Wait... What?

As previously noted, I am a fanatic. Last night hurt. I lost sleep. My thoughts are hardly coherent. I am not angry with the referees(they're out of their element.) I am not angry with the Packers. I am not angry with the Seahawks. I am LIVID with Roger Goodell.

I honestly have no idea where to go with this. I don't want to point out how greedy Goodell is being, because that has been covered a million times. I don't want to point out just how much these replacement referees are changing games. I don't want to sit here and complain about the number of blown calls on the last two drives by Seattle was inconceivable, unbelievable, inexcusable. I really want to ignore all of that.

It is hard, though. What makes it harder is that the usually quiet Packer players are not biting their tongue, either.

These referees were influenced by the fans. Influenced by the infamous "Twelth man".

Goodell needs to remedy this situation. I do not expect him to change the call and give the victory to the victors. I do expect him, however, to issue a public apology to the Packers and their fans, and for some of us, owners.

These referees are getting worse every week. Roger Goodell is doing the one thing that he has preached for the players to avoid: hurting the "shield". Screw you, Goodell. Screw you and your "I am a God" mentality. Screw you and your hypocrisy. Screw you and your arrogance. Screw you and your blindness. I. Hate. You. You have ruined the biggest sport in America for me. You have ruined the game. You need to be fired. It is easy enough to find your email and phone number online, though I doubt they still reach you given the sheer number of responses you must have gotten by now.

I almost made it. I almost wrote a (mostly) coherent blog. I almost maintained my professionalism. I almost did. Almost.

On a more serious note: I am boycotting the NFL until the real refs are back. I have not missed a football Sunday by choice for as long as I can remember. I don't want to. The problem is that as long as people are watching, Goodell has NO REASON to pay the refs what they want. It is a business, after all, and business is booming. It is time to change that.

"Imagine you make a painting. It isn't perfect by others' standards, but it's your painting. You are proud. Then someone takes a shit on it." -Tom Crabtree

You can clearly see Tate wrestle the ball away from Jennings AFTER Jennings is down.

You can almost understand a referee calling it a touchdown in real time, if they didn't watch the instant replay afterwards (which they did), and if they were influenced by the screaming fans.

Almost.