commentary...

the pundits and the fans of the New York Jets are griping about the ill-timed timeout that wiped out a tying touchdown,in the Jets/Packers game... let me set up the action:Packers up 31-24,4th and 4,on the Packers' 36 yard line... Geno Smith appears to throw a beautiful 36 yard touchdown pass,to Jeremy Kerley... unfortunately,offensive coordinator Marty Mornihweg yelled to head coach Rex Ryan to call timeout,and the referee heard him do it,along with a Jets' player who told a referee to call the ill-timed timeout,and the referee called timeout just before the football was snapped,on the play... apparently,Rex Ryan was standing next to a referee and the timeout was called... NFL rules says in its rulebook that only the head coach or a player on the field can call time out,in the game... so it was an illegal timeout,but the referee properly called timeout when he heard people yelled for the timeout,because in that situation,the referee is supposed to have his eyes on the field,and not look around to see who called timeout... a few years ago,a NHL team was told that the League had messed up a call that cost the team a game... the opposing team's head coach the next day told the media,when asked about it,said a shockingly simple one word answer to the media:the answer that he said to the media was,"BUMMER",and he walked away from the podium... while i feel bad for the Jets,i do not feel too bad for the team,because on the next play they got a first down,and they had another 4th and 8 later on in the drive that they did not execute,and then lost the game to the Packers,31-24... however,honestly the Jets had an eighteen point lead early in the second quarter,and they unraveled in many ways,and they lost the game to the Packers,fair and square... to the pundits,and to the Jets' fans,i only have one word to say,"BUMMER"... odd things happen every week and year in sports that seem unfair... so what??? people,that is life... crap happens... it happened to the Packers two years ago,in the "Fail Mary" game,against the Seattle Seahawks... did it not,folks!!!!!!!!!