[sinkspur]

The holding call was suspect, IMO, and the push off in the end zone happens all the time and is never called.

The refs were too much a part of the game. They blew the whistle to kill plays that might have benefitted Pittsburgh too quickly as well.

[Moby Grape]

You are right that the refs were too much a part of the game...in fact, they made it a boring game...

I know this is not scientific, but to a man today, everyone who discussed the game said:

1. The refs blew calls and Seattle was the victim.
2. The Steelers perhaps would have still won, but had the refs done a better job, it would have been a good game.

Tonight, ESPN's "THE PULSE", reports that 62% of their respondents say the refs effected to outcome of the game.

I didn't care, and still don't care who won the game, but the refs were terrible, and Seattle was their victim.