Posted on 02/06/2006 6:34:20 AM PST by bikepacker67
And I was definitely rooting for the Steelers. You know what, I am sick of overwieght sweating executives in general.
"And to boot, this years commercials were, well, just commercials."
Yeah! What's up with that? They must have had a tough time selling all the add slots. Its seems like about 1/3 of them were just for their own shows.
Also, the halftime show sucked. Don't the Stones have enough money already? Why don't they just hang it up.
I woulde have thought maybe the halftime show would feature the Motown sound (at least Michael McDonald if the wanted to "whiten" it up for the masses).
" league has an officiating crisis. Bogus, inconsistent flag-throwing and rule-interpreting "
I had nothing to do with this!
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
I agree-the fix was in.
But then , the writer has a point, there are bad calls in every game. It don't make it fair- it makes it .....life.
I admit I was rooting for the Steelers, and I hate it when the refs influence the game with bogus calls. That said, I think every one of the "bogus" calls in this game ended up being legit when the instant replay was shown.
Lessee... there was a Seahawk reception that got knocked out of the receiver's hand two steps after he caught it and called an incomplete...
but the worst aggregiance was when they gave a TD to Pittsburgh when the QB had not broken the plane of the goal..this was soooooo bad because it deprived me of $150 in that quarter's SB pool numbers.
Just do away with this instant replay and let the refs do their job. It worked fine just the way it was. Saettle lost and all the crying in the world won't change it.
I rooted for the Seahawks. Even if the 1st touchdown had been overruled, the Steelers, IMHO, would have made it in, and further burned time off the clock. It appeared it was close, but not unreasonably close, but just over the edge of the white line to be ruled a TD.
This actually favored the Seahawks by affording them nearly 2 minutes to score before the end of the first half. IMHO, the Seahawks beat themselves.
It's really tough to be a fan of a game where even the color commentators argue about "he was touched before he went down," "his left elbow hit before his right," and other meaningless nonsense. The referees are merely a symptom. The disease is the rulebook.
The Seakhawks sucked. The Steelers deserved to win.
Seattle's first TD called back by an offensive pass interference call....terrible, terrible call.
Hasslebeck getting a 15 yd penalty for a "block below the waist" when he made a tackle? This call was ridiculous
Both teams looked bad...Pittsburgh won on three plays...made for an exciting finish, though.
"Roethlisberger got the touchdown, though"
I think so too. It was close, but it looked Ok on replay.
I thought that the game was reffed mediocre, not the travesty this guy thinks. It WAS pass interference on Jackson, it WAS holding on the Seahawks, and the nose of the ball did cross the goalline. However, I think they called Hasselbeck for a penalty on his interception he did not deserve. Not the best game I have seen played.
Kinda like the Michael Jordan rules in the NBA. He can shuffle his feet, palm the ball, take 6 steps going for a dunk, and get a fouled called when an opponent breathes on him.
Oh well, the hawks still blew enough opportunities on their own to only blame themselves.
Jason Whitlock never met a cheeseburger he didn't like.
"J-Dub"'s next prediction: Kansas State will get a NCAA tournament invite. lol.
Plus they deserved to lose just for having those butt ugly uniforms.
I didn't watch the whole game. Anybody know how they justified calling this? An illegal block when you're tackling the guy?
Pittsburgh deserved the W, but the refs really were quite poor. Flagging Hasselbeck when he tackled Taylor has to be the worst call I've seen in a long time. I don't know if it's the refs, or a whole bunch of new and subjective rules, but something just ain't right...
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