Am I the only one who saw this????

[FatTom]

Super Bowl 44:

During the onside kick that started the second half, did NOBODY but me see the Colts' #43 Aaron Fransisco deliberately, blatently, and plain as freakin' day not eye gauge someone from NO over and over????

You can see him with his hand/fingers pointed directly at the guys facemask and did it repeatedly. We rewound it several times after I thought I saw it the first time live and sure enough - if you can't tell he's eye gouging, you ain't lookin...which is obviously what the ref standing right in front of him was doing.

No penalty, no fine, nobody talking about it anywhere! WTF???

[SeVeReDiStOrTiOn]

i'm sure all kinds of shit was going on under that pile

[FatTom]

True for sure - but this was not on the pile, but beside it - and in the wide open. I'm just surprised that the NFL hasn't said something and fined him for it. Hell, they'll give somebody a penalty and fine for TRYING to hit a quarterback, but nothing for this?

[kickflippin1]

Ok. I just watched this whole video:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plggbQmrspM[/ame]

I did not see any eye gouging.

[FatTom]

:54 or :55...#43 on Colts is doing it to #28 on Saints. Plain as day. He even "double clutches" to do it one time.

[0rion]

I know the porter pick was a huge play but IMO that play was the biggest play of the whole game. What size do your balls have to be to take the gamble of giving manning a short field to start the half when you're already down? IMO that play was bigger than the pick 6. It changed the entire momentum going into the second half.

[28Marcos]

it looks like #43 does something and the saints obviously saw it, i dvr'd it gonna have to check it out in huge hd.

[Y2KPewterSS]

I know the porter pick was a huge play but IMO that play was the biggest play of the whole game. What size do your balls have to be to take the gamble of giving manning a short field to start the half when you're already down? IMO that play was bigger than the pick 6. It changed the entire momentum going into the second half.

Sean Payton probably figured they weren't gonna stop Manning whether he was on the Colts 20 or the Saints 40, so might as well give it a try

[chiller2484]

:54 or :55...#43 on Colts is doing it to #28 on Saints. Plain as day. He even "double clutches" to do it one time.

looks more like he was punching him than eye gouging

[chiller2484]

I know the porter pick was a huge play but IMO that play was the biggest play of the whole game. What size do your balls have to be to take the gamble of giving manning a short field to start the half when you're already down? IMO that play was bigger than the pick 6. It changed the entire momentum going into the second half.

i completely agree with this statement. it left the colts team in shock and the defense wasn't the same thereafter.

[BadBlueBird*]

looks more like he was punching him than eye gouging

[FatTom]

I really don't care, I'm just making a point that I believe is truly obvious. On HD it clearly appears that his hand is open, not closed-fisted. and he's going right at the open part of the facemask. Since punching is o.k. in the NFL, I guess I'll just let it go...

[MrMasterCraft]

i'm sure all kinds of shit was going on under that pile

Eye-gouging, attempting to skin the others with cleets, I could only imagine the rest. And yes, I could only care less because I am a Colts fan

[jamessr]

Sean Payton probably figured they weren't gonna stop Manning whether he was on the Colts 20 or the Saints 40, so might as well give it a try

The entire 2nd half the Colts scored 7 points and the Saints scored 25.
You're right they weren't stop Manning. Please don't give me they got more yardage crap. Obviously it doesn't win games.

Sounds like people are just running out of excuses.

[MrMasterCraft]

The entire 2nd half the Colts scored 7 points and the Saints scored 25.
You're right they weren't stop Manning. Please don't give me they got more yardage crap. Obviously it doesn't win games.

Sounds like people are just running out of excuses.