<p>"well the seahawks lost looks like
but they get to come back to Seattle
the steelers get to go to Pittsburgh "</p>
<p>Lived in both. Both good places to come home to. </p>
<p>Enjoy the rain, we’ll enjoy the trophy.</p>
<p>2331clk: Well we’re just that damn good then lol</p>
<p>“well the seahawks lost looks like
but they get to come back to Seattle
the steelers get to go to Pittsburgh”</p>
<p>I loved that line. Nice way to show some humor after a forgettable day. The officials helped the Steelers steal this one. In addition to all the bloopers in the first half, the holding call and low block penalty changed the entire course of the game. Pretty sure that this crew won’t see another SB.</p>
<p>I should have skipped this game. I knew it would be an absolute yawner with so-so commercials and a mediocre half-time show -or was that a disguised Geritol commercial. Could have fooled me! :(</p>
<p>There were a lot more calls that could have been called against the Seahawks so whatever. They played a dirty game.</p>
<p>actually it was sunny today and is supposed to be sunny and 52degF all week!
just in time for 2nd semester- now only if it would stay light till 6 :)</p>
<p>I am a baseball girl anyway- and womens basketball- and my daughters track team 
but I bet Holmgren gets his extension</p>
<p>BTW for you Steeler fans- congratulations
but
I am a little afraid to ask
What is the significance of the Terrible Towel?
It sounds a little like something from Thomas the Tank Engine but I didn’t think that could be right?</p>
<p>“There were a lot more calls that could have been called against the Seahawks so whatever. They played a dirty game.”</p>
<p>You must have watched a different game! :D</p>
<p>Wouldn’t it be nice if they could call a penalty, “Steelers lose one touchdown for suckiness, ball to Seahawks, 1st down”?</p>
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<p>yeah, but I think in this game Leavy and his people would have somehow made that call AGAINST Seattle. </p>
<p>yawn.</p>
<p>How about the “pushing off” penalty in the end zone that overruled the seahawks TD… how about ben’s bogus TD run… that you couldn’t even see the ball crossing the line in the replay - from any angle - which was somehow upheld. how about the “low block” penalty on hass. after his interception. how about the horse collar tackle that the steelers made which stopped a runner from breaking away which wasn’t called. how about when they were offsides and it wasn’t called and they ended up getting a big play because of it… this game should be handed to the ref’s.</p>
<p>I do have to admit though, the steelers did put together three nice plays for their scores (the long throw before ben’s bogus td, the run, and the trick play). and the seahawks used clock management worse than that of the eagles. and number 86 dropped one too many balls. But still, even with them screwing that all up… i still believe they would of won had the ref’s been equal to both teams.</p>
<p>Well the rushing TD was called a TD on the field so they need proof that he didn’t cross the line. It just seemed too close to call an overturn on it. I thought that it was a little covered at the end so you couldn’t really make a good call. </p>
<p>But I don’t see how anyone can dispute this was one of the worst officiating seasons ever. At least they didn’t uphold the Hasselbeck fumble. Got one good call in.</p>
<p>And let’s remember another thing. Three weeks ago, many calls were going against the Steeler’s, calls the NFL even said were wrong, but guess what? They went on the field, made the plays and won. Seahawks had that chance as well but just couldn’t do it: dropped passes, missed field goals, horrible pick near the endzone, holding penatly on a TD, clock mismanagement, etc</p>
<p>That is a very good recap, Fender! </p>
<p>You may add that BigBen scrimmage line “dancing act” was not reviewed. One has to wonder how he ends an inch from the line when throwing the ball but never crossed the line when he clearly run backwards at midfield, and then stepped backwards AGAIN. However, there ought to be another question on that play … we can giess how many offensive linemen have the same game intelligence than the QB. Watch a QB running all the way to the scrimmage line and you typically have at least one OL finding himself illegally downfield. I am pretty sure that a film or pictures showing this will appear on the net or in Seattle *BUX. </p>
<p>Of course, it would help if the Zebra Crew did not try to honor Detroit so much by impersonating Stevie Wonder.</p>
<p>Mekrob, you have a point that the officiating had been against the Steelers in previous games. However, there were simply TOO many dubious calls and too many non-calls yesterday. How do we explain that the Steelers were only penalized three times? A new found discipline? No penalties on punt return and kickoff returns by the Steelers? How unusual! How do we explain that there were no booth review in the last two minutes of the first half? Was the long pass and a kick to the pylon not worth a 45 seconds review? Were they afraid to extend the SB game beyond its normal “six” hours affair? </p>
<p>Mike Holmgren could have had a dozen red flags and still run out. The fact remains that the crew on and off the field showed their poor judgment over and over by seemingly focusing on one team only.</p>
<p>“Was the long pass and a kick to the pylon not worth a 45 seconds review?”</p>
<p>Are you talking about that Seahawk catch out of bounds? It wasn’t even close. At the end zone, he only had one foot in bounds, the other was way out. I believe an official was pretty close to the play as well.</p>
<p>And Ben never stepped over the line at least from the angle given. They even put a red line to show the line of scrimmage.</p>
<p>I definately think there needs to be big changes to the officiating. These guys only work as officials on the weekends with some practice during the week. They need to start paying these guys full time and practice several days a week. It wouldn’t cost too much. Maybe one TO? I also think that for a game as important as the Super Bowl the officials should be allowed to review penalties if they are that important. Bad calls shouldn’t be allowed to dictate a game and it’s legacy as much as this one. Many more cameras on the field as well.</p>
<p>The good thing about being a Steelers fan is that we weren’t the worst thing last night. Those commercials were awful with the exception of a few decent/good ones. Rolling Stones blew as well.</p>
<p>"Are you talking about that Seahawk catch out of bounds? It wasn’t even close. At the end zone, he only had one foot in bounds, the other was way out. I believe an official was pretty close to the play as well.</p>
<p>And Ben never stepped over the line at least from the angle given. They even put a red line to show the line of scrimmage."</p>
<p>Missed my point on both counts. </p>
<p>It would have been nice to review the first play. That is what the booth is for. Many of those calls change depending the angle and the exact time of possession. While I do not think it was a catch, it should have been reviewed to avoid any discussion. The fact that an official had his nose on the play means … absolutely nothing, especially this crew. </p>
<p>On the QB run, did you miss the possible OL situation. Also, pay closer attention to the directions of run before throwing. In your opinion, how far from the line was BigBen when he RELEASED the ball? Inches or more? Did he first run backwards when he approached the line? Did he not step backwards before throwing? Two backward movers to end a couple of inches from the red line? Rather starnge. Pay closer attention to the 40 yards line and it may be clearer. This said, it is entirely possible that all of it is an optical illusion, but at a game such as the SB we should NOT have that many questionable calls. Period.</p>
<p>Having no allegiance to either city or team, I sat down to watch as mildly-interested neutral observer. Once I got past their dreadful blue and green colors, I found myself rooting for the Seahawks more than the Steelers. But when it counted the Seahawks just couldn’t execute. Turns out they had specifically practiced defending against the reverse hand-off to Els and pass for the touchdown trick play, but when the play actually came up they still couldn’t stop it.</p>
<p>Is Big Ben’s throw even reviewable? But yeah, that definately should have been reviewed. It seemed like he kept going back then back up then back, etc. It just seemed like a few inches when he released it. Definately review that since it could have gone either way (bad throw, should have been picked off). I didn’t notice anything about the O line, not my focus of interest. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t say that the refs were rooting for the Steelers but the media definately has. This has put us in a harder situation to see what really happened as they just brush these plays aside and don’t want to replay them. Sucks for Seattle being so far away. Definately a little bias against them.</p>
<p>No one else has brought up the out of bounds catch. You’re the only one that wants a discussion and you even admit it wasn’t a catch. Should we review all plays or ones that actually have merit for being overturned?</p>
<p>Myron Cope actually came up with the idea of the terrible towel. It’s a basically just a yellow towel that says like Myron Cope’s Official Terrible Towel, and that’s what you wave at the games to show your support. They came up with it decades ago. Colts tried to mimick us by waving white towels at the game but too bad they didn’t realize that white means surrender/peace so hah!</p>
<p>There were so many late hits and illegal blocks in the back that could have been called. Especially when I think either Ward or Randel El caught the ball out of bounds and the player was still trying to tackel him. That should have been called. And it was clear that the tip of the ball broke the plane when he jumped over the pile of guys.</p>
<p>Offense interference: When you’re off balance, it only takes a light touch to take you out of the way so that the ball can be caught. That could have gone either way, but it wasn’t a mistake on the ref’s part.</p>
<p>Rothlisberger touchdown: a stop-action photo at the right moment (ESPN) showed the ball tip actually did make it beyond the front of the white goal line. but only barely. Again, not a mistake on the ref’s part, but it could have been called either way and been upheld because there was not enough conclusive evidence at the time to reverse the call on the field.</p>
<p>Was Rothlisberger over the line of scrimmage before he passed the ball? The replay with the red line definitely showed that he wasn’t.</p>
<p>Definite bad call: The low blocking penalty after the Pittsburgh interception. They should not have added the extra yardage on.</p>
<p>Unmade call: Rothlisberger - after throwing an interception - was clearly blocked in the back when he was going for the tackle.</p>