DOG: 92 Yards & A Touchdown!

I did not listen to the Monday morning call-in radio show where Shitbird fans weekly show their ignorace for the game of football. I can predict the weeping and wailing, bitching and moaning, crying and whining going on over our airwaves. I know what they are saying. I hear it every time they lose and particularly when they lose to the team they aspire to be, the Stillers.

The topic of the day will be "But, it wasn't a touchdown." Sub-topic will be "The refs gave them the game."

But here's the facts.

• We drove 92 yards down the field against the #2 defense in the NFL and put the ball in the end zone on a day when touchdowns appeared to be impossible... with time running out.


• It was a touchdown and here's why. As soon as the ball hits Holmes hands, the catch is secured. It just stuck there with no hesitation, no bobbling the ball. It was a clean reception the moment the ball touched his hands. And at that point, the ball was also touching the goal line. He further secured the ball to his body and then fell back into the field of play. Ball over the plane, check. Ball securely caught, check. Both feet down in the end zone, check. TOUCHDOWN.

Now if the Baltimore fans want to complain about the officiating, they should go back to the stuff of Russell on third and one. On that play the refs gave us a first down which Harbaugh challenged and lost. But I did not see the ball advance far enough for a first down. We did get lucky on that one.

Alas, that's the way it goes in football these days. How many times was James Harrison held yesterday with not one call? The bad/missed calls go both ways. Eventually you just hope they even out over the course of a game.

Bottom line here is that the vaunted Raven Defense (led by the murdering thug himself, Ray Lewis) could not stop our pathetic offense once in Ninety-Two Yards with the game on the line.

Arians must have been reading the blog as he actually attempted the high pass to Spaeth that Fan recommended last week. Although the big goof Spaeth was neither in the end zone nor in possesion of the ball.

The Cowboys thought 52 minutes of football was enough. It was not. The Ravens learned that 57 minutes is not enough either.

AFC North Champions for what that's worth. Got to keep chopping that wood... this week in Tennessee. Here We Go!