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.
Unfortunately, guys likeHarrison are role models to as many youngsters as guys like Curt Warner are.
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.
You know, I think I’ll drop the Commish a line.
Great point! I hope the rest of you don’t watch hockey. The theory is that since there are men on the ice with sticks and blades, its best to let them beat the crap out of each other. If they don’t get their licks in now, the isolated incident will turn into a bench-clearing brawl.
Did Madden say Harrison should have been ejected? I missed that.
If so, good. Madden was right. I’ve just decided to write Roger. I’m sick of this crappola creeping in to the NFL.
‘Harrison’s jerk-like behavior here totally negated the cool 100 yd. TD which would otherwise had made him the front-runner for MVP. ‘
Good point.
I thought the Steelers got rid of jerk Linebackers when they let Joey Porter go to Miami.
Guess I was wrong.
thug/thuggery
boy/country
leopard/spots
At least the Steelers were called for holding in the endzone and got the safety. I'm not sure which one of the three holds I saw was the one called, but the refs saw at one of them that time.
If you watch the whole play you’ll see that what started this event was the Cardinal player deliberately going for Harrison’s knees. Plus Harrison never hits him with a closed fist.
“The Steelers sure appeared to have gotten a lot of favorable calls.”
If you look at Harrison’s TD run again you will see that Hightower #34 was blatantly blocked in the back trying to make the tackle. The TD should have been wipe out. That was a game changing no call!
dirty like most of the Steelers.
Screw you!
And like most of their fans, apparently.
“I have no dog in that fight.”
Harrison would be a good cellmate for Michael Vick.
He should have been ejected.
bttt
One of which was the phantom touchdown at the end of the first half (can’t understand how the officials missed #92’s arm with the ball in it hitting the ground before any part of him crossed the goal line) - the NFL gave that SB to the Steelers (fitting name for the team handed the Lombardi trophy).
Would you care to back that up with any type of facts?
Not to mention that Warner was grabbed by the jersey and swung out of bounds on that phantom TD run. I guess the Ref’s were to excited to notice a block in the back, a hold, and the arm hitting the ground before the ball broke the plane of the goal. Wow, that’s a lot to miss on one play. So much for replay.
It was so blatant and ugly I have to wonder if the other guy had done something to provoke Harrison.
Typical Pittsburgh Steeler. At least nobody ended up in the hospital this week.
Uh, because it didn't happen? The ball (and arm) came down on the goal line. The only question was whether his knee/leg was down first. (It wasn't, as he was on top of Fitzgerald.)
I’m with you. Thuggery is the perfect word.
We were talking about this at our Super Bowl party where somebody said they would have introduced Harrison to a number of roundhouse kicks to the head, followed by a swift key to either of Harrison’s knees.
That is something I would enjoy seeing after watching Harrison purposely hold that player down and then shove him.
He’s a Steeler, what did you expect.
LET'S JUST CELEBRATE!!!
Replay can only be used in one of the cases you cite (arm/ground/plane). The rest are judgement calls that can only be called by the on-field officials and are not subject to review.
Harrison should have been ejected for what he did, but stillerz getting a lot of favorable calls? Not sure what game you were watching.
new spelling:call them the STEALERS.
Wow. That was so novel when the Seattle Seawhiners used it three years ago.
How about calling them what they really are? That is, Champs.
Harrison by his actions “lost” the Superbowl MVP award because of his excessive violence. That was the true cost to Harrison. He’s just another ghetto thug IMHO
they should have taken his td away
Cry me a river. Ever read Jim Brown’s book? Back in the day they played some of the dirtiest football, biting in the piles, stepping on players hands with cleats, hands coming up with a closed fist into the adams apple, going for the knees etc.
Harrison has been held all season. He is a humble guy and there is more to this story than we see. Tomlin wouldn’t put up with this type of play. It’s called smash mouth football for a reason.
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