My team wasn't there today and I ordinarily would not pay money to see the Seahawks and THe Steelers attacked and devoured by wolves, so I am really objective. (NS)
I thought the officiating was very bad indeed. The Pass interference call on the Seahawk touchdown was really very weak. Roethlisberger's TD was not. And the penalty on Seahawk's QB Block was so far-fetched as to be ludicrous. There was also a costly holding penalty on the Seahawks that was not.
Ordinarily, bad calls even out. Today, they came down on the Seahawks like a hammer, breaking their momentum. It was a factor in their losing the game. The only question is, how big a factor?
+11-+14points for Seattle and -4 to -7 for Pit.
Not nearly so big a factor as Holmgren fiddling away the closing minutes of both halves.
oops im mean +10-14 for Seattle (if they could get a tf on 1st & goal form 1 yrd line) and -4 or -7 for Pit(Ben TD overturned they probably would have kicked the field goal)