Offical Who Called Back TD inSuper Bowl Pittsburg Native.

Post Gazette | 02/06/06 | moi

[B Knotts]

Agreed on one point: if it ever did cross the plane, it was a few frames before that pic.

[beyond the sea]

Your line is a little crooked. You can't officiate.

;-)

[beyond the sea]

TD ----- great picture. Thanks.

[beyond the sea]

crappy punting

[beyond the sea]

crappy clock management, foolish receivers who didn't know how to play the sidelines............... the cheerleaders were ok.

[beyond the sea]

but I have no doubt they'll make it back there

I think Seattle will be back. Hasselbeck is for real and so are others on the team.

But I just saw Holmgren tell a crowd in Seattle that he knew the Steelers would be tough, but he didn't know he'd have to beat the officials too. Real class (sarcasm off).......... and I used to like that guy. What an ass!

[Supernatural]

I saw him on TV making that same speech too. Made himself from a big man into a small man as far as I am concerned.

[beyond the sea]

I am not a Seahawks fan, in fact they seem to be an endangered species.

There were less Seattle fans in Detroit than there are Spotted Owls.

[Petronski]

Seattle has a great defense, and Hasselbeck is going to get better, but Holmgren has veered off into algore territory with that BS.

[beyond the sea]

TD...........for sure............... and it was only third down.

[BubbaTheRocketScientist]

I just saw Holmgren tell a crowd in Seattle that he knew the Steelers would be tough, but he didn't know he'd have to beat the officials too.

Oh, poor baby! Now maybe he knows how it has felt to be a Pittsburgh Steeler for, oh, about the last 20 years.

[DoNotDivide]

The fact of the matter is:

1) Seattle choked in critical situations with dropped balls and poor clock management

2) Alexander was under-utilized

3) 95% of the bad calls went against the Seahawks, and all of them at most-inopportune moments.

[beyond the sea]

thanks

I saw it when it happened. Ben (the ball) was above the goal line then was pushed back and down. TD.

And that was only third down. Holmgren is the biggest disappointment. Did you hear what he said today?

[beyond the sea]

And if you think that there was enough visual evidence in the Roethlisberger TD replay to overturn, then you saw wrong. You'll get over it.

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[Eva]

Maybe this had something to do with the refs' bad calls.

[Diddle E. Squat]

But is that the frame with the most forward progress? Because what you've circled is his arm, the width of which hasn't completetly crossed the line, hence the ball still hadn't.

In the big picture this wasn't really one of the calls that mattered, it was so close that you have to give it to him just based on margin of error, which is bigger on spots for critical first downs. This play I can't fault the refs on their call. However there were way too many other calls that were indeed blown and affected the game much more. A shame that this ended up being perhaps the worst Super Bowl ever (and for more than just repeated poor officiating at critical junctures, both teams played subpar.)

Love how the Steeler apologists suddenly find principle and proclaim how "Only losers whine about the refs", after weeks of bitching (with good reason) about the Indy game. Also love their hollow tripe about how winners find a way to overcome bad calls, ignoring that you can only overcome so much, and puffing their chest out about how they overcame the bad call at Indy and rose up to make the critical plays to win. LOL, making critical plays like Jerome's fumble and helplessly turning to watch what Indy kicker Vanderjack's kick would do?

Praying for a miss ain't exactly rising to the occassion, especially after the Steeler offense had done nothing in the 4th while the defense had let Indy drive and drive and get back into the game.

Bottom line, the Steelers had probably the most impressive earning of a Superbowl berth by being a wildcard that on the road beat the #3, #1, and #2 teams in the AFC, and then beat the #1 NFC team. Unfreaking believable, and never before accomplished. But they also benefited tremendously from horrible officiating that may indeed (we'll never know) have determined the winner in their first bad game of the last 4. Not their fault, but it ain't just sour grapes Seattle fans that view it that way, but tons of people all across the country. Here in Dallas, most of the persons talking about it thought the refs were awful.

[Diddle E. Squat]

But I just saw Holmgren tell a crowd in Seattle that he knew the Steelers would be tough, but he didn't know he'd have to beat the officials too. Real class (sarcasm off).......... and I used to like that guy. What an ass!

Apparently the truth hurts.

And I bet good money that if I went back and searched your posts, there are several kissing Joey Porter's ass when he said the same thing after Indy. After 1 bad (indeed very bad) call and a win, versus several critical bad calls and a loss.

Not sure what's so hard for the Steeler apologists to just admit the ref's stunk and then enjoy your championship.

[busstopsindetroit]

Ya know, this stuff is just starting to make me laugh. Cowher said it perfectly when asked about the ref controversy on GMA this morning-21-10, that's all you need to know.

Deal with it.

[busstopsindetroit]

The very front tip of the ball only has to cross the FRONT of the line, not cross the entire line. And that's the ball in the circle, not his arm.

[Diddle E. Squat]

I understand the rule, but I think that you are mistaking his forearm for the ball. Compare the position and direction of his white armband in the 2 pictures. If the ball were a brick, I'd agree with you, but the curve of the ball appears to be enough to just avoid crossing the line.

But again, it is so stinking close that the margin of error should result in the touchdown, we're talking less than an inch. Just like with the margin of error of the spotting of the ball before measuring for the first down. At some point it becomes so close as to be impossible to tell the difference.