Because the receiver cheated -- while it doesn't get called often enough, it was the right call. He was open for the TD only because he pushed off from the defender.
Pit got a TD given to them,
Call on the field was a TD. The replay was inconclusive -- I would say it was not clear enough to overturn the call either way (i.e., had it been ruled short, the replay would not have been enough for a TD, either). Pittsburgh would likely have gotten the 0.1 inch needed on 4th down anyway.
Seattle passed to the 1 yrd line for 1st down and that was taken away from them.
Again, because they weree cheating. The O-line couldn't stop the pass rush except by holding Steelers players. Hassleback never would have gotten the pass off if his blockers weren't holding the guy about to kill him.
Whine all you like, the Seahawks lost because they were outplayed when it mattered, and made more mental mistakes at key times.
They didnt call the defensive holding so they shouldnt call the pushoff either. especially since the pushoff isnt what gave him the separation, listen to any of the people watching the game, they also said it was a horrible call. Didnt you hear Steve Young at halftime?
Call on the field was a TD. The replay was inconclusive -- I would say it was not clear enough to overturn the call either way (i.e., had it been ruled short, the replay would not have been enough for a TD, either). Pittsburgh would likely have gotten the 0.1 inch needed on 4th down anyway.
Why didnt they call it short on the field? The refs first reaction said short, then he said TD.... Why didnt he make Pit review it FOR the TD? Also I dont believe pit would have went for it on 4th down, they shut Bettis down 2 times before that and if they would have gotten stoned and came away with no points it would have been bad. Cower would have went for the points.
Again, because they weree cheating. The O-line couldn't stop the pass rush except by holding Steelers players. Hassleback never would have gotten the pass off if his blockers weren't holding the guy about to kill him. Whine all you like, the Seahawks lost because they were outplayed when it mattered, and made more mental mistakes at key times.
Again listen to all the commentators and they also say that was a BS call! Madden said it right away and this morning they are also saying it. so right there thats 14 points robbed from Seattle. I really dont care i was a Bears fan before this game and now wont watch it anymore.
The Steelers deserve everything they got. As a fan of football, I sick of the arbitrary calls that the refs make that help determine the outcome of games. Pitt clearly dominated the Colts, but a bogus call on the Troy P. interception could have given the Colts the victory. The Steelers were lucky that the bad call did not do them in that day.
The problem was that the call on the field was called a touchdown. You saw the same angle as the referee and the referee should not have called it a touchdown because the ball did not clearly cross the plane. As a matter of fact, the referee did not even signal a touchdown until after big Ben pulled the ball out from under his belly and placed it across the line.
Not a fan of either team, just ticked off that I wasted time with another poorly played (and officiated) game.