Game's third team upstaged Steelers, Hawks

ESPN ^ | 2/6/06 | Michael Smith

[highlander_UW]

You're almost right there.

But you didn't answer my question about elitism.

Tough baloney, Pittsburgh won a pretty ugly Super Bowl, but the great teams win games even when they are playing below par.

I think most would agree both teams played below their best football. I don't take issue to a team losing by being outplayed...too bad that wasn't the case in this game.

But the fact is, the game is history...weak play and horrific officiating notwithstanding. But don't expect the world to believe the Steelers won the game on their merits...it's simply not true. I wish you luck on defending the crown...going to be tough in the AFC. Seahawks apparently have another weak schedule from what I've read.

[beyond the sea]

talk it over with the poster

[highlander_UW]

post # 163 will answer your question

That's silly. So if you fall down you're not allowed to reach out and tackle a player running past? If you're blocked to the ground you're not allowed to grab the runner's foot? If you're chasing and make a diving tackle it's a penalty if you get them below the legs? It sounds very unlikely to me.

[beyond the sea]

You can't challenge a "no-fumble" call if the whistle has blown.

You are right, but somehow that ruling seems like it needs to be changed. I don't know how, but that was a fumble. The receiver even took a step and a half to progress after the "catch" before he was smacked.

[beyond the sea]

As soon as you go low on a blocker, even if you're really trying to go low on a ball carrier and the blocker is just in the way, even if the blocker avoids being hit, it's a foul.

That's amazing. I've been watching football for 50+ years and never knew that.

[beyond the sea]

But don't expect the world to believe the Steelers won the game on their merits...it's simply not true.

From Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid:

"You just keep thinkin', Butch, that's what you're good at."

;-)

[discostu]

I don't think it was that way until this year. They tweaked a few rules trying to cut down on injuries this year and I'm 90% sure that's one of the ones they tweaked. And it kind of bites because basically it just hoses offensive players after a turnover. Dive low and hope the guy falls down is how offensive players do most of their tackles, because they don't actually know how to tackle and that's the safest surest way for a non-tackler to get somebody down (also defenders don't actually know how to leap over guys down low and avoid a tackle so it's more effective against them). But Randal El got nailed in both the Colts regular season game and the Bengals second regular season game for basically the same thing. Stinky rule but at least they applied it evenly.

[beyond the sea]

try post # 217

[BubbaTheRocketScientist]

The Gaza Strip District.

LMAO!! Brings to mind images of crazy Stillers fans burning down the Giant Iggle and then storming Kennywood, cans of Arn City in hand.

[Lexinom]

Well, they scored 24 points. 10 counted.

[Joe 6-pack]

[Supernatural]

I am going to remember all the jackasses who pissed on the Steelers victory. When their favorite team wins or loses I will be right there on their thread either telling them how much their team deserved to lose when they won, or, better yet, there to rub salt in their wounds when their team loses.

Some of them are baseball and hockey fans. We have a lot of chances to piss on them.

But they can't cange the fact that the Steelers won, no matter how much they hate the Steelers. Five Super Bowl wins and only one loss. Who can match that? Not the Cowboys. How many did SF lose? The Pats have won four, not five.

So let them keep their snide talk going. Jealousy is the most sincere form of flattery.

[infidel29]

Seattle's mayor sure did pay up on his bet with Bob O'Connor fast. I don't know what Pittsburgh is going to do with all this Washington state wine.

...but where's the salmon?

[Lexinom]

Nah, I'm not that upset. The 'Hawks have a 3 or 4 year window to make this happen.

I'm happy for The Bus and Bill Cowher. Congratulations on a great season and the championship, even if was ugly.

[beyond the sea]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1572780/posts
Sore Loserman — Post # 12

[beyond the sea]

I am going to remember all the jackasses who pissed on the Steelers victory. When their favorite team wins or loses I will be right there on their thread either telling them how much their team deserved to lose when they won, or, better yet, there to rub salt in their wounds when their team loses.

Don't waste your time.

[Joe 6-pack]

ROTFLMAO!!!

[beyond the sea]

That's a keeper.

;-)

[Ditto]

You are right, but somehow that ruling seems like it needs to be changed. I don't know how, but that was a fumble.

Not unless we want the Supreme Court involved. Once the whistle blows, you can't undo the call because you have no idea what would have happened next.

Look. players drop passes, miss blocks, fumble the ball, forget the snap count etc. Sometimes the officials blow it too. It's part of the game. Demanding that somehow every wrong be made right in football is as silly as thinking that our litigious legal system can make every wrong right. It can never happen.

[Ditto]

How many did SF lose?

None. They are 5-0