Dolphin fans overreaction Monday: Refs

1 and 5 are the only ones with merit.

The clock wouldn't stop for chains, but would for automatic booth review of a play at the goal line.

If I were a Miami fan I could see arguing both 1 and 5. For 5, Hochuli would have ruled the same BS he did for Peterson sort of "for" us on the Shanle one (a safety and the ball may have been better for us).

The two to me that balance this out for me if I'm say a Houston fan watching this game: the malfunction -- if they don't wind up with that they don't pin us inside the 10 and the noise may not cause the penalties or the turnover that leads to the first score. Two gigantic missed holding calls on Ricky's 68 yard TD. The one sealing the inside especially was pulling jersey with the other hand wrapped around to boot.

Flat out the officiating sucked all around, and if I were a Miami fan I'd see it as enough to grumble, but feel like we got beat plain and simple. I think the passing while still ahead was more than enough to seal their fate (6 passes for two 3 & outs).

Similarly, while I feel robbed by the missed face mask and lame "special Ed Hochuli only" interpretation of what counts as a fumble in the Minnesota game, we let that get away plenty on our own. Two huge returns by Bush kept it close, but we just didn't finish a lot of drives when it counted.

I agree with your post somewhat, but unless they make a horrible call that nullifies or allows a winning score, blaming the refs for anything can be ridiculous, especially asking if they have money on the game. Also, I hope you can get over that Minnesota game. A year is a long time to be angry about some calls.