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2012 NFL Season

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Doesn't look like a real fb page (would the real Clay Matthews fb page be called 50 Shades of Clay?)

Something tells me someone just pulled a ridiculous prank on a college buddy or something.
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
the dagger: 68% of bets (and more total $$) were on #Packers, meaning bettors lost on controversial finish.
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Vegas is already scrambling on working out what these refs do. They've added half a point to the home field advantage already and some think it'll move to a full 4 points tomorrow.
 
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Desmond bishop (@Desbishop55)
9/25/12, 12:18 AM
BREAKING -JaMarcus Russell eyeing return to NFL after discovering games can be won by throwing interceptions. yfrog.com/oevljedtj” Lolol
 
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Some guy on Reddit just posted he saw an angry mob headed toward Lambeau.

Take it with a grain of salt, but ruh roh.
 
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Why didn't Jennings...or one of the other two guys in Golden Tate's lap...just KNOCK THE BALL DOWN??
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
Did you guys also catch that the packers were given a K ball to use for their 2pt conversion...
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I heard that this morning actually... What is the difference in the balls? Different air pressures or something? I had no idea that they used different ones for that.... I just figured they had a bin on the sidelines and rotated a new ball in whenever needed due to moisture/dirt, or the ball leaving the field of play....
 
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RaceBoarder said:
I heard that this morning actually... What is the difference in the balls? Different air pressures or something? I had no idea that they used different ones for that.... I just figured they had a bin on the sidelines and rotated a new ball in whenever needed due to moisture/dirt, or the ball leaving the field of play....
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The K ball is brand new, never been used. That makes it slicker than a ball that's been used for a few weeks during practices and it makes them less inflated than kickers used before - a more inflated ball will transfer more force from the foot. Before the 1999 season, kickers and punters would spend hours conditioning balls, sometimes doing so much as to make them look more like rugby balls than NFL balls.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2726072
The NFL introduced the K-Balls [thirteen] years ago (changed number is St. Clown's) after the competition committee decided teams were abusing their privileges and taking unusual measures to condition balls so they would fly higher and travel farther.

Kickers and punters were accused of using strange methods to soften the leather, spread the seams and inflate the bladder. Rumors included instances of balls being put in microwave ovens, dryers and saunas.

"The reason this was put in place was to prevent teams from doctoring balls for kicking," league spokesman Greg Aiello said.

So the night before a game, 12 balls marked with a "K" are delivered straight from the manufacturer, Wilson Sporting Goods, to the officials. Two hours before the game, a representative from each team can prepare the balls by rubbing them down and brushing them off. An official then checks the air pressure, puts the balls in a bag and subs them in on kicks.
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Let me say that the NFL is right about the real refs. They are not full time employees. And if the NFL wanted them to be, these guys wouldn't give up their other jobs (most of them make a ton of cash elsewhere). So, I have no problem with the NFLs stance...until it's clear that there's a major issue. We've obviously reached that point. I really think Goodell and company expected these replacement refs to come in and do a great job. Ya, maybe if you got replacement refs from say, the SEC. But not when you get them from the lingerie league.
 
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J.D. said:
Let me say that the NFL is right about the real refs. They are not full time employees. And if the NFL wanted them to be, these guys wouldn't give up their other jobs (most of them make a ton of cash elsewhere). So, I have no problem with the NFLs stance...until it's clear that there's a major issue. We've obviously reached that point. I really think Goodell and company expected these replacement refs to come in and do a great job. Ya, maybe if you got replacement refs from say, the SEC. But not when you get them from the lingerie league.
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I've wondered about this. Why aren't the refs from D-1 major conferences? Is there some no-compete clause where the D-1 guys can't do these games?
 
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