Cowboys vs Lions - was the fix in?

[Vermin93]

Officials change minds on controversial call, helping Cowboys to win

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...on-call-against-dallas-cowboys-003739926.html

Conspiracy theory about the NFL not wanting the Cowboys to lose.

The former VP of NFL officiating strongly disagreed with the reversed call.

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[Gravey]

I grew up a Cowboys fan but sure appears to be pass interference to me. Kitchens never turned to look for the ball. That said the Lions have no one to blame but themselves for blowing a 20-7 lead.

 

[Locksley]

Lions have no one to blame but themselves for blowing a 20-7 lead. How do you mess up that kind of lead .

 

[THEdonkey0515]

The cowboys have been much better since the Dooley hire :rotf:

 

[PalsPal]

I watched the 4th qtr it after church and playing bball last night, and had not heard the outcome of the game.

While not a Cowboy's fan per se, I like Romo and Witten, so I was pulling for them.

With that said, there is no way the refs could pick up that flag. Even though there wasn't a lot of contact, the ref threw the flag. Judgment calls cannot be "talked out of", or rather aren't suppose to.

And that did have a bearing on the game. The Lions were about to respond to the Cowboys score, and that took them out of a scoring opportunity!

 

[PalsPal]

Found this on NFL.com. Interesting!


Several Lions players expressed the belief that the officials used the hanging video board to conduct an independent review, but Morelli said in a pool report that it was simply a second set of eyes that led to the initial call being overturned.

"We got other information from another official from a different angle that thought the contact was minimal and didn't warrant pass interference," Morelli said in the report. "He thought it was face-guarding."

The Lions subsequently punted, and the Cowboys followed with a game-winning 11-play, 59-yard touchdown drive.