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Tedford threw a challenge flag after an Eskimos TD had already been reviewed and was penalized for doing so on Saturday. And it's happened a number of times - you just can't remember them because they didn't involve the Bombers. It's possible. I just know I've seen it far more often that no penalty is called.

There was a call either last year or two years ago that was made against the Bombers that was so obscure, that I had never heard it called before that game and I haven't heard it called since. Damn, I wish I could remember what that ridiculous call was... We got a penalty for a message on the replay screen to make noise, yet Montreal can pipe in fake crowd noise basically till the opposing teams set for the play.

By the way, I can't remember any team getting a delay of game penalty for a coach throwing a challenge flag on a non challengable play--despite it happening a lot. Can't remember any team.... Except Doug Berry and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

CFL admits it blew call 0 KIRK PENTON, QMI Agency Monday, July 19, 2010 11:55:35 EDT PM Change text size for the story Print Report an error The CFL has admitted it made a mistake during Friday night's game between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Tom Higgins, the league's director of officiating, said Monday the league's replay command centre officials erred when they reviewed a Bomber challenge that Ticats quarterback Kevin Glenn fumbled on a third-quarter run at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Glenn took off running with six minutes left in the third and the Ticats leading 14-0. Bomber defensive tackle Deji Oduwole hit Glenn at Winnipeg's 21-yard line, popping the ball loose. The on-field officials blew the play dead because they felt Glenn was down by contact, but Winnipeg's Don Oramasionwu fell on the ball shortly after the whistle anyway. The rule book states that if a team challenges the call, it's deemed a fumble and their own player fell on the ball "directly and immediately" - even if it's after the whistle - then the squad that recovered takes possession. That's exactly what happened on Friday night, but the replay officials in Toronto didn't see it that way. "This is going to go down as an incorrect ruling, because we didn't allow enough time," Higgins said. It's believed those in the command centre watched the replay in slow motion, which Higgins said "distorts reality." "When it went to the command centre, they ruled that it was a fumble," Higgins said. "But they were looking at the second aspect of it, which is 'directly and immediately' recovered. "And that's where we feel we erred. That was the choice of the command centre, and we're not perfect. We take responsibility, and we want to hopefully learn from it." Two plays later, Glenn threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Maurice Mann that gave the Ticats a 21-0 lead. Hamilton went on to win the game 28-7. From here on out, Higgins noted, "we're going to add time to it as far as the interpretation of 'immediately and directly.' " Higgins said the replay command centre reviewed 90 plays during the 2009 season and made two mistakes. He wants fans to trust instant replay despite Friday's error. "It's a shame, because that's what we have replay for," Higgins said. "People now are losing faith in the fact that it can't get it done. It's still human. There's a human element to it and it's disappointing that it happens, but we deal with it. We move on. "We know there's going to be some other mistakes that are going to occur. We hope that we can minimize them."

Just ignore your instinct and think about it!

Go Riders?

What about the Kevin Glenn fumble (he was on Hamilton when he fumbled)?

Adams asks if he is lined up properly, gets told he's good, flag called on him by the same ref. That is some super sonic level of incompetency.

So they have missed at least one call on Drew Willy that could have significantly impacted our season, and definitely impacted the game. Now this... Thanks for apologies.

So can we go replay the rest of the game using the correct call? No? Ok, well thanks for nothing.

Ive never seen a procedure call made almost 30 seconds after the ball was snapped.. Procedure is a presnap penalty.. It is baffling.

Nobody made Bastien drop an easy catch, or jonny alphabet shank another kick.

I don't think it is fixed, but it is hilariously predictable.

Yeah that defies logic

We need to be on the verge of bankruptcy, wins seem to follow when a team gets in that spot.

Pretty hilarious how often we get apologies from the league. Seriously makes me start thinking the fix is in.

They lost because they are elite at losing!

I'm not to the point of heart break. It's not going to make me lose sleep.

At this point it is irrelevant till the season is over.

Heartbreak implies being emotionally invested.

What's done is done, loss in the books.

Haha if we contain Flutie tonight we will have a chance. That was the exact joke I was going to use I've heard good things about this Garcia kid sitting on the bench though, if Flutie struggles!

Haha if we contain Flutie tonight we will have a chance.

There is a GDT on riderfans.com but you'd barely know there was a game this week here haha!

So they do watch the games, we know that much.