Touchdown, Steelers. Good picture. But it won't convince the Steeler haters.
THAT'S the one I've been looking for! Hopefully it's out there in a little less blurry form - but that shows precisely what I recall seeing. The ball broke the plane - then was pushed back. TD!
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Looks good to me. Thanks for posting it.
You've circled his arm, not the ball, which is up and to the right (the brown thing).
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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.