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To: bikepacker67

Disputed calls are one thing, but when I taped the program and took the time to review, pause an step-through frame by frame the ball spotting by the refs, they repeatedly, especially when it counted most, shorted Seattle and advantaged Pittsburg. The most obvious case was the one where Hasselback ran for what was clearly sufficient for a first down. When the refs moved (spotted) the ball, sure enough, you could see they moved it back about a foot at least from where it should have been so that it ended up short by 6 inches or so. A picture tells it all. Way beyond the perhaps arguable bad or missed calls, the "fix" was dialed in for Pittsburg from the start.


29 posted on 02/07/2006 5:16:09 PM PST by kimoajax (Rack'em & Stack'em)
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To: kimoajax

you're wrong.

The rule states that when the QB slides FEET FIRST, the spot is where the slide BEGAN.

I know the play you are talking about. The Wife asked the same thing and she knows nothing about football.


35 posted on 02/07/2006 5:17:15 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: kimoajax
Disputed calls are one thing, but when I taped the program and took the time to review, pause an step-through frame by frame the ball spotting by the refs, they repeatedly, especially when it counted most, shorted Seattle and advantaged Pittsburg. The most obvious case was the one where Hasselback ran for what was clearly sufficient for a first down. When the refs moved (spotted) the ball, sure enough, you could see they moved it back about a foot at least from where it should have been so that it ended up short by 6 inches or so. A picture tells it all. Way beyond the perhaps arguable bad or missed calls, the "fix" was dialed in for Pittsburg from the start.

I saw the same thing too.

This was scripted, and all the Squeeler fans can post "crying baby" pictures all they want, but the fact remains that the rest of the league, and the rest of the fans will always look upon this "victory" as a farce.

20 years from now, NFL films will still talk about the ASTERISK.

39 posted on 02/07/2006 5:19:00 PM PST by bikepacker67
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The refs moved the football back to deny the down to the Seahawks and then allowed Rothlesberger to move the football forward after he was down and called it a touchdown.

No bad officiating here, nosireebob!!! LOLOL.....

200 posted on 02/07/2006 6:28:04 PM PST by OldFriend (The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
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