The Cards Thank the Refs

For helping them not fall into those blue and gold mouse traps they had hanging up all over their locker room this week. Because until the refs stepped in to help out the Cardinals the blue and gold mouse traps were being tripped by one Cardinal or another as it looked like the Rams were going to pull off their first win.

Ref's TD #1: The fumbled football that rolls into the end zone without a player attached to it. The ball came loose before James was down and beat him over the goal line.

Ref's TD #2: With the Cardinals on the goal line and the first half coming to a close, the clock runs down to 0:00. Generally in my book that means play over, half ended, go to the locker rooms boys. But instead the center fumbles the ball into the end zone, where it bounces unknowingly off of a Rams players foot, is recovered by the Rams...fumble right? End of half right? NOT. Instead the Rams are penalized for illegally kicking the football and with 0:00 on the clock the Refs allow Warner to squeeze into the end zone.

Both these TD's were questioned and scrutinized highly even by the announcers who were shocked that either one of these were allowed to be called touchdowns. So I feel I have a right to complain about such incredibly poor officiating.

So you might say, "So what? Gus killed us with his INT's" That could be true too, but those came after the Cards were spotted 14 points.

Cards 34 - 14 ref pts = 20
Rams 31

Even with the turnovers, we still would have won the game. So don't tell me that poor officiating CAN NOT and DOES NOT affect a game. Because in this game it clearly did.

P.S. I don't buy it when the refs said they didn't have access to all the angles on the touchdown that should have been a touchback. Which they now admit to the fact it wasn't a TD. I think they had access to all views, after all why would fans have better views than the officials? They simply got caught with their pants down and instead of admitting the real truth they placed blame on not having the right angle. Whatever! Take back even one of those two off the wall calls and the Rams STILL win. Jerks!