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bktheirregular) wrote2007-11-27 10:36 am
bktheirregular) wrote2007-11-27 10:36 am
Ugly game, good sportsmanship
I don't comment on football much, probably because I don't watch football much. But I saw the last half-minute of the Monday Night Football game last night, and saw something interesting.
Besides the fact that the game was scoreless until Pittsburgh kicked a field goal with twenty seconds left in the game, I mean.
After that, there was a kickoff, and Miami tried to do one of those crazy unending lateral-pass plays, to keep the ball alive as long as possible. Didn't work; not only did the last lateral end up incomplete, but there was a flag for an illegal forward pass. The people in the broadcast booth were saying that the penalty would end the game - I guess that late-game penalties knock time off the clock.
Except Pittsburgh declined the penalty, and gave Miami one last chance.
Lousy game. But good sportsmanship.
Besides the fact that the game was scoreless until Pittsburgh kicked a field goal with twenty seconds left in the game, I mean.
After that, there was a kickoff, and Miami tried to do one of those crazy unending lateral-pass plays, to keep the ball alive as long as possible. Didn't work; not only did the last lateral end up incomplete, but there was a flag for an illegal forward pass. The people in the broadcast booth were saying that the penalty would end the game - I guess that late-game penalties knock time off the clock.
Except Pittsburgh declined the penalty, and gave Miami one last chance.
Lousy game. But good sportsmanship.