Biden Booed at Giants-Eagles Game?

Frankly, this is blown out of proportion, but then again, the fans in Philadelphia are famous for pelting Santa Claus with snowballs. Matt Drudge links to this story, but I think it's misleading.

The Giants and Eagles played in front of a special guest. Vice President-elect Joe Biden watched the game in a luxury suite with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie. Biden was booed when he was showed on the video screen.

Sure, there was a smattering of boos at the time Biden was shown, but if they're talking about the instance when he was shown on television, there was a penalty called against Philadelphia on the field that I believe was more the cause for the booing. The fans were much more upset later when several challenges didn't go their way.

Of more importance, the Giants won and now own a three-game edge on the Eagles and Cowboys and two over Washington.

Update: Thanks to Hot Air for linking. Michelle Malkin updates an earlier post and a reader clarified the specific call.

Update: Several readers say the booing was over a ref’s call.

Here’s one: “Eli had just gotten sacked and he threw the ball down and wasn’t called for intentional grounding. The Philly fans were booing the non-call on the NFL’s golden boy, not Joe Biden.”

Well, I'll take issue with Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning being called a golden boy, but I'll chalk that up to a disgruntled Eagles fan staring up from the NFC East cellar today.

I also read the Philly papers online this morning and didn't see any mention of the Biden booing in any of the game stories from last night.