[Seattle Conservative]

Wanted to get a live thread started. Hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes by doing so.

[MedicalMess]

I'm for Pittsburgh. Seattle harbors pansies.

I was correct back in the beginning at POST #38. West-coast hippies couldn't beat East-coast psychopaths.

My wife's parents and mine lived in Pittsburgh for 10 years. Yeah buddy... way to go Steelers. As in steel mills, as in Westinghouse.

[Barney59]

Just wondering what happened at the end of the game when Bill Cowher was just standing there looking around for Holmgrin to show up and shake hands? Looked like Seattle left the field?

VO guys just kept talking and cut away to a commercial...

I can't believe Holmgrin would bolt without the handshake!

[LadyForLiberty]

I have never seen such a display of bad sportmanship in my life. I can't believe we all watched the same game. As a sports fan I know and understand that the refs are human and as such make bad calls all the time. Maybe, just maybe, the Seahawks are as bad as they looked tonight.

[Buffettfan]

All I have to say is that I predicted right here on FR that the Steelers would pull it out over the starbucks liberals from the northwest. Man, when I looked around the stands, all that I saw were Steeler jerseys.

[csvset]

Man, I was robbed ! With 10 seconds left in the 1st half, the power went out in our neighborhood. The wife heard two loud pops. I'm guessing a transformer blew. The power was restored at 10:30 pm, just in time to see the post game show end.

Where was FEMA? /s

Congrats to the Steelers.

[NavyCanDo]

One of those games where the Stats tell a whole different story. If I was to wake up Monday morning and read the stats and not the score - SEATTLE WON, and if it wasn't for those bad calls, they would of. I vote for the Men in Stripe at the Steelers MVP.

TOTAL YARDS
SEAHAWKS 396
STEELERS 339

PASSING
SEAHAWKS 259
STEELERS 125

RUSHING
SEAHAWKS 137
STEELERS 181

FIRST DOWNS
SEAHAWKS 20
STEELERS 14

TIME OF POSSESSION
SEAHAWKS 33:02
STEELERS 26:58

TURNOVERS
SEAHAWKS 1
STEELERS 2

PASSING
HASSELBACK 26 OF 49 53%
ROETHLISBRGR 9 OF 21 42%

[MILESJESU]

Dear All,

I guess I must be one of those odd kind of guys who likes American Football. Simply because, I am an Indian Catholic Christian living in India who can follow every part of the game and I have yet to find any Indian who can understand this game in India or even when I was living in the United States.

The SuperBowl Game between the Seattle SeaHawks and the Pittsburgh Steelers was shown live on E.S.P.N. at 5.00 a.m. in the morning I.S.T. -- don't ask me what I was doing up at that unearthly hour but I was awake and thoroughly enjoyed the first quarter.

BTW, for the attention of all American Freepers India is 10.5 hours ahead of the United States East Coast Time in Winter and 9.5 hours ahead of the U.S. East Coast Time in Summer when Daylight Saving starts.

As, far as the West Coast is concerned and the Pacific North West India is 13.5 hours ahead in Winter and 12.5 hours ahead in Summer.

When I was living in the Southern United States in Atlanta, Georgia from 1998-2002 I often attended matches in Athens involving the "Georgia Bull Dogs" The University Football Team of the University of Georgia.

I must have attended 6 games in all in the fall of 2000 and hence my interest in the game inspite of the fact that I am living in India at present.

Regards and Wishes to all supporters of the Steelers and the SeaHawks.

Bearwash-- I hope you got my private message which I had sent on Saturday.

Allegra -- I am praying for your safety in Iraq.

In Jesus and Mary,

To know more about me visit my public profile.

[MikefromOhio]

RE: The OFFENSIVE Pass Interference Call in the 1st QTR:

Actions that constitute offensive pass interference include but are not limited to:

(a) Blocking downfield by an offensive player prior to the ball being touched.

(b) Initiating contact with a defender by shoving or pushing off thus creating a separation in an attempt to catch a pass.

(c) Driving through a defender who has established a position on the field.

Actions that do not constitute offensive pass interference include but are not limited to:

(a) Incidental contact by a receiver’s hands, arms, or body when both players are competing for the ball or neither player is looking for the ball.

(b) Inadvertent touching of feet when both players are playing the ball or neither player is playing the ball.

(c) Contact that would normally be considered pass interference, but the ball is clearly uncatchable by involved players.

Click Here for more....

The Bolded Text is the key passage of the rules. Sure had that not happened DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE BACKJUDGE it probably wouldn't have been called, but it did.

[NapkinUser]

[Christian4Bush]

Colin Cowpile (radio host on ESPN Radio) is whining and crying like a little beeyotch. He says that his program is not going to recognize the Steelers as the Super Bowl Champs, because of the officiating. Well, isn't that special?

It seems to me that both sides had a questionable touchdown, but the rules bore out the decisions. Both quarterbacks had huge interceptions (which I guess were the referees' fault, too).

If Colin Cowpile wants to be a reputable host, perhaps he should take a cue from another radio host, a true veteran -Jim Rome - and his one word (compound) answer to all the complaints, and coulda/woulda/shoulda's: SCOREBOARD.

(this, from a freeper who didn't particularly care for either team)

[AGreatPer]

Bookmarked for later read.