The bayou burglary during the NFC Championship game has resulted in a Covington eye doctor’s social media post going viral. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
Cut 1 (30) “I’m Kevin Barnhart”
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The NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell could call for a re-do of Sunday’s NFC Championship game. Jeff Palermo reports the league’s rule book…
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A Covington optometrist has seen a social media post spread like wildfire after yesterday’s bayou burglary. The eye doctor made the post following the controversy that cost the black and gold a chance at the Super Bowl. Dr. Jeff Anastasio says he initially did it to get a few laughs.
Cut 3 (11) “…going through now.”
Anastasio says although initially posted in jest, the offer still stands for NFL referees, but he doesn’t seem to believe too many will take him up on the offer.
Cut 4 (07) “…of next season.″
Anastasio says other than yesterday’s fiasco, he still believes overall the refs do a decent job.
Cut 5 (12) “…it was blatant.”
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Can we expect the use of replay expanded in the NFL after the league admits the refs missed a pass interference call in the final two minutes of regulation in Sunday’s NFC Championship game? NFL Analyst Mike Detillier says using instant replay to review penalties will be discussed by the league’s owners, but how much to expand could be a sticking point
According to the Washington Post, the NFL competition committee will look to make pass interference reviewable when it meets this offseason. But Detillier is not expecting a quick change to the rule book…
The report also says the competition committee will consider other calls that coaches feel should be subject to a review. Saints quarterback Drew Brees said after Sunday’s devastating loss that he doesn’t know how far the potential expanded use of instant replay should go…
(It would take 75-percent of the owners to approve changes to the NFL video review system.)
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President Donald Trump is offering three years of legal protection for immigrants brought to America as children in exchange for 5.7 billion dollars in wall funding, in the latest bid to end the month long government shutdown. Democrats refused the deal, citing their opposition to the border wall expansion, but Senator John Kennedy says that item is non-negotiable.
In September of 2017, the President rescinded legal protections for those “DREAMers” implemented by the Obama Administration.
Kennedy, who backs the border wall construction, says it’s a deal he supports, and if enough Democrats get on board, he’d vote for it and end the shutdown.
Democrats in the House have passed a spending bill that would reopen the government, a bill that includes 1.3 billion for enhance border security, but not for physical wall construction. Kennedy says he hopes the offer can peel off a few of them.
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The belief among many in the Bayou State is that the Saints had to beat the Rams and refs to win the NFC Championship game. The non-pass interference call in the final two minutes of regulation goes down as one of the worst no calls in sports. Saints defensive end Cam Jordan says he’s used to not getting the calls
Before the controversial no call, it appeared wide receiver Ted Ginn Junior made a catch to set up the Saints for a game winning score. Ginn says he gets no solace that the NFL has admitted it blew the call