I saw a couple people at different places blaming the officiating for the Packers losing.

[Archae]

No.

The Packers played like SHIT yesterday.

It wasn't the officials.

[pipi_k]

1. I saw that game

The Packers played like shit.

IMO.

Hey, but what can you do when some fans are so blinded they can't be objective about their favorite teams.

I like the Pats and am not shy about saying they play like shit when they really play like shit. They played like shit during the preseason.

[Scuba]

2. Both teams got some awful calls. The Pack stunk it up.

[sofa king]

3. I heard a rare unkind word from Al Michaels last night.

Apparently the scab refs folded the two-minute warning into the score at 1:58. I wasn't paying enough attention to see if it was corrected or not, but Michaels was quick to point out that the call was wrong and that it was going to punish Pittsburgh by costing them a time-out of their own. Or something.

Anyway, the point is that referees don't want to hear themselves discussed in the games or afterwards... unless you want people to see what happens when the league fails to negotiate a contract with the real referees.

Then complaining works rather well for the real referees.