Oooooh, there's another one!
Posted on 02/07/2006 6:58:40 PM PST by bikepacker67
As fans continued to weigh in on calls by officials during the Super Bowl, a group has set up an online petition claiming the "NFL is fixed."
The petition, at http://new.petitiononline.com/nfl12006/petition.html, says "We, the fans of the NFL, will no longer stand by and allow our pure game to be corrupted by blatant bias."
The petitions ask fans for suggestions on how the problem can be fixed.
Seahawks fans are voicing outrage over what they say were game-robbing calls by officials in the Super Bowl.
In one, Darrell Jackson was called for pushing Chris Hope away as he broke to catch Matt Hasselbeck's pass in the back of the end zone. Replays showed Jackson extended his arm, but Jackson argued vainly there was no push involved. Seattle settled for a 47-yard field goal and a 3-0 lead -- instead of a 7-0 one.
Later, referees ruled that Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger got the ball to touch the goal-line plane on his 1-yard score with 1:55 left, which put the Seahawks behind for good, 7-3.
Referee Bill Leavy upheld the call after a replay review. Holmgren then upbraided Leavy on his way off the field at halftime.
Holmgren walked over to Leavy, a fifth-year referee calling his first Super Bowl, and could be seen angrily telling him, "It wasn't even close."
The second half brought more Seahawks frustration.
Officials flagged first-year starting right tackle Sean Locklear for holding when Stevens did finally catch a pass, a 17-yard grab at the Steelers 2 with 12:11 left and Seattle trailing 14-10. On the next play, Casey Hampton bowled through Pro Bowl blockers Robbie Tobeck and Steve Hutchinson for a sack.
One play after that, Hasselbeck threw his game-breaking interception to doom Seattle's last chance of the game and of a suddenly lost season.
At a welcome home celebration at Qwest Field on Monday, Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren took a shot at the Super Bowl officials, saying he knew the game was going to be tough, but he didn't know the Hawks were going to have to play the guys in the striped shirts as well.
Well, evidently you can't. There were .4 seconds left, not .2. Maybe in a few years, it'll be "3 passes and a shot from half-court with no time left on the clock!" At least get your conspiracy straight. So you think someone from the NBA called the clock operator and told him to give the Lakers extra time? Geeez.
Don't forget the official NFL snipers who kept taking leg shots on the Seattle linemen.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1573283/posts?page=279
Too much truth, the crybabies will choke on it.
Isn't it funny, that after 2 weeks of Steeler pre-Coronation in their "2nd hometown" that all the calls went their way?
LOL Do you think they care what some Seahawk fans think?
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5313884
Roethlisberger admits: 'I don't think I got in'
"I told Coach, 'I don't think I got in,'" Roethlisberger told Letterman. "But we were getting ready to go for it on fourth down anyway, and I would have run it again. So we would have found a way to get in."
OK does that settle it. The guy carrying the damn ball said he didn't get in....
You are too funny!
I've watched the Packers get calls for years. I'm used to seeing calls that I can't believe. :)
And I think Seattle got a very raw deal in the Super Bowl. But there are too many things that can happen in a football game, with large men smashing into each other, for me to think the outcome is predetermined. JMO.
If it was JUST Seahog fans you'd have a point.
But it's everyone who isn't a Steeler fan.
It's Jim Rome, it's ESPN, it's talk shows across the nation...
Face it!
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That's not what he said.
He said that at the time, he didn't think he had gotten in. That's not the same as saying he didn't get in. He's talking about what he thought at the time had happened, not what actually happened.
It all goes back to the Tuck Rule. If that isn't called, the Raiders defeat NE, then Brady becomes just another face in the crowd, and the Raiders win the next 2 SBs.
See, the Refs didn't want the Raiders to win because the NFL is still PO'd at Al Davis. No point in playing the game, the fix is always in.
(/SoreLosermanSeattleMoonbat)
Every close call did NOT go against Seattle. I'll be happy to name several if you need me to.
As for refs making sure Pittsburgh won and covered, it's ludicrous. For all they knew, Pitt could have come out and played a horrible game, Seattle could have played a great game and it could have been a Seahawk blowout that no amount of "bad" reffing could fix. I think you've been reading too many Dan Moldea books.
Jim Rome : sports :: James Carville : politics
Loud and ignorant and full of beans
This is more fun than the DummieFunnies.
I'm patenting:
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I have a feeling it's gonna be on some T-shirts.
You know if you keep posting proof positive, you are going to really upset some people.
It is like the idiot who said that Hasslback got a 1st down when he slid feet first (thus the ball was down at its position when the slide started). Damnfool didn't even know the QB slide rule.
And I keep asking about the clip NOT called when they clearly smacked Big Ben in the back on the early int/runback.
I get crickets.
Oooooh, there's another one!
I know.
It's funny.
But eventually someone will take me up on it.
And then it'll be back to crickets.
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