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To: jennyjenny

"The Pittsburgh fans whined about it for at least a week and at least one Pittsburgh player said the refs were trying to give the game to the Colts"

There's a bit of a difference between a ref making a bad call on the field and one looking at a replay tape and chooisng to OVERTURN an obvious interception. That said, I don't think it was an attempt to give the game to the Colts, but it certainly was a giant (NFL admitted) mistake that could have cost the Steelers the game.

The calls in question here are (with the possible exception of the Hasselbeck penalty, which certainly didn't hand the game to the Steelers anyway)legitimate calls-some of them are judgement calls to be sure, but they weren't blatantly wrong and they didn't give the Steelers the game-Seattle's poor play did. There were also bad calls that went against the Steelers as well, but they seem to go unmentioned in most of the media frenzy.


113 posted on 02/06/2006 2:12:30 PM PST by busstopsindetroit
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To: busstopsindetroit
I've acknowledged, as have many others that it was a horrible call. I said it right when it happened and I'm a Colts' fan. There were also calls that were questionable that were against the Colts as well.

I disagree with you that some of the calls yesterday weren't blatantly horrible, but I will say this, it did go both ways, just not equally both ways. Also, this has nothing to do with Pittsburgh's talent. They're a great team. I'm just pissed at the horrible officiating in general. It should be better than what we've been seeing. And your right, the Steelers and their fans should be able to enjoy their win without the officiating clouding things. Unfortunately, the officiating ruined that.

116 posted on 02/06/2006 2:33:05 PM PST by jennyjenny
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