[clawrence3]

Did you see Roethlisberger on David Letterman last night? He even thought it was not a touchdown, but he made the same point you did and said he would have run it on 4th down too - seems to have ruled out a field goal - so if THAT hadn't worked either, then it's 14-0, right? That's what I was talking about. Roethlisberger also let Dave shave off his "lucky" beard - see thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1573391/posts

I guess that's about it for this season and this thread (although I'm thankful there was no American Hiroshima on Sunday too ; )

[FredZarguna]

Ben could hardly have been watching the stripe and working the play at the same time, so his feelings about it are as irrelevant as yours. The ref was on the field, in a position to see the marker and the ball and there was not conclusive evidence to overturn.

Your assumption that it wouldn't have worked on 4th down is dubious, but even if granted you must be a product of the US public school system if you think not getting 7 points can transform 3-0 into 14-0. Seattle had NO other scoring opportunity in the first half. The hold called on the third and long was a tackle. The refs didn't "take that one away."