It's been a heck of a weekend for a football fan, the mighty have fallen, both LA teams won, the officials blew obvious calls that changed the college rankings completely, and may have cost KC a shot at tying the game. In short it was exciting, but it also showed how flawed the way games are played, and officiated is. I often wonder if the moves on the stock market are better, or worse than what can be observed in football, or other sports on any given day.
I'm no fan of Alabama, but I'd say the odds are pretty good that they'll be the national champion again, all because a review wasn't done after a long completion, where control of the ball was clearly lost on the ground when watched in detail, but they didn't review the play. The resulting touchdown cost Georgia their number 1 rating, and moved them completely out of the playoff picture. My Ram's amazingly were in the playoffs for a few hours until Green Bay knocked off Kansas City, who really should have had a better shot at a tie after an obvious pass interference call wasn't made. Do the refs give home field advantages, perhaps not intentionally, but it generally seems to be the case. In baseball, how many players strike out on balls clearly way out of the electronic device, or oppositely get walks on balls that are clearly in the strike zone. None of the experts picked Green Bay to win, and many self proclaimed experts here are positive that NWBO will lose because they're not doing things the normal way.
I guess I'm saying that you can never be absolutely sure of an outcome, or how the officials will call a play, or the regulators will call the results of a trial. I feel strong about DCVax-L's chances of approval the first time through, but nothing is 100% sure. There is no doubt in my mind that DCVax-L is needed, and at some time will be very big, but I can't say it will happen on a particular day, month, or even year. I've never had a product that I felt certain would be approved and not have it approved, but some were certainly not approved on their first time they were sent to the regulators. I think DCVax-L should be, but nothing is absolutely certain with the regulators any more than an official calling balls and strikes, or penalties in a football game, etc.
Gary
