OK on a purely sports fan level, Suggs dove at Brady’s knee, and The Pats, namely Mike Right (spelling?) #99, were called for the same penalty and in a far more dubious situation.

Face it. USA hates Boston sports, because we win in everything. We should not only lead the world in Hoops titles at 17, but should also have 4 bowl victories. Stil 3 victories and 6 appearences shows Boston is in the top 5 in pro football’s modern “Super Bowl” era. Throw in baseball, and not even NY beats us, and they have two teams per…

Unfortunately, money is a big resaon we are the best, even in the NFL’s only example of a working socialist system. The $ is way out of hand, and who wants to overpay for bad tix in a city where your team does not win. Only in Boston would we clearly still go asnd support a scumbag like Jeremy Jascobs, our love of sport is so great. Imagine what our winning teams are making???? And we can’t even get public health care, or live in state where people actually vote against taxes. Only MA would vote to keep the income tax. Great, more money for what???? MA workers getting paid over 100 $ in OT pay on a regualr basis.

I don’t much like the new rules either, going all the way back to when Polian, Martz and Fisher ganged up on the Patriots after the 2003 season by “re-emphasizing” the 5-yard chuck rule through the Competition Committee. I used to like 14-10 defensive battles, but those days are long gone due to the rules changes.

But the fact remains that Suggs, based on the video evidence, lunged at Brady’s knees after the ball had been thrown. The only reason he didn’t make solid contact with Brady’s surgically repaired left knee was because Brady saw him at the last minute and pulled his leg out of the way. Is the ref only supposed to throw the flag after the hit’s been made and the QB is lying on the turf with a torn-up knee? The rule might be lousy, but it was enforced correctly (then again, try getting a media that by a ratio of at least 4 to 1 still thinks that the Tuck Rule reversal was a bad call, “even though it’s the rule,” to understand that concept).

Like the rule or hate it, the reffs are calling the penalty alot ALL AROUND THE LEAGUE. Wilbon seemed especially upset because Brady was motioning to the reff to throw the flag. Why not?…the rule is in the books… How many times during the course of a game do you see Wide Recievers asking the reffs for a pass interference penalty?, or Defensive linemen asking for a holding call?….no difference.

“If the Super Bowl were played yesterday and the participants had been chosen by acclamation, the NFC would have been represented by the New York Giants and the AFC would have been represented by the Baltimore Ravens based on their bodies of work in Weeks 1, 2, and 3.”

Really, Bob? By acclamation? Voters in New Orleans on board with this? Voters in Indianapolis? (and Denver???) Besides the illogic of it that makes a mockery of his BC education, what kind of “pro” is it that declares the outcome of any championship based on less than a third of a season? This is the kind of over the top look at me stuff that belongs on fan chat boards, not in columns or in TV appearances by reputedly elite sports writers.

Still it wasn’t the worst “expert” observation of the weekend. There was the Sunday morning bobblehead who declared that the Jets-Saints match-up would be “the biggest game in Saints franchise history.” Hmm, and if a non Saints fan like me can rattle off the top of my head at least five other more important games in Saints’ history, what does that say about the ever-declining quality of football commentary?