[beyond the sea]

ESPN polls today: Do you think officiating mistakes affected the outcome of Super Bowl XL?

You're acting like a liberal fool holding this question up as proof that the officiating was wrong and ruined the game!

The question only asked if people thought officiating affected the outcome of the game. Officiating affects every game! (By the way, games are affected just as much by the calls made as the calls NOT made.)

By the way, I wouldn't have cared if the poll showed 80% thought the officiating was bad and wrong. Most viewers are ignorant of the rules. You probably think Roethlisberger didn't score that TD. There are posts on another thread that CLEARLY show the ball directly over the goal line. And, the receiver for Seattle was just foolish enough to do his slight pushing off in the endzone RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OFFICIAL. The official had to call it. If he had done the same thing out around midfield he might have gotten away with the slight foul. But in the endzone, the official had to call it.

You just do not know football real well, and your reasoning concerning that poll is real defective.

[Diddle E. Squat]

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/apologist

Apologist - NOUN:

A person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as a doctrine, policy, or institution (or Steelers)