Go Steelers!!!!

[79%N1]

GO STEELERS!

 

[QXpeon]

steeelers can't even score......

 

[Paul R. Smith]

poor officiating has led to two the loss of 2 touchdowns for SEA.

 

[Phony Marconi]

...and why are we talking about Basketball on an Aviation forum?

 

[TWAER]

This is an aviation forum???

 

[Mercury]

...and why are we talking about Basketball on an Aviation forum?

Actually its Football...STEELERS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FINALLY, ONE FOR THE THUMB!!!!!!!!!!

 

[GEORGE DUBYA]

Football is gay the guy who started this isn't even from pittsburgh. 10 days until pitchers and catchers report.

 

[TWAER]

Not a fan of either team but, can you say FIXED.... And again, I could have cared less who won. Very obvious to a non fan like me.

 

[DC8 Flyer]

Not a fan of either team but, can you say FIXED.... And again, I could have cared less who won. Very obvious to a non fan like me.

Fixed huh? You cant push off of a defensive player (at least past 5 yards from the line of scrimage) DOESNT MATTER HOW SOFT OR HARD! Or should the rules be bent to make the game harder for the Steelers and easier for the Chickens? Any part of the ball cross the front of the goal line = 6 points, NOT WHEN THE PLAYER IS LAYING ON THE GROUND. You cant catch the ball and then step out of bounds and then step inbounds in the endzone and get a TD.

Now besides that, what else was fixed?

 

[007]

Now besides that, what else was fixed?

The Ref.

 

[Mercyful Fate]

Fixed huh? You cant push off of a defensive player (at least past 5 yards from the line of scrimage) DOESNT MATTER HOW SOFT OR HARD! Or should the rules be bent to make the game harder for the Steelers and easier for the Chickens? Any part of the ball cross the front of the goal line = 6 points, NOT WHEN THE PLAYER IS LAYING ON THE GROUND. You cant catch the ball and then step out of bounds and then step inbounds in the endzone and get a TD.

Now besides that, what else was fixed?

Take some time to dig around the net on this subject..seems only Steelers fans are the ones not having issues with yesterdays game..Thats understandable of course, they "won"...(and I use that term in a very loose manner)

I recommend everyone reading this article

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs05/columns/story?columnist=smith_michael&id=2320683

 

[DC8 Flyer]

Take some time to dig around the net on this subject..seems only Steelers fans are the ones not having issues with yesterdays game..Thats understandable of course, they "won"...(and I use that term in a very loose manner)

I recommend everyone reading this article

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs05/columns/story?columnist=smith_michael&id=2320683

Hasselbeck hit Darrell Jackson with an apparent 16-yard scoring pass in the first quarter, but the play came back when Jackson was called for offensive pass interference. It was a touch foul. Jackson extended his arm, yes, but both players were fighting for position, and he didn't create any separation by doing so. It was like a referee calling a hand-check in a key moment of Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

Still, that was early, and that one didn't change the game as much as did a holding call against Sean Locklear early in the fourth quarter with Pittsburgh leading 14-10. That one wiped out an 18-yard catch by Stevens that would have taken the ball to the 1. Locklear supposedly held Clark Haggans, so instead of first-and-goal at the 1 and the chance to complete a 98-yard touchdown drive and take a three-point lead, Seattle faced first-and-20 at the 29.

Oh my gawd, what a load of poooo. There where 3 freaking plays that everyone calls "questionable" The offensive PI (no question there, a push off is a push off doesn't matter how hard, doesn't matter if it did not create anymore seperation), the holding (come on now, you can't grab a guy around the kneck and cry about getting called for it) and Ben's TD (tip of the ball touched the front of the goal line = TD no room for argument).

Yes everyone who is a genuine football fan wanted to see the Bus play his last game at home and in the SuperBowl, who wouldn't the guy is/was a phenominal player, teammate and person (not in that order persay). SEA had pleny of oppurtunities to pull ahead and win even without the above mentioned "questionable calls". BUT THEY DIDN'T. How many dropped passes did their WRs have, how many yards was "Mr. Touchdown" held to, or for that matter how many TDs did he score? SEA has a few so called super stars PIT has an awesome TEAM! Big difference. Stats mean nothing when one side of the scoreboard has a bigger number than the other side PERIOD!

Three plays later, Ike Taylor picked off a Hasselbeck pass, and Hasselbeck went low to make the tackle on Taylor's return and was called for a 15-yard personal foul for a low block. The Steelers set up shop at their 44. That one right there made no sense.

This one I love, it is one thing to make a tackle, it is one thing to try to trip someone up, but you don't try to hurt someone by going for the knees because you are a wussy QB and can't make a simple form tackle on someone who weighs less than you do! Doesn't matter what is intent was, to block or tackle he went way too low and that is how you end peoples careers, are the Refs supposed to read his mind NO, they are supposed to call penalties on what happens, not what was supposed to have happened. Just like face masking, a lot of that is unintentional but it happens and you get a penalty for it SO YOU MAKE THE EFFORT NOT TO DO IT!

"I don't think he scored," Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said.

Well no $hit he said that, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE BEN LANDED!!!!! IT MATTERS THAT THE TIP OF THE BALL BROKE THE PLANE FOR 1/10TH OF A SECOND, SO TOUCHDOWN!

...."In a game, there's situations you have to overcome, and all night long we didn't do a good job of overcoming those things, and that's something we've done all year."

Well at least one person somewhat gets it.

In the offseason, 31 teams will be back at the drawing board, evaluating what they need to do to knock off the Steelers in the fall. After the postseason they just had, Mike Pereira and the NFL's crew of officials would be wise to take a long, hard look at themselves. It's a real shame when, on the game's biggest stage, the major players aren't players at all. We saw too much of the third team in Super Bowl XL and not enough Seahawks and Steelers.

What a slap in the face to both teams. Both teams played a very good and entertaining game and both teams gave it all they had. PIT had it's share of mistakes, droped passes, penalties, etc, but THEY OVERCAME THEM. Hell, Ben almost threw the game away with his 2nd INT, but did he give up NO, big difference between him and Hassleback, and you could see it in how Hassleback was acting. The 24 year old 2 year NFL "vet" had more nerves than he did.

Oh and how many field goals where missed on the SEA side?

 

[flx757]

Both teams played a very good and entertaining game .

This one comment simply negates every other argument you made in that lengthy post. This was undoubtably, and by all accounts (except for a few die-hard Steelers fans) one of the least entertaining, poorly played and overall dull Super Bowls ever. All the major sports outlets and majority of fans agree.

The fact that you saw it as a "very good and entertaining game" means your vision was severely clouded and therefore so are all of your arguments.

End of story.

 

[dbrownie]

This one comment simply negates every other argument you made in that lengthy post. This was undoubtably, and by all accounts (except for a few die-hard Steelers fans) one of the least entertaining, poorly played and overall dull Super Bowls ever. All the major sports outlets and majority of fans agree.

The fact that you saw it as a "very good and entertaining game" means your vision was severely clouded and therefore so are all of your arguments.

End of story.

I agree this will be known as

Super Bowl XL*

*= poor, dull, fixed.

Nothing to brag about that is for sure....

Dave B

 

[TWAER]

Secret behind-the-scenes photo from Super Bowl XL...

 

[mullet]

too funny!!!

 

[Mercyful Fate]

DC8 flyer...

I didnt expect anything less than what you posted..Seems the Steeler fans are gonna argue this to their grave, while the rest of the NFL fans, not just Seahawk fans know what really happened and can face it...

Whats bad for you Steeler fans is this stigma of the terrible calls will follow this game for a lonnnnnnnnnnnnng longgggggggggggggggg time...

 

[Damich]

Maybe they should change their name to the stealers. After all they stole the title from the SeaHawks. I don't know if I could sleep at night knowing that I may not have won the game free and clear! Cheers!

 

[ksu_aviator]

The plays that I saw as wrongly called (not questionable, just wrong);

1. No Call on Horse Collar, would have given SEA a first down after the penalty. Ref wasn't 10 feet from the play and was not obscured.

2. Ben's touchdown was about to be spotted correctly when the ref gave, and I do mean in the Santa Clause kind of way, a touchdown to him because he managed to stretch the ball in about 2 to 3 seconds after the play was whistled dead. The replay clearly showed the ball 6 inches behind the goal line.

3. The pass interference in the end zone was not pass intereference. The ball was still in the QB's hands, that makes it illegal contact, if that. Don't miss that the defender has holding the arm of the receiver before the push off.

4. A holding call that brought the ball back from the 2 yard line that was just a normal good block. Hands where inside the shoulder pads and he didn't grab the jersey. Text book perfect.

Every Super Bowl has something it is remembered for. Super Bowl XL will be remembered for being the poorest performance by the officiating crew.

BTW...I may be the only one who could care less if the over hyped/under producing Bettis got to play at home in the Super Bowl. So what?!

 

[Bdfg1]

Guess they should have had ref's from KSU

 

[DC8 Flyer]

The plays that I saw as wrongly called (not questionable, just wrong);

1. No Call on Horse Collar, would have given SEA a first down after the penalty. Ref wasn't 10 feet from the play and was not obscured.

Ill give you that one, I was cringing on that play, though for sure it was going ahead 10 yards.

2. Ben's touchdown was about to be spotted correctly when the ref gave, and I do mean in the Santa Clause kind of way, a touchdown to him because he managed to stretch the ball in about 2 to 3 seconds after the play was whistled dead. The replay clearly showed the ball 6 inches behind the goal line.

Again, it doesnt matter where Ben landed, the ball broke the plane while been was "in flight", thats a TD, you don't loose yardage by being knocked backwards, it is from the point of contact.

3. The pass interference in the end zone was not pass intereference. The ball was still in the QB's hands, that makes it illegal contact, if that. Don't miss that the defender has holding the arm of the receiver before the push off.

You need to go read the rules, offensive pass interference rules start from the snap.

4. A holding call that brought the ball back from the 2 yard line that was just a normal good block. Hands where inside the shoulder pads and he didn't grab the jersey. Text book perfect.

Every Super Bowl has something it is remembered for. Super Bowl XL will be remembered for being the poorest performance by the officiating crew.

BTW...I may be the only one who could care less if the over hyped/under producing Bettis got to play at home in the Super Bowl. So what?!

Now your true colors are showing, it's obvious that all of you "hating" the Steelers aren't football fans, but wrather the crowd that always comes down on the winning team.

If SEA had won, you know clock management, not giving the ball back to the Steelers on the 35 and 40 yard lines after missed FG (FOR NO REASON IT WAS INDOORS!), everyone would be praising the game on how well it was played. But since the Steelers did what they do best, played a great game of TEAM football, they won and now everyone is looking for excuses. PIT got there fair share of "bad calls" and overcame ON THE ROAD, just like SEA was in Detroit. Nobody likes the Steelers for whatever reason, never could figure that out, I guess they don't fit the bandwagon jumping personna that other teams have (can you say Dallas). But to try to hang calls on the Steelers and tarnishing their earned SuperBowl win really shows the class of most sports writers and Sunday afternoon fans.

 

[Mercyful Fate]

Once again, the only people who seem to think this game was legit are Steelers fans...

What is ironic about this whole thing is that during the Colts game you guys were almost completely robbed of, the sports community was freaking out because they couldnt believe what they saw...That game was just as badly called as this super bowl. Only difference is that the Steelers this time were on the other side of the fence. How is it you can see the Colts game was a joke, but the Super Bowl wasnt? Now come on, Steelers fan or not, any fan of the NFL could see what happened there.

Your Steelers in fact did NOT do what they do best and you know that...That had to be the worst performance the Steelers have put up all year with Ben in the line-up..I cant see how you can say your team played well in that game..have you looked at the stats you put up in that game compared to other games your team played in the regular season?! This was not the same team that rolled over the AFC in the playoffs...It was a sub-par performance at best...

Funny how also Steelers fans are saying anyone else who isnt a Steelers fan, or has anything to say about what happened has no class...its getting funnnier and funnier by the minute...

 

[noonan]

It seems I should have bought stock in kleenex for all this crying.

Boo Hoo. Whine all you want, the Steelers will still be Superbowl Champs and Seahawk fans can show their true teal colors and cry that they were robbed.

Poor babies.

 

[Mercyful Fate]

Funny...

I am not a Seahawks fan, and it appears its a good chunk of NFL fans that are having a fit...