[Echo Talon]

Something was funky with this game.

[Perdogg]

Now you know how Cowboy fans felt after Super bowl XIII.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Something was funky with this game."

The refs read the papers, and know who is "supposed" to win the game. This unconsciously affects their calls, and thus ticky-tack calls go against the team that is not supposed to win. In this case, that team was the Seahawks, and the game was close enough that those ticky-tack calls were absolutely critical.