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To: RedBloodedAmerican
2 posted on
02/06/2006 6:52:36 AM PST by
Andy from Beaverton
(I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
"So, Paul Tagliabue, how does a team lose when it outgains an opponent by 57 yards, controls time of possession and wins the turnover battle?"
Errr.... the other one scores more points??
I agree the officiating sucked. There were a couple of real boners, but Pittsburgh still won decisively. The 2nd half wasn't even close.
3 posted on
02/06/2006 6:53:03 AM PST by
Paloma_55
(Which part of "Common Sense" do you not understand???)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
So, Paul Tagliabue, how does a team lose when it outgains an opponent by 57 yards, controls time of possession and wins the turnover battle? You don't get points for outgaining your opponent, time of possession, and turnovers. Seattle couldn't put the ball in the endzone or kick a long field goal or move the ball in the red zone. That's how you win the statistics and lose the game.
4 posted on
02/06/2006 6:55:12 AM PST by
mbynack
(Retired USAF SMSgt)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
To: RedBloodedAmerican
"Every single questionable, marginal or outright bad call went against the Seahawks...."
I subscribe to the philosophy that bad calls balance out. But lately, it hasn't been working that way. What is worse, in the playoffs, and worse, the superbowl, the bad calls need to balance out in the same game, otherwise, the finality of it seems tragic. Getting bad calls on opponents to balance it out in next year's preseason is not balance at all.
I've seen a lot of teams hurt, even game's fates seemingly turned on bad calls in this post season. I genuinely hope this doesn't happen again next year.
This phenomenon, along with the longer advertising timeouts that make it seem like you are watching more ads than football, could spell the end of the NFLs golden eral.
6 posted on
02/06/2006 6:55:53 AM PST by
z3n
To: RedBloodedAmerican
You don't win on stats, you win on points, but the officiating in the playoffs and in the SuperBowl should be the best.
7 posted on
02/06/2006 6:55:57 AM PST by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys-Reagan and Bush)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
I have only seen worse officiating in the ACC.
8 posted on
02/06/2006 6:56:00 AM PST by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
I didn't have a "horse" in this race, but I told my husband the officiating was reminding me of the scoring of a boxing match...more than a little suspect.
10 posted on
02/06/2006 6:56:52 AM PST by
dawn53
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Let us not forget that the Seattle receivers appeared to be wearing boxing gloves and blind folds for much of the game.
11 posted on
02/06/2006 6:57:35 AM PST by
Hardastarboard
(HEY - Billy Joe! You ARE an American Idiot!)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
It's a lot like basketball where the refs blow their whistles for every little touch of air that looks like some incidental contact may have occured. There should be rules that forbid the refs from making calls that are the result of incidental contact of a play and let them play!
13 posted on
02/06/2006 6:58:34 AM PST by
AZRepublican
("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
To: RedBloodedAmerican
No doubt...the worst officiated game I have ever watched. Not even instant replay was allowed to overturn bad calls....yeah, Rothlisberger really put that ball in the end zone all right, Not!
14 posted on
02/06/2006 6:59:20 AM PST by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
To: RedBloodedAmerican
You can't say even if the calls didn't go against Seattle, that Seattle would have won the game. Pittsburgh most likely would have done things differently, and perhaps still would have found a way to win the game. But we'll never know. But yes, the NFL botched this big time. Years from now, all that will be remembered about XL, is not Parker's TD run, but the bad officiating.
15 posted on
02/06/2006 6:59:42 AM PST by
dfwgator
To: RedBloodedAmerican
The MVP award should go to the Refs.
The Refs determined the end result.
In so many ways, the Refs were terrible.
18 posted on
02/06/2006 7:01:30 AM PST by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
So, Paul Tagliabue, how does a team lose when it outgains an opponent by 57 yards, controls time of possession and wins the turnover battle? 5-17 on third down.
Dropped passes.
2 missed FGs.
Horrendous clock management.
Whining about the officiating rather than playing the game.
22 posted on
02/06/2006 7:02:45 AM PST by
kevkrom
("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
"Every single questionable, marginal or outright bad call went against the Seahawks...." Bull. There was a Seattle turnover that didn't happen (catch and fumble) because the official wrongly blew it dead as an incomplete pass -- not subject to review. None of the Seahawks mourners want to address that bad call, they only care about the calls that hurt them -- evewn the good ones.
27 posted on
02/06/2006 7:04:44 AM PST by
kevkrom
("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
And the whining continues...
Game's over, people. Steelers won. Get over it.
28 posted on
02/06/2006 7:05:03 AM PST by
TheBigB
(The Steelers won. Deal with it. :o))
To: RedBloodedAmerican
While the officiating was terrible, Seattle worked just as hard as the refs to make sure they lost the game. Clock management, "stone fingers" Stevens, sideline routes that stayed in bounds ... you name it. Not a pretty win for the Steelers, but a win ninetheless.
30 posted on
02/06/2006 7:05:12 AM PST by
NonValueAdded
("If I were a Cuban, I'd certainly be on a raft," Isane Aparicio Busto)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
The Zebras affected this game to the max.
Negating one Hawk TD (which would have made it 10-0 and changed the complexion of the game), then killed another catch inside the 2 yard line that might have resulted in yet another TD with a bogus holding call.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Must be just another crybaby Seahawks fan. Sure are a lot of them these days.
</sarcasm>
34 posted on
02/06/2006 7:05:36 AM PST by
Arkinsaw
To: RedBloodedAmerican
The Refs made the two Field Goal Attempts (Potential 6 points) go wide.../sarc
Seattle should have been ahead about 14-0 in the first half because the Steelers didn't even show up until after half time.
36 posted on
02/06/2006 7:05:42 AM PST by
frogjerk
(LIBERALISM: The perpetual insulting of common sense.)
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