Well, probably not. But evenso, I was pulling for it.

It was nice to see Peter Jackson at the awards. Here’s hoping you do better at the Oscar’s Peter!

I think that the official got it right according to the rule, but at the same time, I think that the rule needs to be changed.

All I can say is WOW!

This was absolutely one of the best games I’ve ever watched. To be honest, I think that strictly according to the rule, the referee made the right call. But, I think that the rule is wrong. Any right thinking person that knows anything about football would call what happened with Tom Brady a fumble.

What do you think? [[Was the forward pass ruling correct in the Patriots/Raiders divisional playoff game Saturday night?]]

But I’m glad that the ref saw it the way that he did.

The folks on the west coast have a different opinion though:

• **Ray Rotto, San Francisco Chronicle**: [Conspiracy theorists have a fresh cause](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/01/20/SP233151.DTL…In) New England, where a sporting event isn’t a sporting event unless it can be directly linked to some earlier example of heartbreak, Adam Vinatieri avenged the restless spirit of Sugar Bear Hamilton, more than a quarter-century later….In Oakland, however, a fine old tradition was renewed here last night — another example of the direct link between an official’s decision and the interests of Satan.
• **Skip Bayles, San Jose Mercury News**: [They Was Robbed](http://www0.mercurycenter.com/sports/top/bayless20.htm…) New Englands’ 16-13 overtime win turned into the biggest teal in New England since John Havlicek’s. This was like Rosie Ruiz’s corner-cutting Boston Marathon victory being allowed to stand. This was nearly as big a rip-off as the Yankees acquiring Babe Ruth from the Red Sox.
• **Ann Killion, San Jose Mercury News**: [Patriots win on a controversial call](http://www0.mercurycenter.com/columnists/killion/docs/killion20.htm…fitting) for a Patriots-Raters game. Whenever the teams meet, it ends in controversy, a travesty in someone’s opinion. The Patriots and their fans surely believe in karma today, in justice delayed 25 years. The Raiders beat the Patriots on their way to the Super Bowl in the 1976 season, thanks to a controversial roughing the passer call.