Deny all you want chief, yes the Steelers won...but they won the worst officiated superbowl in the game's history. And were, heavily I met add, on the recieved end of beneficial calls.
Yep, the Steelers...lots to be proud of.
Seattle did not take advantage of any opportunities they were given during the entire first half. They should have been winning the game 14-0 when they went into the locker room.
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.