{"id":4752,"date":"2009-12-07T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/12\/new-orleans-saints-33-washington-redskins-30-ot.html"},"modified":"2009-12-07T12:23:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T12:23:00","slug":"new-orleans-saints-33-washington-redskins-30-ot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/12\/new-orleans-saints-33-washington-redskins-30-ot\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Saints 33 WASHINGTON REDSKINS 30 (OT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I watched the Redskins play their best game of the year and it wasn&#8217;t enough to overcome the undefeated Saints. It was crazy, entertaining game, what I call a GONZO BOWL<sup>*<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li type=\"square\">I thought the reversal of the <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Mike Sellers<\/span> &#8220;fumble&#8221; in overtime was a terrible call. I also think head coach <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim Zorn<\/span> should have gotten in the referee&#8217;s face and said a bunch of mean and nasty things until he got ejected. Zorn doesn&#8217;t have much to do on the sidelines, so why not make a big scene and stick up for your players. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Manny Acta<\/span> must approve of Zorn&#8217;s non-action.\n<li type=\"square\">K <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Shawn Suisham<\/span> tried to hang himself last night, but he couldn&#8217;t kick the chair.\n<li type=\"square\">Poor <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jason Campbell<\/span> &#8212; he played the game of his life and came up short. His one mistake &#8212; an interception with under a minute to go in regulation. It didn&#8217;t cost them the game, but it meant he didn&#8217;t pull one out in the fourth quarter again. He is a good quarterback, but he had not made his own luck. I think he gets a chance next year &#8212; in another city.\n<li type=\"square\">Giving up a late 1st half touchdown on a fumble return after an interception. That is pretty much a microcosm of the season\/decade for the Redskins.\n<li type=\"square\">I think I&#8217;ve seen enough of <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Laron Laundry<\/span>.\n<li type=\"square\">I loved the field conditions, wet, muddy, torn up at times. That&#8217;s football. Too bad it couldn&#8217;t have snowed Saturday instead of yesterday, that would have been even better.\n<li type=\"square\">Clearly, my Redskins allegiance isn&#8217;t that strong, I came away from this game entertained and not feeling like I had been hit in the belly with a cannonball.\n<li type=\"square\">The burgundy at home is growing on me a little, though they better wear white for Dallas.\n<li type=\"square\">Credit to the players for not quitting on the season thus far. They just aren&#8217;t very good, but at least they care.<\/ul>\n<p><sup>*<\/sup>GONZO BOWL is inspired by the lede of <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Hunter S. Thompson<\/span>&#8216;s Super Bowl VII write-up (in the &#8220;Epitaph of &#8217;72&#8221;). It describes an intense football game (usually playoffs) with wild swings of momentum, bizarre plays, controversial officiating, and stupefying mental errors.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/06\/AR2009120602812.html\">Maddening men<b><\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">THOMAS BOSWELL &#8211; <\/span><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/06\/AR2009120602804.html\"><b>Outrageous misfortune<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/dec\/07\/mmqb-game-strange-but-outcome-isnt\/\"><b>MMQB: Game strange, but outcome isn&#8217;t<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonRedskins\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Redskins<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/NewOrleansSaints\" rel=\"tag\">New Orleans Saints<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/NFL\" rel=\"tag\">NFL<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/football\" rel=\"tag\">football<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched the Redskins play their best game of the year and it wasn&#8217;t enough to overcome the undefeated Saints. It was crazy, entertaining game, what I call a GONZO BOWL*. I thought the reversal of the Mike Sellers &#8220;fumble&#8221; in overtime was a terrible call. 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