You Pittsburgh spinmeisters should go into politics. But really, just saying that the officiating didn't favor one side over the other-----no matter how many times you say it-----doesn't make it so.
Of course just saying that doesn't make it so. It is so, independent of whether anyone says it. Truth is truth, and its veracity is not dependent on one or more proclamations as such.
Of course, the converse is also true. Saying that the officiating did favor one side over the other doesn't make it so, either.
The fact is, the only truly bad call that went against the Seahawks was the "low block" call against Hasslebeck. I consider that less egregious than the fact that the referee apparently doesn't know what the "down by contact" rule is, according to his incorrect overturning of Hasslebeck's fumble in the second half.
There's no spin about it. What about the catch and fumble that probably would have been recovered by the Steelers but was incorrectly called an incompletion? What about the illegal block in the back laid on Ben after his second INT that went unflagged? Bad calls went against the Steelers too. And accusing people of spinning doesn't change the facts.
And it's just easier believing an officiating conspiracy in the most watched sporting event in the world....right?
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