So, Seattle stops them and the refs call it a touchdown. That is disheartening. Please get some real officials......
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So, Seattle stops them and the refs call it a touchdown. That is disheartening. Please get some real officials......
Not much of a game yet either.Quote:
Not a touchdown...
I think it's quite a good game in reality ... but it truely does seem the refs are going to decide this game ... against Seattle. Another total turn-around now in P's favor based on a bad holding call.
Just to be clear, I am "for" Seattle ... but I've never seen such tickey-tacky calls against just one team ... and it's going to decide the game.
So, the media gets just what they wanted ........... Pitt'
I'll say one thing though... the commercials so far this year have been heads and tails better than last year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But, it'll be the first SB I've seen, and I've seen them all, that will be decided by the ref's ......... amazing.
Omg it made me so mad! Seahawks would be winning right now if it werent for the two bad calls:
The Steeler's touchdown (not a TD, but was made one by refs)
The Seahawks touchdown (was a legal TD)
It's the Superbowl of the refs this year and it's really jerking my chain .... honestly, there are no sour grapes here.
The MVP is Levy and his crew of zebras ... they won this for Pitt.
Lol I agree completely
Don't want this to start a war of words, and I am a Steeler's fan, however, FWIW, I thought the officiating was pretty much 'spot-on'.
The disputed TD was clearly a TD as shown with replay....and all in all an entertaining Superbowl....:D
We don't get the commercials here in Canada. The network that shows it up here uses their own every day ads.
Maybe if I was seeing the real super bowl commercials I would have enjoyed it more.
That's too bad, 'cause the ads made the dull start bareable.
The commercials were not all that good. The Rolling Stones seem to have started their "Steel Wheelchairs" tour in their usual discordant way. The 'Hawks lost. So much for #XL. Now I get to listen to my wife complain for a week (she's from Seattle) while I read that Denver is serious about Terrell Owens.
Tomorrow's another day!
If that disputed touchdown call would have been reversed and ended up as a field goal, and if the score had remained 3-3 at the half I would have won the second quarter in a $20.00/square football pool. Or $500.00 bucks. So you can see why I was upset with the call. I thought the officiating was not good-seemed to be a few bad calls-all against Seattle.
whew....that would tweak me as well....5c's...my condolences.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmtjet
I did think the refs were pretty strict in some of their interpretations.(sp)...
Thanks all ... I'm sad for both teams really. The Steelers have a storied history... and to be given one like this is not a victory for them. Steelers fans will differ with that of course. ;-)
I've just never seen a game called where the bias went in such a one sided manner... There are three teams on the field, Seattle didn't play their best ... the Steelers didn't either, but they got lucky on a hail mary or two ... and the Refs had a horrible game that cost Seattle a probable win.
Suppose the real test is this ... I didn't see either team "win" or "lose" ... I saw the refs have a major effect on the "swing" of the game. And for a fan, that is a horrible thing ... we saw a sad thing and we saw it in a Superbowl. Oh my, done deal for me... I want to see some real football, where the teams decide the game and not some two or three tickey tacky calls.
Sad for the fans...
Oh yeah, bummers that you don't get the ads Fink ... guess that makes sense for ours friends up north. Still, not fun...!
Couldn't agree more.Quote:
Seattle didn't play their best ... the Steelers didn't either
It was like watching the Lions vs. Texans.
More player mistakes and bad officiating then anything else.
I mean, how do you pick an mvp out of that mess?
I see they gave it to Hines Ward, that's safe.
I've always thought he is one of the NFL's premier receivers and about the only one who didn't screw up out there.
What's a SuperBowl??
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Actually I'd just got back from a "Souper Bowl" Sunday of preparing food and serving the less fortunate people at the Shepherds of Good Hope soup kitchen in Ottawa. Had a couple of beer, some supper and sat on the couch to watch the game, and did exactly what I usually do when I watch NFL or CFL, fell asleep on the couch and woke up after it was all over. :D
I hear they censored Start Me Up and Rough Justice, too risqué for the American audience :confused:
I stayed awake for most of it (Televised 'till 3:30 am) and i was disappointed as an impartial watcher.....the first call was no way a touchdown, but you couldn't see if the ball had reached the line so they gave that....and i missed the second half due to resting my eyes for a little longer than planned.:rolleyes:
Should of took Poppy's advice and had a nap early on.:D
Liam
That's what I was thinking :D.Quote:
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That's what I was thinking
Liam
Someone else is blind also. The ball never broke the barrier. But, who cares?Quote:
Poppy4: The disputed TD was clearly a TD as shown with replay....
I was switching off between the poor game and a pool tournament. :rolleyes:
The pool tournament had much more action. :cool:
Cmon Nick...at least give me credit for the Quote :D
....and my eye doc has been wanting me to come in for an exam.;)...but....it sure looked to me from one of the replays that it was a TD....can't disagree with the slowness of play...but it was better than a blowout game.....anyway have heart folks....less than two weeks for Spring Training.... yeah....BaseBall...:D
I did. I edited it just for you. ;) (see that wink? Only one eye open.:))Quote:
Cmon Nick...at least give me credit for the Quote
I guess my eye doc is right...:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick Grana
...as Molly would say to Fibber..."You're a good man, Magee"....:D:
Now keep in mind this phrase "indisputable visual evidence" to change the call. In this case...the call on the field was TD. So....there has to be that indisputable visual evidence that it wasn't before the ref could overturn the play. He isn't allowed to look at the reply and "think" it should be something like what happened against the Steelers in the Indy game. He MUST see the evidence or the play stands. That's why this call is different from the Indy game call which the NFL apologized for, BTW.Quote:
Referee review: All replay reviews will be conducted by the referee on a field-level monitor after consultation with the other covering officials on the play. A decision will be reversed only when the referee has indisputable visual evidence that the call should be changed. The referee cannot initiate a replay in any instance.
This is the best pic I can find:
http://www.omnimaxx.com/hotlink/2.jpg
Here is Ben completely airborne and moving forward. How do we know he is moving forward? Well...here is a shot just a split second earlier:
http://www.omnimaxx.com/hotlink/1.jpg
Now...going back to the first pic....how can we determine where he is in relationship to the goal line? Look at Jerome Bettis's hands and shoulders....they are just inches away from the plane of the goal line. Now look at Ben's elbow....it is PAST bettis's shoulder and not even in contact with it. They ball is beneath his elbow...but not completely. It protrude at the top as Ben prepares to stretch it forward. In any case....it is PAST bettis's shoulder which we have already determined is only inches off the line...and Ben is still going forward. Is this ball across the plane at the time of this photo? maybe....but I stress again...he is still moving forward. If it hasn't broken the plane yet....it soon will...it must or we rewrite the physics books.
A split second later the Seahawk on the ground impacts Ben and pushes him back. BUT...the rule book says all he has to do is break the plane...not land inside the endzone.
So...in closing....not only do I not believe the replay is sufficient to overturn the play (no indisputable visual evidence to overturn a called play)...I feel it confirms the TD. The refs followed the rules this time....and THAT is why the Indy call does not compare to this one. Had this been called a no-TD on the field and the Steelers challenged...I also believe the replay does not provide that clear level of evidence to overturn. It would have had to stay....that's the rules.
Well.....that's how I see it anyway. A close call to be sure...but "rigged" or "Fixed" or "bad"? Just because the refs did their job? I don't think so.... :)
Hope this helps..... :)
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I particularly liked the Fed EX commercial.
Was there some football game included in the 10 minute Stones concert?
:rolleyes:
Poor Mick's voice is shot (my opinion), butt I'd have to compliment Mick on his moves though at 61 years young.
And I can't help but wonder what Keith Richards uses these days to motivate himself.
Possibly more 100% blood transfusions, now that I hear he's recovered.
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