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Refs were far from Super in this one
msn sports ^ | 2.06.2006 | Kevin Hench / FOXSports.com

Posted on 02/06/2006 6:50:28 AM PST by RedBloodedAmerican

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To: BadAndy
but the ball was clearly into the white line before he was down. Watch the stinkin replay people.

Pittsburg fans will see that he clearly broke the plane. Seattle fans will see that he was clearly short. The replay could be seen either way, which is why the call in the field stood.

The Steelers would still have punched it in for a TD on fourth-and-half-an-inch even if it was overturned.

101 posted on 02/06/2006 7:30:06 AM PST by kevkrom ("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
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To: JeffreyH
the Roethlisberger interception - where he himself went to tackle to seahawk who caught it, and was blatantly pushed in the back so he could not complete the tackle. Most people call it a 'clip', but it was never called.

I had forgotten about that. The missed (blatant) block in the back cost the Steelers far more yards than the bad "low block" call cost the 'hawks.

102 posted on 02/06/2006 7:31:14 AM PST by kevkrom ("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
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To: Wristpin

Well they say that no publicity is bad publicity, at least the officiating has people talking about the game, otherwise it was one of the more forgettable Super Bowls. (Atlanta-Denver, anyone?)


103 posted on 02/06/2006 7:31:14 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Junior_G

Nonsense. It clearly crossed the front infield edge, all it had to do.


104 posted on 02/06/2006 7:31:48 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: kevkrom

And does Seattle get that touchdown if the run was called back?


105 posted on 02/06/2006 7:32:02 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: BadAndy

The ref didn't signal touchdown until after he ran forward and saw where where Ben had scooted the ball forward after he was down. Shades of Vinny Testaverde!


106 posted on 02/06/2006 7:32:11 AM PST by Wristpin ("The Yankees announce plan to buy every player in Baseball....")
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To: JeffreyH
Ah yes - the Roethlisberger interception - where he himself went to tackle to seahawk who caught it, and was blatantly pushed in the back so he could not complete the tackle. Most people call it a 'clip', but it was never called.

You are right, it WAS a clip.

107 posted on 02/06/2006 7:32:22 AM PST by frogjerk (LIBERALISM: The perpetual insulting of common sense.)
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To: Wristpin
The ref didn't signal touchdown until after he ran forward and saw where where Ben had scooted the ball forward after he was down.

That's what people who object to the call are focusing on. The fact is, the refs got the call right in spite of themselves.

108 posted on 02/06/2006 7:33:05 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Rudder

" I still don't get the "Offensive Pass Interference" call against the Seahawks (when they did get the ball into the end zone.)"

I am amazed there is controversy about this. It was a CLASSIC pushoff. Receiver and defender moving in one direction, receiver reverses direction, pushes against the defender and goes back to receive the pass. The push wasn't very hard but it was obvious.


109 posted on 02/06/2006 7:33:08 AM PST by BadAndy (The DemocRATs are the enemy's most effective weapon.)
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To: kevkrom

IIRC - the interception and the missed clip led to a seahawk TD, correct? Hmmmm big play with a missed clip... ahhh the whine factor.


110 posted on 02/06/2006 7:33:18 AM PST by JeffreyH ("Est Sularus oth Mithas")
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To: BadAndy
The push wasn't very hard but it was obvious.

And the Ref was standing right there.

111 posted on 02/06/2006 7:33:53 AM PST by frogjerk (LIBERALISM: The perpetual insulting of common sense.)
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To: dfwgator
And does Seattle get that touchdown if the run was called back?

Who knows? Maybe it kills whatever momentum they had and Pittsburgh wins in a rout. Maybe Seattle gets a long scoring drive and turns the game's momentum in their favor, while wearing out the Pittsburgh "D".

The important thing is that it happened (or more to the point, didn't happen), and the result is the result.

112 posted on 02/06/2006 7:34:08 AM PST by kevkrom ("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
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To: BadAndy

The Steeler defender was also clutching Jackson as well. I've seen defensive pass interference called for less.


113 posted on 02/06/2006 7:34:26 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Al Gator


True. But when reminded of the facts, people will remember what a Turkey this game was.

Superbowl 38 seemed to start out like a Turkey, but in the second half became a great game...which people remember.

This game was just pathetic...sure Steelers win, good for them.


114 posted on 02/06/2006 7:34:49 AM PST by in hoc signo vinces ("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
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To: dfwgator
The Steeler defender was also clutching Jackson as well.

I thought the defender was clean on the play. Jackson initiated all of the contact.

115 posted on 02/06/2006 7:35:50 AM PST by kevkrom ("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
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To: BadAndy

HAHAHHAHA...that is an observation made watching the replay, maybe you should lay off the vision distorting illicit medications...eh?


116 posted on 02/06/2006 7:36:39 AM PST by in hoc signo vinces ("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
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To: kevkrom

Notice how none of the seahaw fans here are disputing the botched clip call on Roethlisberger... only focus on the questionable calls against their team.

Botched calls on both teams - not just the hawks. Get over it - Pittsburgh routed them in the second half - and an interception with a missed clip made it close...

Pittsburgh won - get on with your lives folks...


117 posted on 02/06/2006 7:36:43 AM PST by JeffreyH ("Est Sularus oth Mithas")
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To: RedBloodedAmerican

I'm just glad I'm not the guy that has to hit the button during the 7 sec. delay on Seattle sports call-in shows!


118 posted on 02/06/2006 7:37:11 AM PST by Roccus
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To: in hoc signo vinces

You will never eliminate the human factor from football. Even if the NFL took every possible step, guess what? Bad calls will still happen. True champions figure out how to overcome them. Seattle did not help themselves to overcome.


119 posted on 02/06/2006 7:37:23 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

There was no single frame in the replay that showed any part of the ball breaking the goal-line, so I think there was room for the ref to overturn the call had he been so inclined; but the video did leave open the possibility that somehow, maybe between frames, a couple millimeters of the ball COULD have broken the plane. Good stuff.


120 posted on 02/06/2006 7:38:31 AM PST by Junior_G
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