Posted on 02/07/2006 6:24:19 AM PST by bikepacker67
The team that played the best didn't win,...
But then further down says:
The judgment of the officiating crew does not affect the ability to catch passes or kick field goals or manage the clock at the end of the first half. Seattle had its chances and blew it.Methinks the author is simply unhappy with the outcome of the game. The team with the highest score at the end of one hour of play is the one that wins, period.
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I'm not a fan of either team, but I can't see how you can say the game was "fairly and accurately called". Too many game-shaping penalties against Seattle where none was to be found, and a few non-calls (against both sides) that should have been flagged.
You cited the tackling-below-the-waist penalty, but neglected the non-holding penalty two plays before it that would have put the Seahawks on the 2 yard line.
I don't believe it was a conspiracy, but certainly it was an infuriating game - even with no "dog in the hunt".
He played for the Aints. As in Aint President.
Ya know Petronski, I had absolutely no dog in this fight. And as a matter of fact, if you look at posts of mine last week you'd see I was leaning towards Pitts for the Jerome aspect (I started to question that after listening to JP run his mouth, and the coronation that seemed to pre-ordained)
But frankly I didn't care one way or another... had no money on it, and had no heart in it.
But if WERE a Steeler fan, I'd be embarrassed knowing that my team was the worse of the two playing and that they got over thanks to some clearly prejudice calls.
Uh.. maybe because it was a running play?
My exact thoughts midway through the first half.
V also didn't have the stupid Star "Mangled" Banner fiasco or the halftime "entertainment" joke this one had.
That statement simply has no credibility.
The Seahawks had plenty of chances to win this game, just by catching passes and making field goals and managing their clock and not going for a four-yard infield pass when they're down eleven points late in the game.
Blaming the refs is the biggest copout in organized sports. It is the very definition of weakness. Seattle lost the game, Pittsburgh scored more points.
They did blow a lot of chances. They probably deserved to lose. Nevertheless, it's amazing to me that the only holding calls in the entire game just happened to call back Seattle's big plays -- and on replay, the holding calls always turned out to be cheap.
It wasn't a running play... that's Seattle's FIRST Touchdown that was called back for O-interference.
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True, but I have yet to see one Steeler fan admit they got the benefit of the doubt on most calls. It wasn't all that bad of an officiated game, but of the most 7 questionable calls the Steelers got 6 of them.
Ok - please tell me how the refs affected the following:
2 missed field goals for Seattle
Pitt converting a 3rd and thirty +
Darrell Jackson not getting his feet inbounds at the end of the half
Numerous dropped passes by Seattle
Willie Parker running 75 yds. for a TD
The flea flicker that went for a TD
Clock (mis)management by Seattle at the end of the half and the game
Seattle having the ball in Pitt territory almost all of the first half and coming away with 3 pts.
etc....
Remember, the game is not played in a vacuum. Every play dictates a decision for the next play or circumstance. You cannot pull plays out of a game, give teams points for it, and then assume the game would have played out the same the rest of the way.
I now despise the CryHawks. Congrats Seattle fans, I went from not caring who won to despising Seattle.
Did you watch the game?
Good post. The only reason Jackson pushed off was that he was being held. It is only offensive interference if the reciever initiates contact, in those frames it clearly shows the defender holding the reciever first. If any call it should have been defensive pass interference, which would have been declined.
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