Posted on 02/06/2006 8:53:10 AM PST by highlander_UW
LOL!
Amen to that. I've got the Center Ice package and I can't believe some of what I'm seeing every night. There isn't a referee in the NHL that has any idea what hooking is - and that's just one example.
The push-off may not have "moved" the DB, but it did help the receiver move backwards to reach the ball and kept the DB from following - the receiver may not have reached the ball if he hadn't pushed off. Don't forget the "incomplete pass" call after the Seattle receiver caught the ball, put both feet on the ground, and turned before being hit and coughing it up - A Steeler was pursuing the ball, with no opposition in the area, when the ref. blew it dead as incomplete. There were some bad calls, but the bad calls didn't change the game results. Seattle didn't bring their "A" game and a struggling Steeler team managed to pull one out.
Your mathematics is astounding...do you work for the DNC balancing the books?
Worse and more obviously bad calls were made in the PIT-IND playoff game. Famously the one on Troy Polo-the hair guy, which was still wrongly called after review.
3 of those represented 11 points and the difference between having the ball on the 1 yd line vs the other team outside the 40.
I think Rothelsberger got the debatable touchdown as well, but I think he clinched it with those pleading puppy eyes he flashed at the ref as he was stretching the ball back over the line.
It was nice watching the Steelers win last night. The big trophy is in Pittsburgh where it belongs. The Steelers now have five Super Bowl wins and only one loss, as good as any team in NFL history and better than most. It gives me a great feeling and warms my heart. Steeler fans are celebrating and joyful everywhere.
All the moaning and whining in the world can't take the joy of winning away from Steeler fans. We won, they lost. End of story.
i was thinking of the typical democrat - they'll participate in the open arena as long as they win. when they lose they always go whining to someone else and blaming everyone and everything BUT their candidate.
the officiating wasn't perfect, but then again it never is. the idea of having the sportscasters decide issues is ludicrous.
I wasn't sure that that steeler's touchdown was the right call or not, but I didn't see enough evidence that the ref was wrong to overturn his call. it's very possible that he was correct. you don't overturn a calll simply because there might be another side to it, you need a clear and compellign reason, absolute proof that the call was in error. it looked like the ball might have broken the plane - as the ref said it did.
there's no such thing as perfect officiating. I do find it amusing how many fans of the losing side carp about it tho. bet they wouldn't say peep had their side won.
That was a terrible call. As well as the Seahawks receiver taking three steps and then getting popped resulting in an "Incomplete"...it an absolute fumble if I ever saw one.
Sure you can, but didn't Hasselback also clip a player without the ball? He's an inexperienced tackler. What does the rule say?
No such thing as perfect officiating, but a team should have a reasonable expectation that the officiating of any game will be as impartial and correct as possible.
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the officiating election wasn't perfect, but then again it never is. the idea of having the sportscasters the New York Times decide issues is ludicrous.
I heard WA Gov Gregoire is asking for two recounts.
No, how can he clip another player if he is infront of him? It was an awful call even after the replay. The only man Hasselback touched was the man with the ball.
First of all, the hold that negated Steven's catch WAS a hold. No doubt about it. I called out "it's coming back" as I watched the game, and I was pulling for Seattle. The DE blew by his man, and the guy held like crazy. If he hadn't have held, it would have been a sack for sure. That call is a no-brainer.
Remember, all the ball has to do is have one molecule of it cross the plain. That's all. And that IS what happened, so Big Ben's TD was legit.
If a receiver pushes off of a defender to catch the ball, it is interference. Those of you saying that he didn't move the defender are talking like liberal judges "interpreting" the constitution. "The right to bear arms doesn't mean you can bear arms". "Pushing off of a defender is illegal means that pushing off of a defender is legal if he doesn't move". That's the rule, live with it. I'm a Raider fan, and I can make peace with the tuck rule, which is a much worse rule than this. Don't be a Ginsberg on this.
Face it, Seattle beat themselves. The two series at the end of the halves were horrible. Especially the first half, when they ran not ONE but TWO routes out of bounds that would have probably clinched a TD. Clock management was horrible, and they missed two FG's.
Having said that, the call on Hass' tackle was bad, but what was the score by then? And even that caught them for 15 yards, the Steelers still had to go the rest of the way down the field for the score.
A couple years ago, I had to watch Tom Brady fumble, then win the game anyway. I made peace by realizing two things. First, that the refs didn't do as bad a job as I originally thought, and I simply WANTED to blame them. As many of you are now. And secondly, the Raiders didn't deserve to win. I mean, they let Tom Brady throw for 300 yards in a frickin blizzard. The refs didn't take the game from Seattle, the Seahawks threw it away themselves.
I thought that was how a winner was determined, but based on the wailing and gnashing of teeth I've been hearing this morning, there is apparently some other arcane, esoteric calculation that apparently has not been factored into this year's super bowl. Actually, based on this newly discovered NFL fairness formula, neither the Steelers or Seahawks were the clear winners yesterday, and the rings will be awarded to the Saints as soon as they all get back from their Vegas vacations.
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