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.
Absolutely disagree, Football, like any other game is a game of momentum and points...the refs controlled both to the disadvantage of the Seahawks. The Steelers would have found themselves in a world of hurt had the refs not interferred, revised game plan or not.
It was so blatant that a convincing agruement can be made in this case that the refs caused the outcome of the game.
We should all - Steeler fans too - get on this bad officiating. It has to stop.
Never mind the calls that gave and took away touchdowns - when you ignore the venerable "the ground can't cause a fumble" and throw a flag anyway and then (I admit this is when I turned the game off) aren't with it enough to pick up your flag but have to be reversed - when I read it was reversed I assumed by the booth, you shouldn't be officiating HS football let alone the SB.