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Phony Marconi said:...and why are we talking about Basketball on an Aviation forum?![]()
TWAER said: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 said:Now besides that, what else was fixed?
DC8 Flyer said: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?
Mercyful Fate said: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.
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.
"I don't think he scored," Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said.
...."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."
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.
DC8 Flyer said:Both teams played a very good and entertaining game .
flx757 said: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.![]()