The seahawks lost to the 49ers. How bad is that? They lost to a team that only won 5 games all season and will be lucky to have a winning season in the next decade!!
The Seahawks in the regular season had a mighty THREE wins against teams that finished with winning records: Dallas (13-10), the Giants (an overtime victory that required 3 missed field goals by the Giants), and Indianapolis (28-13, a bewildered Colts team that lost a family member, missed their coach, and sat their QB most of the game). All three of those games were in Seattle, and one of those teams didn't make the playoffs. And the two teams they beat in the playoffs, were the 5th and 6th seed of the conference. They didn't have a win on the road or on a neutral field against a playoff team. They were simply the worst team to ever enter a Superbowl, when it comes to quality wins over quality competition. If they played in the AFC, they might have finished 8-8, 10-6 tops.
Iron sharpens iron, and the Steelers went through a blade slashing gauntlet to get to the Superbowl, while the Seahawks went through an all pastry buffet. Kinda makes sense that the tea sipping Seahawks wouldn't have the fortitude to win a sloppy game, as a result of officiating or otherwise, their schedule didn't test them.