You can't reduce the game to one questionable call. If Pittsburgh scored, the Pats probably would have driven the next time. They had gone conservative on offense. They were running on first and second down and throwing on third. When they mixed up first down passes, they had no trouble moving the ball on the Steelers.
Normally the Pats don't go into the prevent D or O, so I was disappointed with them trying to run out the clock in the third quarter.
You have to hand it to Pittsburgh for not lying down despite all the turnovers.
That was ballgame. The crowd booed... the players got deflated... it put more pressure on Roethlisberger. It decided the game. Cowher was outcoached. He is not an elite coach...as long as he's there, the Steelers won't win the SB.
To not have Hines Ward in that fateful goal line series (even as a decoy) was just unforgivable. To have a vanilla, prevent offense scheme during that fateful series is unforgivable. To not go for it on 4th down was unforgivabel. There is a reason why Cowher has lost 5 out of 6 AFC Champ Games at Home. He chokes.