Posted on 02/02/2009 7:57:22 AM PST by safetysign
That personal foul was so dirty I can't even begin to describe it. The Cardinals player was on his knees after being nailed by JH, then this **bleep** starts beating him on the head.
The dude tries to get up again.
JH beats him down again, like 3 more times.
Classy, Mr. Harrison.
Too bad Harrison didn't get his knee blown out on the next play. That would have been justice.
He should have been ejected from the game and fined.
The Steelers sure appeared to have gotten a lot of favorable calls.
Yep, a 1-yard penalty for assault.
‘He should have been ejected from the game and fined.’
Everybody at our SB party said the same thing.
The NFL refuses to force players to cut all ties with their former gang members and to break all gang associations and affiliations. That’s one of the root causes of these problems.
The NBA refuses likewise.
The subjective nature of the officiating has pretty much turned me off to the NFL. And your right, there was plenty of that last night.
After that 100 yard TD - I was ready to nominate him for MVP.
Then he went and did that!!!!
MVP - Most Valueless Punk.
It was pretty sickening. I also think Kurt Warner did not fumble. Far too many calls against the Cardinals and for the Steelers.
Hmmm. I thought Warner was throwing a pass as well.
That said, the Cards got at least two ‘favorable placements’ on third down plays IMO.
It’s clear that the Steelers organization took their case to NFL HQ and requested that holding be called as such. Teams have been hooking and holding Harrison’s rushes from the edge throughout the playoffs as it’s the only way to stop him. The holding has been so frequent that it’s become commonplace and the officials no doubt are hesitant to throw a flag with every instance. The image of Harrison giving a 300+ lb. Charger lineman a piggy-back ride into the SD backfield still lingers and yet there was no flag thrown on that play.
Didn’t see the Harrison ‘foul’ in question so can’t comment but he has not been a dirty player at all and in terms of trash-talking he is the antithesis of Ray Lewis.
Agreed. I have no dog in that fight. But I did think the Steelers had the refs on payroll.
The way NFL plays the game is analogous to the Liberal Democrats. Pick your guy (Geitner, Daschle) and then don’t think twice when they play dirty (tax cheats, illegal household help, etc.)
I watched a New York Giants game (in person) at the Meadowlands some years ago. At the end of a play that unfolded just below our seats, one of the Giants players (defensive tackle Keith Hamilton) picked himself up off the ground, exchanged words with one of the opposing players, and then reared back and kicked the guy square in the b@lls.
The guy fell to the ground, and I almost crumpled in my seat just watching it. I mean, it was about the most dirty play you'll ever see on a football field. Yellow flags rained down all over the place -- as every official on the field saw this with their own eyes. A 15-yard penalty was assessed against the Giants for unsportsmanlike conduct, and Hamilton was ejected.
That's when it got interesting.
A few days later there was a small item at the end of an article about the Giants in the sports section of one of the big New York City newspapers. Hamilton had been called into the NFL's offices for a formal disciplinary hearing -- which is apparently done as a matter of course whenever a player is ejected from a game. The result of the hearing was quite surprising . . . not only did the NFL refuse to take any further action against Hamilton (in the form of a suspension or major fine), but the league rescinded the fine against him (I think it was about $2,500 or so) that is automatically assessed against a player who is ejected.
I asked a very astute football fan about this the following week, and his take on it was that there was just one type of situation where the NFL would ever allow a player to do such a thing and get away with it. He said the league's disciplinary officials probably reviewed the video records of the game and had clear, undisputed evidence that the opposing player who got his b@lls kicked had deliberately attempted to injure Hamilton.
Just some food for thought.
The other guy probably dissed Hamilton’s momma.
Everybody at our SB party said the same thing.
So did ours . . . and this was in the Pittsburgh area with rabid Steeler's fans.
Harrison's jerk-like behavior here totally negated the cool 100 yd. TD which would otherwise had made him the front-runner for MVP.
I agree. Harrison should have been ejected immediately. That was horrible.
Harrison’s just a dirty player, like most of the Steelers.
Was Harrison the one who told Mike and John in an interview that if it weren’t for the NFL, he’d be flipping burgers?
Maybe flipping burgers in prison.
What a thug.
He completely ruined that otherwise nice highlight reel play.
Well, at least he didn’t make a snow angel in the end zone.
Those things are worth a $10,000 fine.
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