Refs couldn't save 'em THIS year

Below in RED is a blog I wrote after the playoff debacle in INDY last January when the Pats lost to the Colts.

Well last night the Colts choked again and AGAIN the refs tried to give it to the Colts. Phantom interference calls are the norm because they hurt the most. But then a phantom holding call now just added to the theory that the refs are corrupt and are afraid of Bill Polian.

I am glad that Fred Smerlas on WEEI is on the radio voicing our suspicions.

Anyway here is my blog from January 2007 (from a now defunct blog site):

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Golden Boy - Colts Rant

Let's face it folks. There are some unwritten yet obvious biases and desires by the those who run the NFL. There are some unspoken facts as well:

1. The NFL loves Peyton Manning and the Colts.
2. The NFL does not like the Patriots and especially the tight-lipped Bill Belichick.
3. The NFL loves parity and they want two different teams in the Super Bowl every year.
4. The NFL is not happy that the Patriots have figured out how to have a Super Bowl caliber team every year.

• A couple of years back the Colts were kept from the continuing in the playoffs because Peyton's recievers were manhandled by the Patriots DBs. At the end of the season a new rule was imposed on the league to keep DBs from roughing up receivers.
• Last year Golden Boy, Peyton set all kinds of records in passing and we thought the beloved Colts would go undefeated. The Colts met the Steelers in the playoffs at home. Anyone who watched that game could see it was obvious that the refs were doing their best to make sure the Colts won. However Vanderjerk missed a field goal and off went the Steelers. The refs also used a phantom interference call in the endzone during the Broncos-Patriots game to make sure the Patriots did not win - you know, the parity thing.
• This year the Colts looked invicible again as they were given another sissy schedule to make sure they had home field advantage in the playoffs. Well they did have home field advantage when they met the Patriots again. Once again the Pats were making Peyton look foolish and the impossible was happening - the Pats were tossing out Peyton again. Then the NFL stepped in again. In the 4th quarter they used the phantom interference call in the endzone against the Patriots AND (for good measure) they ignored a blatent interference call against the Colts in the endzone in order to make sure their boy Peyton made it to the Super Bowl.

Well congratulations NFL!!!! Peyton won!!!! Now can we stop creating new rules to help the Colts and stop with the bias refereeing to favor the Colts in Playoff games?????

Anyone in the know will tell you that the Pats are so good that they really could have won 4 in a row. However the NFL's goal of parity tends to win the day.

Go Pats!

P.S. Was it me or does it sound like Jim Nantz has a man-crush on Peyton????