"Consider: The Seahawks lost 161 yards to penalties when you combine the penalty yards (70) and the plays the flags wiped out (91). By halftime alone, when it trailed 7-3, Seattle had had 73 hard-earned yards and a touchdown eliminated.
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Newsflash-yards gained by holding and pushing off of defenders are not "hard-earned" yards, they are yards gained by cheating. That's why there are penalties associated with yards gained that way.
You missed the point. Set aside the validity of the calls and one still is left with the fact that there was no equality in the calls. There was no equivalent 161 yards lost that the Steelers had to overcome. Ignore the facts if you wish. The game is over, the Steelers are in the record books as the winners. I hope that if the Seahawks ever win the Super bowl it will be on their own merits and not bad officiating.