The Steal

The sports world is abuzz after the ending of the Monday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks. Golden Tate was awarded posession on a ball thrown into the end zone by Seahawks QB Russell Wilson. Green Bay DB Jennings grabbed the ball first and Golden Tate reached in before they hit the ground with the Referee standing right over the top of them. They both had their hands on the ball. Jennings had it clutched to his chest. Tate had both hands on the ball. Its "dual posession" not "who has the most posession." The reaction of the Announcers, Jon Gruden and Mike Tirico, was very interesting. I recorded the game and have replayed that play I don't know how many times. Mike Tirico says "Fought for by Tate with Jennings! Dual Posession! Who has it?! Who are they going to give it to? Touchdown!" The referees were in disagreement. One signaled touchdown and the other one signaled for a timeout. Jon Gruden immediately questioned the call but they both had posession of the ball when they fell to the ground. Golden Tate did push off, their is no doubt about that. I wonder what the sports world would have said if the situation was reversed and it was the Packers that was awarded the TD on the catch rather than the Seahawks. I doubt it would have made every TV show in the nation and debated for an entire week. I also doubt Jon Gruden would have been "sick" about it.

Madden 13

I bought my copy of Madden 13 for the PS3 the day that it came out but I am just now really get it cranked up. I had heard so many revolutionary things about it and how great it was (I was really disappointed in last year's edition) and I couldn't wait to try it out. It is every bit as good as they said it was. The graphics and gameplay are unbelievable and I have just now started the GM Connected mode. I am still exploring all of the possibilities to that and I can't wait to see what all it can do. The only thing that I was really disappointed in is that you cannot download your draft classes from NCAA 13 into Madden 13. I loved that feature. I would go thru my draft picks and research the players to see who I was actually getting especially if they were identified only by a number. The "generic" draft will not be as good but it will be interesting to see how the scouting process works.