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Last Updated:Tue., Dec. 6, 2011, 11:10am


Giants coach ‘sick’ over photo of ‘TD’

Giants Blog

By PAUL SCHWARTZ
Last Updated: 8:21 AM, December 6, 2011
Posted: 1:58 AM, December 6, 2011








The Giants are sure the calls did not go their way in Sunday’s last-second 38-35 loss to the still-undefeated Packers. And, at least in one case, they have the picture to prove it.
“I just saw a picture that made me sick to my stomach,’’ coach Tom Coughlin said yesterday, and the fact he believes what’s in the picture validates his case didn’t help ease his queasiness.
Coughlin during the game — the Giants’ fourth consecutive loss — lost two replay challenges and firmly believes he should have won the first one, which could have altered the outcome.

REFS KNEED GLASSES: Tom Coughlin said he was sick to his stomach after seeing photos of a play he challenged in which Jake Ballard (right) got his knee down in the end zone for a touchdown. But, the referees upheld their call of an incomplete pass.

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SEEING RED: Tom Coughlin, holding the red challenge flag during Sunday’s 38-35 loss to the Packers, continued to challenge the referees yesterday.


Coughlin first took a look at what he believes is firm evidence there was a blown call when he was handed a picture general manager Jerry Reese was carrying around. In the shot — taken from a freeze frame of a replay from the FOX broadcast — tight end Jake Ballard in the first quarter appears to have his right knee hit down just inside the side of the end zone before sliding out of bounds.
Refs do no look at still photos when reviewing a call