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To: busstopsindetroit
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.

104 posted on 02/06/2006 1:55:20 PM PST by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: highlander_UW

"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."

Uh, perhaps the Steelers are just a more disciplined team which committed fewer penalties? Since when is there supposed to be "equality in the calls?" Avoiding penalties is part of being a championship caliber football team. The Seahawks were holding all over the place, the refs called it when it affected the outcome of a play, as they SHOULD have.


105 posted on 02/06/2006 1:58:19 PM PST by busstopsindetroit
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