Gunzlingr
11-04-2003, 06:26 AM
Even after a 20-point loss, St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz couldn't resist sounding off about the officiating.
Martz criticized a handful of calls in Sunday's 30-10 loss to the 49ers, and also had a lengthy telephone conversation with the NFL's director of officiating, Mike Pereira, earlier in the day. At the top of his list were an offside call on a first-quarter kickoff that nullified a fumble recovery, and a roughing-the-passer call on Tyoka Jackson in the second quarter.
Martz said he ran a replay of the offside call "about 100 times" and couldn't see a violation. Apparently, Joffrey Reynolds, who recovered the ball at the 49ers 9, was the player whistled for the infraction.
more (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/football/nfl/11/04/bc.fbn.rams.martz.ap/index.html)
Martz criticized a handful of calls in Sunday's 30-10 loss to the 49ers, and also had a lengthy telephone conversation with the NFL's director of officiating, Mike Pereira, earlier in the day. At the top of his list were an offside call on a first-quarter kickoff that nullified a fumble recovery, and a roughing-the-passer call on Tyoka Jackson in the second quarter.
Martz said he ran a replay of the offside call "about 100 times" and couldn't see a violation. Apparently, Joffrey Reynolds, who recovered the ball at the 49ers 9, was the player whistled for the infraction.
more (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/football/nfl/11/04/bc.fbn.rams.martz.ap/index.html)