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Holmgren Takes Shot at Super Bowl Officiating (Steelers/Superbowl)
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Posted on 02/06/2006 9:00:37 PM PST by beyond the sea
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To: tobiasjodter
When you see this play in the future, I think you'll change your tune.
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posted on
02/07/2006 5:43:28 PM PST
by
Reagan Man
(Secure our borders;punish employers who hire illegals;stop all welfare to illegals)
To: beyond the sea
I live near Seattle, but I'm not a sports fan.
Holmgren's comments are mild compared to what most Seahawks fans are saying around here!
I'm no expert on football, but imho that game was fixed just to keep Detroit from rioting.
SM
To: Senormechanico
To: Senormechanico
Are we still arguing over whether that was a TD or not? Do you people actually watch replays? The ball clearly broke the plane of the goal for a TD- it's pretty darn obvious. It doesn't matter where he lands after getting pushed back.
To: Senormechanico
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posted on
02/07/2006 8:39:48 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: EdoTerglav
And why should we care what Roethlisberger thought at the time? The play was so close, we are talking about an inch or two, there was no way he could have known whether or not he was in. I don't think anyone watching the play live could have been 100% certain including the ref. However the replay puts it to rest- unless you are so blinded by hatred for the Steelers you refuse to concede the obvious.
To: Petronski
All the whining and crying in the world by the Seahawks fans and the Steeler detractors won't change a thing. The Steelers won Super Bowl XL.
The Lombardi Trophy for Super Bowl XL now resides in Pittsburgh. There is no asterisk on the trophy, only in the minds of the detractors.
The crying, whining detractors say to put an asterisk after the XL. I say to put some ice on their wounds.
The Steelers have the "Terrible Towel" and use it to cheer their team on.
The Seahawks have some sort of towel that they use to cry into.
The Steelers had a Victory Parade today. What did the Seahawks fans and Steeler detractors do today? Cry and whine some more.
They have been crying and whining for the last 50 hours. Time to grow up, face reality and get over it.
407
posted on
02/07/2006 8:53:29 PM PST
by
Supernatural
(All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie! bob dylan)
To: Proud_USA_Republican
They're acting 100 times worse in winning.
408
posted on
02/08/2006 3:14:40 AM PST
by
The Foolkiller
(It is not enough today for the deviant to be normalized. The normal must be found to be deviant.)
To: highlander_UW
I don't know that the fix was in from the NFL, nor do I know that the refs were paid off...so your assumptions 2 and 3 are dubious...but as for your question...if there was a fix related to betting it does not follow that it'd be in favor of the underdog if the bettors were betting the Steelers to more than cover the line.
There's another scenario, though, that doesn't concern the mafia & Vegas:
Let's see...had the other team won...Seattle is-what? Ranked#21 or 22 in merchandise sales? And the sales would've slowed soon, other than for bandwagon fans. Pittsburgh's ranking in merchandise sales is...hmmm...# 3 or 4? Plus the "storybook" ending-Jerome comes home? The NFL will make a bazillion dollars on steeler merchandise this year(a LOT of it from people in Detroit-who wouldn't have bought it otherwise). Funny how things usually go the way the league wants to see it go.
409
posted on
02/08/2006 3:56:48 AM PST
by
The Foolkiller
(It is not enough today for the deviant to be normalized. The normal must be found to be deviant.)
To: Reagan Man
From FoxSports: "Roethlisberger told Letterman that he didn't think he scored on a controversial play in the second quarter that put the Steelers ahead for good 7-3. Roethlisberger dove toward the end zone but didn't appear to get the ball to touch the goal line. But officials on the field signaled touchdown. "I told Coach, 'I don't think I got in,'" Roethlisberger told Letterman."I saw Ben say that on the show, LIVE.
SOMETIMES the guy with the ball cannot see as well as the cameras. SOMETIMES. There are a few posts here that show very clearly the ball over (above the goal line before he got pushed down to the ground. VERY CLEARLY.
So if you don't want to believe me or others, if you continue to ignore physical fact, then you can just stick something somewhere, and continue to be the ignorant fool that you SEEM to want to be.
410
posted on
02/08/2006 4:09:46 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: B Knotts
The ball is up and to the right, and is not in the plane of the end zone. -----
****
It only has to be on the goal line.
411
posted on
02/08/2006 4:14:43 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: Reagan Man; Petronski
The football is in his left armYou're quite amazing! How can you type and see that post # 390 if you're blind?
412
posted on
02/08/2006 4:17:20 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: Senormechanico
If you want to see what fans are saying click on this: http://www.petitiononline.com/nfl12006/petition.htmlDid you go to DU after Bush beat Gore in 2000?
413
posted on
02/08/2006 4:19:01 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: EdoTerglav; Petronski
The ball clearly broke the plane of the goal for a TD- it's pretty darn obvious. It doesn't matter where he lands after getting pushed back. ----
****
Correctamundo........... I think some of these losers/whiners had Seattle and the points!
;-)
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posted on
02/08/2006 4:20:27 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: Senormechanico; Petronski
I'm no expert on football, but imho that game was fixed just to keep Detroit from rioting. You should have stopped at, "I'm no expert on football".
;-)
415
posted on
02/08/2006 4:23:27 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: sinkspur
Holmgren knows the sentiment in the country is with him. Maybe those guys were claiming to be referees, but they were lying.
416
posted on
02/08/2006 4:29:21 AM PST
by
TankerKC
(Pull your head out.)
To: beyond the sea; SkyDancer
A lot of dumb-*sses agreed with Dan Rather too.Zing!
417
posted on
02/08/2006 4:30:52 AM PST
by
TankerKC
(Pull your head out.)
To: tobiasjodter
"The officials missed a flagrant illegal block in the back against Ben Roethlisberger during Herndon interception return."This is where you lose all credibility with any self-perceived football knowledge. Now, go and enjoy your team's victory.
To: beyond the sea
heh...RE: Officiatin'...how about this one?
If the officiatin' wasn't so bad in the Skins/Hawks game, the Hawks woulda never made it to the superbowl.
(completely untrue by the way but it needed to be said)
419
posted on
02/08/2006 5:47:10 AM PST
by
evad
To: TankerKC
I love the smell of Zings in the morning.
;-)
420
posted on
02/08/2006 5:54:16 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
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