The superior teams can overcome this kind of routine stuff. Against the Colt’s, the Steelers still found a way to win despite being denied a game-closing interception (and unlike the 'Hawks they got an apology from NFL because that call was actually incorrect).
Prime example from SB XL: Steelers have a first and 10 at the Seattle 22. 1st down incomplete pass. 2nd down 5 yard completion – OMG! a phantom pass interference call on Heath Miller. Did you see the pass interference? I didn’t. If Madden and Co. had beefed about it the public would have bought it hook line and sinker. 2nd down (repeat) Wistrom sacks Roethlisberger bringing up 3-28 at the SEA 40. Out of field goal range. Adversity. Did they fold like Seattle? No. Instead a great play results in 1st and goal.
In the AFC Championship game Bettis hit a great 10-yard TD Run which was called back on an obscure Hines Ward illegal formation penalty. Did the Steelers fold like a cheap suit? No. They came back and scored another TD with a pass to Hines Ward!
Are you aware that OPI penalties have actually been called in past Super Bowls? i.e. against NE/Troy Brown. Unlike the Seahawks, they shrugged it off and won the game anyway.
Unfortunately, a great percentage of the newbies watching the Super Bowl don't understand that the commentators and analysts frequently have no clue what they are talking about and that they have biases just like other forms of media. So the sheeple will hear Steeler haters make definitive assertions and buy it unquestioningly.
The superior teams can overcome this kind of routine stuff. Against the Colt’s, the Steelers still found a way to win despite being denied a game-closing interception (and unlike the 'Hawks they got an apology from NFL because that call was actually incorrect).
Yeah right, I guess that's why Pittsburg players and fans were freaking out over 2 bad calls, in a game in which THEY WON! Even their own player, knowing he would be fined or suspended, came out and said the refs were cheating. (Porter). I can only imagine the shrieking that would still be emanating from Pittsburg if Vanderyanked had made that last kick, sent the game into overtime, and Indy had won.
Of course, now when the calls go your way, as a fan of Pittsburg and getting the outcome you desired, you just don't see any problem, and the fans for the other side are a bunch of conspiracy nuts.
And I'm still waiting to hear about a single crucial call that went against Pittsburg. Still waiting, because there were none. Anyone who follows the NFL knows that most games are decided upon just a few crucial plays each game. When one team gets ALL of those calls in their favor, it's no surprise they win. If the crucial calls all go the other way, the other team wins.