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FLAG NIGHT AS BILLS, JETS UPSTAGED BY OFFICIALS

If you missed Sunday night’s Bills/Jets game, count yourself  lucky. Boy, what a mess … of missed kicks, poor execution,  dropped passes, etc., … but mostly a case of really bad  officiating … that confused everybody … most of all  ESPN’s  JOE BUCK  and  TROY AIKMAN,  who kept  guessing about what was being called … and got it wrong  more often than not … which the NFL crew could be  accused of, too … and was … Jets’ QB  AARON  RODGERS  went off on the officials after the game, won by  Buffalo 23-20 … despite, Buck said, “Penalties all over the  place. Referee  ADRIAN HILL  and associates threw … are you  ready for this?… about 30 flags … of which  only  22  penalties were walked off … 11 against each team … for a  total of 214 yards … Say  about  because at least one  infraction was over-ruled by NFL Control in New York and  one flag (we know of, thanks to Hill) was picked up. Three  times penalties were offsetting … including ridiculous calls  that went against both teams. Then there
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'NEXT TIME WE PLAY THEM ... WE'RE GOING TO WIN'

  Weekend Watch: Did  NATE BURLESON  get it right, or what?  Reacting to Sunday’s heavyweight throw-down  between Washington and Baltimore, the former  wideout now  he’s everywhere  talking head for CBS  suggested your Commanders, losers on the  scoreboard 30-23, should be feeling pretty good  about themselves, nevertheless … “When I played,  we wouldn’t tell anybody, including our wives, but,  we’d sit around after [losing] a game like this and  say … ‘You know what? We’re pretty damn good …  Next time we play them … we’re going to win,’”  The NFL Today pink-suit-wearing panelist said …  while around him  BILL COWHER ,  JJ WATT  and   MATT RYAN , all with a history of success in the  pro game, nodded in affirmation … If only they  could be as transparent while discussing why multi- talented Ravens’ QB  LAMAR JACKSON  had his  way with the Commanders or did they miss how  open his receivers were most of the afternoon? In the  first half, it was  ZAY FLOWERS  catching nine  balls for 13
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NCAA KEEPS TRYING TO PUT ITSELF OUT OF BUSINESS

  Short Stuff: The NCAA no longer will require athletes to sign a letter  of intent that binds them to a school for a minimum of  one year. Say what? … It’s true … It’s damn true. The  NCAA Council voted to do away with the NLI (not to be  confused with the NIL that permits paying the little dears,  in some cases, outrageous sums of money.) … The  argument in favor of the latest step designed to eliminate  the governing body pretty much had to do with the NIL  which was forced on college sports by the courts. In place  of the NLI … the deep thinkers running ( ruining  would  be a more apt description) college sports – most notably  football and basketball – apparently envision contracts  that will make athletes akin to employees of the school …  Hey, it was bound to wind up like that anyway … as  college athletics have become more professional than the  NFL and NBA. How so? Simple. All college athletes are  free agents, and there is no salary cap. Speaking of once-amateur (but no more)
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