Refs made it an 'Extra Lame' bowl

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/258583_miller07.html ^

[M1911A1]

Nor is it proof that the calls were incorrect.

It is proof that the officiating "looked bad" to a lot of fairly neutral observers. Good officiating doesn't do that.

It also does not change the validity of a great Steeler victory.

[Wasanother]

There wouldn't be any questions concerning the officials had they just taken it to the FISA court. Impeach Holmgren.

[bannie]

It also does not change the validity of a great Steeler victory.

I think your logic ran aground at this point.

[Petronski]

Very bad calls mostly against the Hawks. Even Ben admitted it on Letterman.

Everyone wants to twist and exaggerate that. I understand that.

But what he really said is that he told coach right after the play that he didn't think he had gotten it.

It's not his job to make that call. If the ball barely breaks the plane, he's not in the best position to make that call.

[WV Mountain Mama]

I remember the block in Ben's back. Mostly because my husband yelled so loud, I almost fell off the couch. :) I also remember Madden saying the pass interference call was correct and if you want to get away with it, don't do it 2 feet in front of the ref.

I think all the whiners need to start adding some Bailey's to their lattes while also switching to decaf. The horse is dead. Get off it already.

[bikepacker67]

I'm not a Steelers fan and I think you need to get over it.

Not a seahogs fan, and if I "get over it" I'll have to accept that games aren't won or lost by players, but rather marketting schemes.

Do you NOT BELIEVE that the league wished they could have gotten away with that debacle in Indianapolis?

This is what REALLLLY pisses me off about Stiller Fan... YOU WERE VICTIMS OF THE SAME BULLSHYT 3 WEEKS AGO!

[xzins]

I've no doubt that the Seahawks were injured by those plays, but there was a lot of sloppiness on the Seahawks part, too.

The 2 minute drills and special teams of the Seahawks were awful.

(I'm Cincy born and bred: a Bengals fan.)

[mcg2000]

nice abuse of context Mr. Franken.

[Petronski]

MAKE IT BIGGER, IT STILL WON'T BE RELEVANT!

[bannie]

Poor use of the spin, Mr. Franken.

[xzins]

Speaking of missed field goals....what was it....Penn State & Fla St...

That was an all-time kill-the-kicker game.

[dead]

The fact the whole country, except some Steelers fans, are talking about the bad calls is proof this isn't just disgruntled Hawks fans.

You keep posting variations on that, but even large font doesn't make it true.

I'm a NY Giants fan, and didn't bet on the Super Bowl.

But the Steelers clearly won. Just look at the score.

Many of the calls you keep crying about were fine. The football Rothlisberger was carrying crossed the plane, for example. And the Seattle receiver clearly pushed off in the end zone. The clipping call sucked, but you need to get over it.

It's a little sad.

[M1911A1]

The Steelers did not call the game. They merely won it.

My Seahawks heart wishes it weren't so, but there you have it. My team had chances, even with the calls going against them, and they blew it.

In the words of the eternal fan, "wait'll next year!" ;-)

[mcg2000]

What? You left out the larger comment and cut 'n pasted a segment in an unfair way of justification.

[bikepacker67]

I've no doubt that the Seahawks were injured by those plays, but there was a lot of sloppiness on the Seahawks part, too.

Yes but of the two, the Steelers were the sloppiest.

Look at the numbers... That's gotta be the lamest performance of a SB* victor.

[M1911A1]

When they start scoring stats, that'll matter. As a 'Hawks fan, it only annoys me greatly.

[Petronski]

In the words of the eternal fan, "wait'll next year!"

They're burned onto my baseball soul.

[bannie]

I merely noted the point at which your logic failed. I was not trying to separate it from the rest of your post. I could repeatedly re-post the entire content of every post to which I reply; but that would seem foolish.

[baltoga]

Bingo! Actually the only complaints I read are in freep land. The truth is Seahawk mistakes did them in and *not* the refs.

If you blame others for your downfall - you're just a Democrat!

[sangrila]

"And anybody who thinks the NFL would risk their multi-billion dollar monopoly by throwing games, is certifiable. For what bizarro reason do you believe they conspired in this manner?

Do you also believe the moon landings were faked?"


No, I am just not some naive pansy who doesn't understand how the world really works. First of all, the NFL may not neccessarily have been involved for a game to be fixed. The refs are highly corruptible because of the amount of money involved in these games. And you said it yourself, "monopoly." What is anyone going to do about it? People will be back. They are not going to all become WNBA fans. Who believes illegal gambling doesn't influence pro and college sports? Who believes that the Conferences don't manipulate games so that their marquis teams can go undefeated and play in multi-million dollar BCS games. Who believes the NFL does not have an agenda to have its marquis players, marquis teams, and marquis story lines in its championship games? The NFL is WWF. It is theatrics. It is manipulated so that it can be a so-called "better product."