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• With the league's regular officials locked out since June and frustration with their replacements already festering throughout the league, the worst-case scenario finally materialized in Monday night's Packers-Seahawks game in Seattle: A mistake by a replacement official decided the outcome of a game.
• A last-second scrum in the end zone was ruled a touchdown to Seahawks receiver Golden Tate. But Packers players, their fans and much of the football-watching public saw a clear-cut interception by Green Bay's M.D. Jennings.
• Aaron Rodgers used his weekly radio show Tuesday as a platform to lash out at an NFL-issued statement explaining the replacement officials' decision. The MVP quarterback also questioned the league's priorities in its labor dispute with the regular refs.
• "I just feel bad for the fans," Rodgers said on Milwaukee's ESPN 540 AM. "They pay good money and the game is being tarnished by an NFL who obviously cares more about saving a little money than having the integrity of the game diminish a little bit."
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Wednesday, Sept. 26, the 270th day of 2012. There are 96 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Sept. 26, 1789, Thomas Jefferson was confirmed by the Senate to be the first United States secretary of state; John Jay, the first chief justice; Edmund Randolph, the first attorney general.
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• On this date:
• In 1777, British troops occupied Philadelphia during the American Revolution.
• In 1892, John Philip Sousa and his newly formed band performed publicly for the first time, at the Stillman Music Hall in Plainfield, N.J.
• In 1914, the Federal Trade Commission was established.
• In 1918, the Meuse-Argonne offensive, resulting in an Allied victory against the Germans, began during World War I.
• In 1937, the radio drama "The Shadow," starring Orson Welles, premiered on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
• In 1952, philosopher George Santayana died in Rome at age 88.
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