Steve B, 2/7/2006,6:55:42 PM, wrote:


"badgolferman" wrote in message
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udarrell, 2/7/2006,5:48:39 PM, wrote:

SUPERBOWL OFFICIALS 21 SEAHAWKS 10 - Six or 7 Wrong Calls Against
the Seahawks!

Any person who plays sports accepts the element of bad calls or bad
luck as part of the game. The same can be said for good luck and
good calls. In the end those things even out for all involved.
Another aspect to consider is perhaps there were calls that went
their way to get them all the way to the Super Bowl. Did you even
consider that?

I am not a fan of either team. I like the Redskins and may have
even favored the Seahawks to win since they beat the Redskins. But
the better teams find a way to shake off bad calls and make things
happen on their own.

Maybe if the Seahawks had taken advantage of the opportunities they
did have (like the goal line interception they gave up) then the
story may have been different. The many dropped passes, abandoned
running game, poor clock management, and bad call playing
ultimately doomed Seattle. So stop acting like a poor loser and
put the blame of the loss where it belongs -- on the Seattle
Seahawks themselves.

You, sir are a moron who must have not watched the game. Anyone who
watched the game (even the blind) could have seen that Seattle was
robbed of a lot of points by bad officiating.

Yes, there are all kinds of questionable calls that happen all year.
But when you get to the end, you expect everything to be the best.
They have all manner of replays from every angle, so there is no
reason NOT to get it right.

And yet they got it wrong. I was for Pittsburgh, but I wanted them
to win fair and square.

They didn't.

And how do you "shake off" having that many points shaved from your
team's score?

Steve

How do you explain the fumble by the Seahawk receiver and recovered by
Steeler 43 that was called an incomplete pass? That was clearly a
fumble that would have put the game away sooner.

The first touchdown by Pittsburgh? It was too close to overrule since
there was no irrefutable evidence to show he hadn't crossed the white
line.

The phantom holding calls? The blocking below the knees by Hasselbeck?
The pass interference by Jackson? Those were all calls not reviewable
by the referee.

In the beginning, middle, and end of the game there were all sorts of
indications the Seahawks were out of sync and they blew whatever
chances they had to take over the game. Holmgren put the game on
Hasselbeck's shoulders and almost forgot about Alexander. When he did
use him the fella produced yardage for him.

Your sense of guilt will not make up for the lousy game Sunday night.
The team that deserved to win did just that. There was no conspiracy
by the officials and the NFL to make people feel good for the Steelers
and all their subplots. The only conspiracy lies in the sports media
trying to ensure their ratings remain high by playing up those calls.
If it wasn't those calls it would have been some other thing they would
have harped on for weeks.

Oh, I did watch the game.

--
"No poor ******* ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by
making other *******s die for their country." ~ George Smith Patton