Curious about something. After Ben was intercepted and as he was running to try to tackle (whoever it was that caught his pass) a SEAHAWK player reached out and pushed him from behind. Wasn't that a personal foul? It was not called. I may be wrong, but that was not called. I think it happened in the 3rd quarter.
Yeah, Ben got pushed dead in the back, right between the numbers and was knocked down. A play like that could have hurt him.
No flag. Maybe the officials were all for the Seahawks, huh?
Above the waist, not a personal foul. However, illegal block in the back (10 yd. penalty) should have been called.
Yes, it's called an illegal block to the back, it was blatant and it was ignored. The refs also called an obvious Jeramy Stevens fumble an incomplete pass-a horrible and unreviewable call. There was rampant holding going on by the Seahawks that wasn't called. Yes, the officiating was horrible, but it didn't give the Steelers the game.
Did the refs allow Parker to break a 75 yard run from scrimmage? Did the refs force Stevens to drop 3 passes? Did the refs cause Seattle's kicker to miss two field goals? Did the refs totally snow the Seahawks defense with a beautiful fleaflicker?
I'm so glad my kids aren't old enough to be reading any of this crap. We try to teach them about good sportsmanship and losing gracefully, but this post season has been all about whining babies blaming their losses on everyone else but their own teams.