Teams get reputations... and they are posted in neon lights, flash across billboards, receive gargantuan proportion air play in the media.
GRob is known for holding, penalties in general... it's written about in the media and a major focus of attention on this board... guess where the officials are going to be most keen to look when he's on the field? And that's not blaming the media OR us... it's that 'human nature' thing you mentioned.
The Raiders, for YEARS, were known as the 'penalty champs'... ask any official what color jersey the Raider's opponents had on during those years and I'll bet they couldn't tell you. - JamesJM
