Yeah, which blurry part is the ball?
I thought he scored but I can't see anything from that picture...
1. Bad angle
2. Even Ben says he didn't get in.
3. It doesn't matter anyway. The Hawks didn't play well enough to win and would have lost even if the game were not marred by inept officiating.
...but I don't know/play football so...
Yep. The plane of the endzone, neatly highlighted by the red line, was never in question. Where's the ball?
Certainly there was insufficient replay proof to reverse the call.
Would any Seahawks fans want some cheese with that whine?
If Ben's head were the ball, then sure, I'd give it to you.
This has been conclusively refuted on other sites. What the poster wants you to think is the football is actually Roethlisberger's arm. The football did not break the plane.
Steelers win. TRDM.
So, these guys are supposed to be super bowl champs because of an inch or two, and that's supposed to offset the 14 points they pissed down the drain because of Jr High School class clock management? Sell crazy in Seattle.
I would never accuse you of a photo shop, BUT I clearly see the ball in your picture and it is well ahead of his hand. On tv, I distinctly remember the ball was barely or not visible, and it was well hidden by his hand. Now you have a photo with a nice light brown football and even its bright white stripe, in plain view.
Here is the proof that your picture does NOT show the ball going over the goal line...not even close:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d186/HoodRiverDude/Seahawks/RothTD.jpg
I see just the opposite. No score. Thanks for posting this!
The part you are looking at that I think you consider the laces on the ball are in fact the forearm padding of the Seahawks linebacker. In live action (zoomed on TiVo) you will see the ball but the laces are turned away. You can see the stripe around the circumference, but not the laces. And zoomed in, you will see that from at least the same camera angle you show here, the ball did not come near the front of the goal line.
A win is a win. Whether they had to cheat to get there or not doesn't matter.
"Questions?"
Yeah, how come he's got his knee on the ground?
Correction: forearm padding of the Ben...I knew it was one of there forearms, had to go check. Heck, even the QB who had his eyes a foot away from the ground could see he wasn't in, and said so.
I Tivo'ed the game in high def and have gone through the freeze frame by frame on my 60 inch Sony and I can't tell exact location of the ball on the play. That said, since the replays DON'T CLEARLY contradict the call on the field it's a TD. Sh#t happens in sports, Pittsburg came back when the Seahawks failed to close the deal. Whinning won't change anything.
I saw that. People like to rewrite history.
