Posted on 02/06/2006 8:53:10 AM PST by highlander_UW
Both field goal attempts were from like over 50 yards. I remember clearly the first one was a 54 yard attempt. Every time the Seahawks got near the 35 yard line, the refs threw their terrible towels on the field, backed the seahawks back up past the 40 on bogus penalties.
The "seahawks missed their field goals and it cost them the game" argument is a joke.
I don't think the league put a fix in...it just seems like the refs were aware of the press and that most people were pulling for Bettis and the Steelers and didn't want to disappoint the majority.
Ping!
But what about all the profiles of the Steeler team members that were shown? What was that about, other than the fact that the winner was predetermined? No, this was some kind of affirmative action.
Watch the replay... he's not offside, he just had an excellent jump on Hasslebeck's cadence that gave him half a step. Hasslebeck should have adjusted by slipping in a hard count in there after the first time the DE got a good jump on the play.
I notice you never say that Pittsburgh played an extremely poor game last night. Rothlisberger was pathetic, with a 22.26 rating. Yeah, the Steelers won, and the Seahawks played even worse, but they had help.
I compare this game to Dallas mauling Buffalo 55-17 in 1993. If the Steelers had been playing that Dallas team, the Cowboys could have scored 80 points.
And, the refs were lousy and clearly biased. Anyone who missed that was not watching the game.
And Seattle was luck -- twice -- to not turn over the ball because the refs made bad calls. One on the "incomplete" pass that was really a catch and fumble (the fumble only went out of bounds because players pulled up after the whistle). Another on Hassleback's fumble that was incorrectly ruled "down by contact" -- that rule requires that the runner is either touched while down, or down as the result of contact with a defender. Hassleback was already going down on his own before the contact occurred, and no contact occurred when he was on the ground. The ball should have stayed with Pittsburgh.
The whiners only remember the calls that went against them. In addition to those above, there was also a missed -- and blatant -- block in the back on the INT return. That cost Pittsburgh far more field position than the lousy "low block" call cost Seattle after Hasslebeck's pick.
The Steelers and the Cowboys have already met in three Super Bowls. The Steelers won two of them and the Cowboys won one of them.
What I want to see is the low-angle shot of that same play, the one aligned with the plane of the end-zone. I know it exists, at least in video, but I have not been able to find it on the net anywhere. Unless I am totally blind, the ball broke the plane of the end-zone when it was approximately 2-3 feet off the ground, then Roethlisberger was hit and pushed back by the defender. The low-angle shot (I believe) will be the hard proof of the TD.
I figured that was just the media bias playing in.
It was destiny. Because, it's interesting to note how close the Steelers were to not even making the playoffs.
On November 13, the Kansas City Chiefs (5-3 then, 10-6 at season's end) put in what proved to be their worst performance of the season. At home (Arrowhead Stadium), the Chiefs lost 14-3 to the hapless Buffalo Bills (3-5, 5-11).
If that game had turned out as it "should" have, the Steelers (11-5) would have been at home watching the playoffs and Super Bowl XL.
It seems the Steelers were destined to win one for the thumb.
LOL.
Hmmm, how many points would darling Dallas have scored on Seattle then?
Dallas won their fifth Super Bowl ten years ago.
Over Pittsburgh.
What took you so long?
And "MVP" Alexander got less than 100 rushing yards and one fewer rushign TD than Rothlisberger. Who cares about the stats, it's about opportunities. What really matters is that Pittsburgh got three chances to score TDs, and made the most of all three. Seattle walked away with FG attempts after making stupid mistakes (penalties and/or bad clock management).
Mike Ditka said that the Steelers won those three playoff games away from home, were on a role, were a team of destiny and would win the Super Bowl.
Turned out he was right. The Steelers were an irrestable force.
The game was lousy...so the Steelers won a lousy game...it's not about whinning it's about objective observational fact.
We were hoping to get to beat the Cowboys again for old time's sake. Finally got sick of waiting. ;)
The Super Bowl has been going on for 40 years. Both the Steelers and the Cowboys have five Super Bowl wins.
The Steelers have lost one Super Bowl. How many Super Bowls have the Cowboys lost, besides losing to the Steelers twice?
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