there were bad calls on both sides: there was a horseshoe tackle by the Steelers that the officials missed there was alot of holding by the Seahawks that the officials missed there was a fumble where the Seahawk took 3 steps before losing it that was called an incompletion there was another fumble the Seahawks recovered that was close to the ground and called an incompletion there were at least 3 facemasks by the Seahawks that were missed by the officials the Steelers touchdown by Big Ben his arm was in the way, it was inconclusive evidence, original call stands, may have been a touchdown, may have not been, we can never know good calls called bad: the Seahawks touchdown taken away by holding, YOU AREN'T SUPPOSSED TO HOLD he was holding Seahawks touchdown taken away by offensive pass interference, sorry you are not suppossed to put your hand on the defender, that was a good call my opinion is the Seahawks were playing dirty, holding may be easy to get away with but it is still wrong. Both teams were playing very bad. Steelers made the big plays when it was crucial, Seatle made the big mistakes when it was crucial not to. what is yours?
There is to be no contact 5yds past the line of scrimmage unless the ball is tipped. The defender had previously initiated contact before the offensive player was flagged for contact. It should have been either no call (let'em play), defensive pass interference or offsetting fouls (replay down). Overall the officiating was equal to the teams' play - horrid. Even so it was a Good game for it being the Super Bowl...
The way I look at it - 68000 fans, 65000 of which were waving Steelers towels (you could not buy Seattle support gear at the Stadium) ESPN offering victory Steelers jackets before the game was played (but not Seattle) Seattle technically should have been up at the end of the half instead of down There's a mental aspect to that game that Seattle lost out on, from a hostile audience to hostile referreeing, and no doubt they fell apart after the half. Almost any team would. What I think should happen: The Seahawks should make it back to the Superbowl for another try. We sure as hell will 12th man them again. And then Just as they're about to start the Superbowl (68000 fans, 66000 cheering for the other team, same refs coming in etc. and ESPN offering the jackets for the Patriots or Broncos or whatever) Holmgren walks out and forfeits. No halftime show, no Bud Bowl, no commercials, no TV. Just skip straight to the trophy presentation and the "we goan ta Diznielan!" Damage to the NFL financially - colossal Giving the NFL the double kickstands - PRICELESS
I think I've figured this Super Bowl stuff out. The NFL were so incensed at Vince "WWF" McMahon trying to create a football league that they decided to one-up him at putting on a sports entertainment event. Complete with non-existent rulebook, half-blind referees, and "in the red corner, some guy you've never heard of we don't care about and in the blue corner, *lights darken* You can purchase his T-shirts in the concessions stand, weighing in at 269 pounds, the Intercontinental champion whose photo will be appearing in next month's magazine......"
I think from the beggining of the game the Seahawks were int he wrong frame of mind watching the before the game interviews and crap the Seahawks were too excited to be in the Superbowl (as was Big Ben) and that screwed them up the Steelers have TONS of fans and loads of Terrible Towels were being waved, which definently can give the other team trouble the refs made horrible calls on both sides, and really really need to get their shit together
RE: he Steelers have TONS of fans and loads of Terrible Towels were being waved, which definently can give the other team trouble That shouldn't be allowed. I think in England they split the seats between supporters of both teams during the FA Cup, and officiating that horrid would lead to the refs being set on fire by fans of both sides.
I guess for the Superbowl having one side for one team and the other side for the other wouldn't be bad... but how well would it really work?
Ask the Brits, who've easily figured this thing out. You offer blocks of tickets. 34,000 each, for designated supporters of one side or the other. One half the stadium one side, other half the other. Anyone trying to sneak into one block with merch from the other side gets taken out. Escorted out.
People shouldn't be allowed to wave towels in support of their team they paid a pretty penny to go see not to mention fuel costs, beer, food, parking.....um...eat shit bud. Why not just put a 1000 foot shield around the field to protect all these premadonna/overpaid pussies?
HHF - as in, there should only be a certain number of fans for each team there. Supposedly, the Superbowl wasn't played in Seattle or Pittsburgh so as not to give one team or another an advantage.
well I think another reason they pick the superbowl location early is how would they decide which one gets to host the game?
you gotta realize that pittsburg is only 500 miles from detroit...... seattle is how far?? of course there will be more pittsburg fans in detroit..... but thats just the luck of the playoffs. you cant blame the seattle seahawks loss on having such a huge crowd of steeler fans in the stadium.
dude , you have no clue. the superbowl stadium is chosen early so they can go through necessary preparations such as controlling traffic, maybe widening streets, security, and many other things so that it goes without a hitch. you cant prepare a stadium 2 weeks a head of time for a superbowl..... I mean, there is alot of preparation to be done..... to deal with the flow of people in and out of that stadium, not only the security you have to deal with. pittsburg and seattle won their respective league championships 2 weeks before (how are either of those stadiums going to get ready)..... its not really about homefield advantage.... its about logistics. anyways, its not their fault that pittsburg is so close to detroit. even if you put it, say, at the rose bowl, what if san diego won their league?? I mean, no matter where you put it, there is the possibility of a team having a greater advantage, probably because of location. nothing to whine about. really.
