This is the kind of stupid crap that makes it embarrassing to be a Ravens fan that I thought we were finished with now that Ray has retired. Billick started it all, totally stroking the players' egos with an "Everyone is out to get you because you're so awesome and scary" line of shtick. Ray is such an egomaniac, that he is literally unable to conceive of any action taken by anyone, anywhere, that doesn't revolve around him, so he bought in. And far too many Baltimorons are horribly insecure people, so they picked right up with the "Everyone hates Baltimore and is out to get us".
Really? Who cares about Baltimore enough to hate it? Harbaugh has done a good job of eradicating this mentality, but it's obviously not quite dead.
Here's another point. Anyone foolish enough to argue that the blackout was done to harm Baltimore is suffering from outcome bias. Why would a stoppage in play automatically benefit one team over the other? After all, the Ravens had come out after the previous stoppage (halftime) and added to their lead. Why was this second stoppage suddenly a Ravens-buster? In fact, you could argue that as the demonstrably older, less fit team, an extra stoppage in play would be to their benefit, because it would allow them to rest more. And as a more veteran team, they would be better able to handle the disruption, compared to a young team led by a QB making his 10th NFL start.
I wish Suggs would let it go, and let die the last of the stupid, insecure culture that Billick created and Ray furthered.
