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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1056679" data-attributes="member: 7261">Yeah, the Boo Birds would have rained down on those nasty old refs, had they reversed the call, to the correct call of Nixon recovering his own fumble.I know that a game isn't typically decided on 1 bad call, especially on the first play of the game.  However, that is a call and a TD 3 plays later, that really puts the road team behind the 8 Ball to begin a playoff game.I will just say this, as a fan, it is frustrating as hell in todays game, when it seems that replays are being used on almost every play (getting looked at up in the booth) and this one, that was supposedly reviewed, isn't overturned.I have also never liked the "evidence must be substantial to overturn the original call".  Well, let me ask those referees this then; "Was their original evidence substantial that Nixon didn't regain control of the ball?"  In this situation what the refs need is a white flag.  They throw it and it indicates "Help, we have no clue what the correct call should be".  That way, there is no influence, either way, on the booth review process.</blockquote>

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