And though the rule clearly states that if any part of the ball breaks the forward plane of the endzone, a touchdown results, we're talking about the Super Bowl, fer cryin' out loud. Unless a player clearly makes it all the way into the end zone, borne on the wings of angels, then it shouldn't count.
And if an offensive lineman can't hold a defender by hooking him under the arm in the Super Bowl, then what's so Super about it?
I don't. One of the things that drives me nuts in all sports is how refs tend tend to put their whistles and flags away in the post season. The rules are the rules. The receiver pushed off in the end zone, that's against the rules, if we don't believe that rule should count in the SB then we should get rid of it all together. Any rule not good enough for the SB isn't good enough for the book at all. Not calling the penalty would effect the outcome too, it would allow the receiver to break the rules to make a play. Once a player breaks a rule it's having an outcome on the game, the only question is will the outcome be leting him get away with it or not letting him get away with it.
Again the rule says what it says. If we want to change what has to be done to get a TD then lets change it for the whole season. Why should something that would get a TD in the regular season not be a TD in the post? It's either a TD or it isn't, what week we're in shouldn't change that.
And if we let the OL hold in the SB what would make it Super? How would a ruleless SB ever be super? The rules are the rules. They don't write a new book for the SB, they shouldn't make up a new book on the fly during the SB.