In message Sun, 20 Feb 1994 15:41:58 EST,
  Ryan Robbins <[log in to unmask]>  writes:
 
> ...
>
> It is up to the officials to enforce the rules. If the referees
> didn't notice the extra man, blame them, not Walsh. On the
> radio up here Joe Carr said it was a brilliant move by Walsh
> because there was so little time left in the game it would not
> have mattered if a penalty was assessed. But, of course, I am
> biased because I was not there and I am from Maine.
> ...
 
Brilliant??  Perhaps from the safety of the pressbox or a studio.
Irregardless of the time left and penalty options, I'm not impressed.
 
Mark