders were faced with a third and 18 from their own 28 yard line. The Patriots were seemingly poised to pull off a playoff win in enemy territory.
The Snake then dropped back to pass and Patriots defensive tackle Ray "Sugar Bear" Hamilton came charging in on him. Hamilton got a piece of the ball on a pass intended for former Patriot halfback/kick returner Carl Garrett down at the goal line. Pass incomplete.
Game. Set. Match.
Not quite. The most horrible thing happened next. The most backbreaking, heartbreaking call you could imagine.
Referee Ben Dreith called a highly-questionable roughing-the-passer penalty on Hamilton that gave the Raiders new life. Dreith said Hamilton came down on Stabler with excessive force, which forced him to throw the flag.
“It goes incomplete on our sideline,” Patriots broadcaster Gil Santos told NFL Network in a look back at the game. “And then we see the flag. And then they call roughing the passer and I look at the replay and I said, ‘You gotta be kidding me.’”
Hamilton could not believe the call was going to be on the Patriots.
“I just figured that someone had held one of our guys,” Hamilton told NFL Network. “I just knew that’s what it was. It couldn’t have been anything else. I was totally shocked. It was just a phantom, bogus call.”
And the Raiders took advantage of it as Stabler snaked into the end zone behind guard Gene Upshaw to score the winning touchdown with 10 seconds remaining to advance by a final score of 24-21.
Remember all those fumble forward on purpose plays by the Raiders. Sometimes they'd actually chuck it long like a messed up shot put. It inspired the current rule against that.
Truly,
Merlot
