Game's third team upstaged Steelers, Hawks

ESPN ^ | 2/6/06 | Michael Smith

[beyond the sea]

everal weeks ago, the Bus scored a touchdown but the REFEREES called a penalty. The Steelers quit and cried foul and walked off the field. Wrong? OH, Ben then threw a TOUCHDOWN pass on the next play. Great teams overcome adversity. Losers bitch and moan. HAVE A LITTLE: ----

LOL!

[mainepatsfan]

If Heath Miller had that many drops against Indy two weeks ago the Steelers would have been watching the game last night on television.

[newgeezer]

When exactly did the Steelers get their first, first down?

As best I can recall, it was in the second quarter (on 3rd and 8, maybe?) and was immediately followed by their second first down.

[camle]

I am a fan of neither team, however I did think the steelers would win. that said I find it interesting that you think they played better. I thought that the seahawks played better, and that the steelers just "got lucky".

I disagreed with the refs on a few calls, but those went as much against as for pittsburgh. and the fact that I disagreed with them doesn't mean they were wrong, just that I disagreed - they know thier job pretty well or they wouldn't have been there.

[Hatteras]

Rule 7-4-1(e) states that the runner is considered down by contact when he is "contacted by a defensive player and he touches the ground with any part of his body other than his hands or feet..."

It says nothing about "as a result of contact".

[beyond the sea]

Yep. Miller is going to be a star in the league for a long time.

[mainepatsfan]

I thought he would be when I saw him in college. The Patriots are going to have one in Ben Watson as well.

[kevkrom]

Read the rest of the rule (the part left out by the elipses:

e) when a runner is contacted by a defensive player and he touches the ground with any part of his body except his hands or feet, ball shall be declared dead immediately. The contact by the defense player must be the cause of the runner going down.

[Supernatural]

Good find on the rule, but you won't convince any of the whiners that the officials did noting to benefit the Seahawks in any way, even though they did. Poor sports, I'm glad the Seahawks got their butts kicked. Eleven point margin, game wasn't even close.

[beyond the sea]

From U. of Georgia? He looks like the real deal.

[frogjerk]

They whistled it incomplete but that was an obviously ridiculous call and both Al Michaels and John Madden didn't say a word

Al Michaels said it should have been ruled a fumble right before the commercial break.

[mainepatsfan]

Yup. Unfotunately he missed his rookie year due to injury. He's big and fast.

[beyond the sea]

Yeh, he's big! How much does he weigh .......... 280?

[sinkspur]

Well, a great number of those losses can be attributed to Ben's injury.

Pittsburgh won two of the three games that Maddux QB'd the team.

Enjoy the win, but XL will always be the "Yeah, but" Super Bowl because of Bill Leavy and crew.

[beyond the sea]

I still think that if Tony Dungee's son doesn't commit suicide, the Colts are the Super Bowl champs today.

..... and I used to think you were somewhat intelligent. I must have been thinking of someone else.

[Supernatural]

Stupid is as stupid does. Or says.

[beyond the sea]

The Steelers are 7-5 in November, sneak in as the sixth seed

Sneak in?

"Stormed in" would be the appropriate term.

[kevkrom]

Most importantly, after starting 7-5, they are now 15-5 and Super Bowl champs. BTW, 'hawks fans, those 15 wins match what your team finished up with (15-4).

[beyond the sea]

It also proves that the #6 team in the AFC is still better than the #1 team in the NFC. ;) -----

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[Proud_USA_Republican]

yahh right.

If it had been the Steelers who recieved this onslaught of bad calls, there would of be drunken riots in the streets of Detriot and all of pittsburgh would look like the gaza strip this morning.