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Refs were far from Super in this one
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| 2.06.2006
| Kevin Hench / FOXSports.com
Posted on 02/06/2006 6:50:28 AM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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Interesting read.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
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posted on
02/06/2006 6:52:36 AM PST
by
Andy from Beaverton
(I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
"So, Paul Tagliabue, how does a team lose when it outgains an opponent by 57 yards, controls time of possession and wins the turnover battle?"
Errr.... the other one scores more points??
I agree the officiating sucked. There were a couple of real boners, but Pittsburgh still won decisively. The 2nd half wasn't even close.
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posted on
02/06/2006 6:53:03 AM PST
by
Paloma_55
(Which part of "Common Sense" do you not understand???)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
So, Paul Tagliabue, how does a team lose when it outgains an opponent by 57 yards, controls time of possession and wins the turnover battle? You don't get points for outgaining your opponent, time of possession, and turnovers. Seattle couldn't put the ball in the endzone or kick a long field goal or move the ball in the red zone. That's how you win the statistics and lose the game.
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posted on
02/06/2006 6:55:12 AM PST
by
mbynack
(Retired USAF SMSgt)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
To: RedBloodedAmerican
"Every single questionable, marginal or outright bad call went against the Seahawks...."
I subscribe to the philosophy that bad calls balance out. But lately, it hasn't been working that way. What is worse, in the playoffs, and worse, the superbowl, the bad calls need to balance out in the same game, otherwise, the finality of it seems tragic. Getting bad calls on opponents to balance it out in next year's preseason is not balance at all.
I've seen a lot of teams hurt, even game's fates seemingly turned on bad calls in this post season. I genuinely hope this doesn't happen again next year.
This phenomenon, along with the longer advertising timeouts that make it seem like you are watching more ads than football, could spell the end of the NFLs golden eral.
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posted on
02/06/2006 6:55:53 AM PST
by
z3n
To: RedBloodedAmerican
You don't win on stats, you win on points, but the officiating in the playoffs and in the SuperBowl should be the best.
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posted on
02/06/2006 6:55:57 AM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys-Reagan and Bush)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
I have only seen worse officiating in the ACC.
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posted on
02/06/2006 6:56:00 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: mbynack
Seattle couldn't put the ball in the endzone Sure they did and could and the refs kept taking it away from them. Offensive interference, and Holding.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
I didn't have a "horse" in this race, but I told my husband the officiating was reminding me of the scoring of a boxing match...more than a little suspect.
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posted on
02/06/2006 6:56:52 AM PST
by
dawn53
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Let us not forget that the Seattle receivers appeared to be wearing boxing gloves and blind folds for much of the game.
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posted on
02/06/2006 6:57:35 AM PST
by
Hardastarboard
(HEY - Billy Joe! You ARE an American Idiot!)
To: Paloma_55
Read through the article - I think bad calls made the difference here.
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posted on
02/06/2006 6:57:48 AM PST
by
linear
(Behind every good man is a woman lamenting that she married a lazy bum.)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
It's a lot like basketball where the refs blow their whistles for every little touch of air that looks like some incidental contact may have occured. There should be rules that forbid the refs from making calls that are the result of incidental contact of a play and let them play!
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posted on
02/06/2006 6:58:34 AM PST
by
AZRepublican
("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
To: RedBloodedAmerican
No doubt...the worst officiated game I have ever watched. Not even instant replay was allowed to overturn bad calls....yeah, Rothlisberger really put that ball in the end zone all right, Not!
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posted on
02/06/2006 6:59:20 AM PST
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
To: RedBloodedAmerican
You can't say even if the calls didn't go against Seattle, that Seattle would have won the game. Pittsburgh most likely would have done things differently, and perhaps still would have found a way to win the game. But we'll never know. But yes, the NFL botched this big time. Years from now, all that will be remembered about XL, is not Parker's TD run, but the bad officiating.
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posted on
02/06/2006 6:59:42 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: linear
"Read through the article - I think bad calls made the difference here."
A 14 point swing of difference ... but let's not be picky.
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:00:03 AM PST
by
Let's Roll
( "Congressmen who ... undermine the military ... should be arrested, exiled or hanged" - A. Lincoln)
To: in hoc signo vinces
Rothlisberger really put that ball in the end zone all right, Not! That's the one call I think they actually did get right. The ball ever so briefly crossed the plane. At least there wasn't enough evidence to overturn the call. However, the offensive interference and "phantom" holding calls were atrocious, and you can't review those calls. And the timing of those calls couldn't have been worse.
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:01:22 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: RedBloodedAmerican
The MVP award should go to the Refs.
The Refs determined the end result.
In so many ways, the Refs were terrible.
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:01:30 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Echo Talon
"Seattle couldn't put the ball in the endzone"
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"Sure they did and could and the refs kept taking it away from them. Offensive interference, and Holding."
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Yeah. Those were the game killers. The nitpicky or marginal calls were the so-called low block (tackle), and the borderline QBsneak Touchdown.
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:01:34 AM PST
by
z3n
To: Paloma_55
I agree the officiating sucked. There were a couple of real boners, but Pittsburgh still won decisively. The 2nd half wasn't even close. Exactly. Bottom line, the Steelers ended up with more points, and that's the only stat that matters - not yards, QB rating or anything else. I think the offensive pass interference call that cancelled out the Seattle TD was erroneous, but replays seemed to vindicate the refs on the other questionable ones. The game wasn't decided on a penalty or two - the Steelers outplayed the Hawks when it mattered.
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