It's much more than a bummer. People who care about the integrity of the game more than any one team don't like to see the Super Bowl managed like a pro wrestling match.
........ and that is you?
Signed, Bruno Sammartino
Oh please. You can't really believe that "the integrity of the game" is in question here. Even if you believe there were overtly bad calls (and I agree, there were a couple), they happened on both sides. If the officials were trying to rig this game, wow, they are geniuses-they managed to in a split second make most of their "phony" calls only on plays that were so close they still cannot even be agreed upon in hindsight after dozens of slow-mo viewings. Diabolically brilliant eagle-eyed men, those refs.
Writers in virtually every publication have now admitted there was nothing "rigged" about this game-Seattle got a couple of bad breaks (as did the Steelers), they made a lot of mistakes, and the Steelers had a few outstanding plays. Hence the victory, no big conspiracy, no great mystery, that's just the way this game goes sometimes.