Posted on 02/08/2006 3:54:24 PM PST by bikepacker67
SEATTLE - And now a word about the officiating in Super Bowl XL. Two words actually.
It stunk.
The interference call, a push-off on Darrell Jackson that cost the Seahawks a first-quarter touchdown, was hideous.
If former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin hadn't been allowed to use his arm to get separation the innocent way Jackson did in Sunday's loss to Pittsburgh, Irvin would have caught maybe 20 balls in his career.
And the fourth-quarter holding call on right tackle Sean Locklear that nullified a spectacular catch by tight end Jerramy Stevens at the Pittsburgh 1-yard line was equally egregious.
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Try wearing a Patriots jacket there.
I haven't stated Seahawks fans are crybabies. In fact, I stated last night that the vast majority accept the game result and have gone on with their lives. The crybaby picture is posted directly to those individuals who behave that way.
You like to lump everyone together and paint them with one broad brush. That's your prerogative, but it makes no acknowledgement of my statements at the time that this teacher should be fired, and my belief as stated at the time that the trash talking Joey Porter should STFU and play.
So when you label everyone according the the behavior of some, you really only make an ass out of yourself.
Semi-late? Either you believe it was intentional, or you do not.
Excellent post! I love it!
That would be fun to watch, actually.
Okay, we've reached one point of agreement. I also generally respond to the statement and not the poster, and let's face it, who checks posting histories before making a response. However, I'll also note that I thought the TD by Roth was good, and made the statement on the SB live thread before the replay decision. Part of what I've been doing is yanking chains, which I usually avoid, but quite honestly, Steeler fans (many of them, not to include all, but some, maybe a few, but more than one, and probably less than 985,000 of them, not to include Lynn Swann, who has made no comment or Mike Webster, who was unavailable for comment) are just too easy to rile. Throw up a couple of graphics, and you guys start frothing at the mouth (this is just a metaphor, not a literal comment, and is not meant to impugn any of the fine Steeler fans who did not lose their temper, pound on their keyboards, and go to Google to look up pictures of babies crying) and post comments calling other posters names and insulting them. I'll quit now.
Promise.
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I believe you.
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Don't get mad.
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Or throw rocks through my window.
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Or harass my kids at school.
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Or throw garbage on my lawn.
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Or call me an @ss.
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I'll quit now.
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Honest.
LOL!!!!
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
Nice. ;O)
BUAHAHAHAHA
Good one -- herewith stolen :)
LOL. Help yourself.
You don't like Steeler fans? They have absolutely no use for you either. You like to provoke people? The Steeler Nation here on FR will remember that.
You sound like an excellent teacher...you really do. And you certainly can defend your Seahawks, analyze every play and call...enjoy. But the choice of the Vannoy story was a really poor one (and proves the misuse of the media--ie, trial by journalist). Yes, I think there is an enormous problem with the parents' action...is contacting a national media outlet really a response to what is alleged to have happened in the classroom? You were trying to use Bronco jersey story as an example of 'bad Steeler fan' behavior. Use this story to your heart's content. I was merely trying to give you the back story on what happened (the stuff that came out locally).
None of your rules apply here. The defender CLEARLY is not fighting for the ball. It should have been a non-call at best, a PI on the Pittsburgh SteAler at worst.
Take your tainted title and accept that the majority of fans think the refs sucked in this game.
BTW - I am a RAIDER fan, so my only bias toward the Seabags is that I used to despise them in the AFC West.
Tell me more. Scare me.
"Selected, Not Elected!"
Let's hear it for the Raiders...one of the worst teams in football.
At least you get to pick near the top in the NFL draft. Consolation prize for lousy teams.
Just look in a a mirror.
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