The ref had a better angle and not one still frame.
But hey, don't let me stop you from whining. I'm really enjoying it now, 5 days later!
This thread should keep going till next season!
"One thing is for certain, it ain't never gonna stop".
Bob Seger.
LOL ...... we'll just humm right through the upcoming nuclear war.
I have been watching NFL football since I was 10 years old, for a period of 45 years now. When the AFL existed, I watched them play football too.
It is and was a rare game in pro football that the officials didn't either make a bad call, or a non-call (an obvious penalty that should have been called but wasn't).
Holding, for example, could be called on virtually every play. It isn't, but holding is often called at the most inopportune time. How many times have you spotted an offensive lineman holding and the official failed to call it?
I guess anyone who has been watching pro football for any length of time, or even for the past year, has seen the same thing.
So, is every win by every team in every game tainted because there was a bad call or a non-call in that game?
The detractors of Super Bowl XL would have us believe that this game was tainted by bad calls. If this is the case, then I think you could say that every win by every team is tainted for the same reason.
Further, if this is the case, what is the point of even having pro football teams play the game, if every game, not just Super Bowl XL, is tainted?
A ref 20 yards away running at the action did not have a 'better angle'. Every frame from every angle has been analysized and not one shows the ball breaking the plane. There is a perfect angle with a high def camerea right at the goal line and all that it shows is Ben's wristband going in. Pittsburg won the game outright and Seattle certainly has no claims to winning that game, but Ben was given the benefit of the doubt by the ref. The only time the ref saw the ball over the line was when Ben wisely scooted the ball over after he was down. I give Ben kudos for getting the call, but the ball did not break the plane during the play.
Really, if you placed the ball 2" behind the line 2' in the air and let the ref sit stationary on the line with no obstructions and let him evaluate the location for about a minute, then a human being could have made a near perfect spot. But under the circumstances of real time, with bodies in the way and the ref running, spotting the ball within 6" of its actual location is a good spot. That is just part of the game. Football is a game of inches plus or minus 6 inches. That's the game and you have to live with where the chips fall.