well, i'll give pittsburgh their well deserved recognition. while i'm anti-steeler, I'm also proudly objective.
That ball touched the line. By only an inch though. I rule a touchdown. Thank goodness they didn't let Bettis put that in. They stuffed him TWICE! If he'd put that thing in, they'd've probably given him MVP for sentimental reasons.
IF the ref on the field had not signaled TD, the Steelers would have challenged and the call would not have been overturned for them either.Agreed.
There were a couple of blown calls in the seahawks favor too, like that fumble which was ruled an incomplete pass.He had not made a "football move" quite yet. Yes, he got both feet down, but with the addition of that rule, it didn't qualify yet as a completed catch. The correct call was made.
The 'fumble' was def. not a botched call/whatever. As he was going down, he was touched by someone on the opposing team.He was referring to a player on the right side of the field, who caught the ball, had two feet down (turning at the same time to run upfield) only to get hit and lose the ball a few moments after the second foot contacted the ground. Incomplete pass, good call. The refs made the correct call on that Hasselback play too. Down by contact.
The push-off in the first half to waive a touch-downDoesn't matter. The minute any player stretches an arm out and makes pretty much ANY sort of contact with an opposing player, automatic interference. And while I don't think he used it to push the defender away, I do believe he used it as a method to change direction faster, which doesn't matter, cause as I said: arm outstretched against another player=interference.
The holding on the Stephens completion to the 1 was holding all the way.That holding play. I don't have a exact video of it stored in my brain nor can I find a video of it online, but I remember it fairly well. I think that could've gone either way. As soon as I saw the pass thrown, I saw a Steeler go down on the right side of the screen, and had a bad feeling about the play. I thought Seattle had played it clean, but a few seconds later, learned that wasn't the case.
All linemen hold the jerseys. That doesn't constitute holding. It's where and what they do afterwards that determines if there's holding or not. I don't think he pulled him off his feet. I remember him as pushing up, trying to keep the guy back. The fact that it WAS to the outside of the jersey is probably why they called holding, though I personally don't think it should've been called. (I could alter my thoughts on that if I saw a replay of it though. I'm just going by what I remember.)
Seattle made some bonehead time management mistakes.40 seconds on the end of that play...whittled all the way down to 13 when the STEELERS called time out. How much more time would've come off had they not called time? 1 time out left. One word: Idiocy.
from the ESPN site:
Worse, Hasselbeck was wrongly flagged for a below-the-waist block when he was trying to make the tackle.The refs COMPLETELY blew that. What the hell were they thinking on that one. Did they not realize he made the tackle?
also from ESPN:
The play he made that salvaged a first-half lead for the Steelers -- the scramble left and deep heave from barely behind the line of scrimmage -- should have been batted down or even intercepted by your safety Michael Boulware. Instead, Boulware made a poor play on the ball and Ward caught it.How many people would've believed that ball would've been caught, for as long as it was in the air, in the fairly short distance it was thrown (as opposed to a true hail mary?
) Boulware should hang his head in shame. That ball was easier to hit than a T-ball.
You mean by Madden. Hahahahahahaha, you trust him!Does anyone like the I-have-to-explain-everything-a-million-times-because-viewers-are-idiots announcer? I hate Madden. I wish he would retire. I can't stand listening to him say the same thing over and over again, or repeat what the other announcer just said with different verbiage. Madden's a moron.
except that I'd like to add Neil O'donellI think Cincy had them too for a brief period!
Seattle had plenty of shots to take control of the game, even when the refs didn't interfere with them. They can't solely blame the refs for their loss. They had (many) hands in it as well.
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