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[Steeler Fan]

Congrats to the Steelers, but I don't think Big Ben's 22.6 quarterback rating nor the poorly officiated game will go down as one of the best. But hey, they got more points on the scoreboard, and that is all that matters.

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Sometimes the rating doesn't tell the whole story. Alot of dropped passes (by Hines and Cedric on 1st downs). Other QB's would have withered on the vine after that 2nd INT, but Big Ben made Big Plays when we needed them. First downs with 6:00 to go in the game are big plays. He'll learn from this and be even better next year.

*Talk about dropped passes, Stephens had a few.

 

[Whale Rider]

I don't care what anyone says about stats or bad officiating or what. Bottom line is the "Chrome Trophy" is headed for Blitzbrugh and it will be united with the other four at Heinz Field.
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!5X

 

[canyonblue]

Big Ben failed to get into the end zone but was given the touchdown anyway...

It was a touchdown, anyone could see that the ball broke the plane when he was airborne. It was after he was hit that he landed a few feet back, forward progress was all that was needed. The linesman also had a poor view as the ball was obscured when Ben was in the air. Seahawks lost, they need to get over it. (and I am not a Steelers fan, but rooted for them)

 

[U of I Tweak]

I think it's an awful big stretch to say that the ball clearly made it into the end zone on Ben's TD run. Sure he made it and it was clear, but it was close as to whether the ball made it or not. Either way, I don't think there was 'indisputable evidence' or whatever their burden of proof is to overturn the call. I think there were a few poor calls in a row that could have turned things one way or the other. I can't blame the game on the officials...but you have to admit that the holding call that was questionable at best. At that point in the game it made a huge swing. Also the 15 yard personal foul on Hasselbeck was pretty weak. Tell me that I'm whiny or that good teams overcome bad calls or whatever...I'm not saying it cost them the game...but you can't deny that it could have been better. I'll also say that Seattle could have used the clock much better, and perhaps avoided some of the other holds they were called for in the first half. Anyway...mildly entertaining game with a less than exciting half time show.....

 

[noonan]

holy cow

the steelers won. who cares about stats, whether ben crossed the line or who held what.

21-10. thats all we need to know. steelers are superbowl champions again and no-one can take that away from them. no amount of whining and crying can help the seahawks or their fans

now go pick up your picket signs and show management how much they suck and lets keep this profession respectable

 

[Fins Up]

Here are the important stats from the game:
- First 6th seeded team to win a super bowl.
- Longest TD run in Super Bowl history (from a guy nobody knew before this year)
- Youngest QB to win a Super Bowl (passer rating notwithstanding)
- Longest TD Pass by a Wide Receiver (that one won't be broken for a while)
- Joining the elite club of 5 Super Bowl winners

Am I missing anything? Keep your whining about "bad officiating" to yourself.

 

[abe44]

Obviously, not from da 'burgh an aht. Maybe a Primanti's (proun: permanny's ) cheese steak would help aht.

Jeet Jet?

No, Jew?

Yinz goink dahntahn for de Stiller parade?

 

[Steeler Fan]

Yinz goink dahntahn for de Stiller parade?

That's perfect! I had a buddy from Central Cat-lick High Skool who sounded just like that! He lived in Polish Hill, lost one testacle in some kind of freakinsh bicycle accident, and was the fisrt guy from my class to get his girlfriend pregnant.

No, I never saw it, he said he had just one, so I took his word on it.

*I'm goin to Disneyland? Hines should have said, I'm goin to Kennywood!

 

[ivauir]

Here are the important stats from the game:
- First 6th seeded team to win a super bowl.
- Longest TD run in Super Bowl history (from a guy nobody knew before this year)
- Youngest QB to win a Super Bowl (passer rating notwithstanding)
- Longest TD Pass by a Wide Receiver (that one won't be broken for a while)
- Joining the elite club of 5 Super Bowl winners

Am I missing anything? Keep your whining about "bad officiating" to yourself.

Yes, the first time Seattle has ever gone to the superbowl! It has been a LONG wait. I'm ready fo the next step.

 

[Steeler Fan]

Yes, the first time Seattle has ever gone to the superbowl! It has been a LONG wait. I'm ready fo the next step.

The hardest thing to do is keep the team together, especially with free agency.

I think Seattle's Left Tackle, Jones, is awesome, and a free agent, as is Shawn Alexander. I wonder is Seattle has enough Cap space to keep both.

Pittsburgh has Cap problems as well--projected $4.5 million over for next year. Should be pretty interesting in the months to come. Football for the diehard is a year-round sport.

But for now, I'm just loving having a championship back in the burgh!

 

[SWPA Pilot]

There is only one stat that really counts;

Steelers 21
Seahawks 10

If the Seahawks were really that good, they could overcome bad calls, kind of like the Steelers did against Indy. All those Seahawk fans complaining about bad calls can go back and cry in their lattes. Blaming the loss on the refs shows no class.

A true champion finds a way to win even if they aren't playing their best.

Steelers have a should have a solid team for next season, but we need to sign Randel El.

 

[TWAER]

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

 

[ivauir]

Just to show that not all Sehawks fans are "crying in their lattes" (I've been a Seahawks fans before anyone outside of Italy knew what a latte was) .....

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[DwayneWorthless]

STEELERS are UNION and UNION's RULE. I'm a STEALER TOO. PAY YOU F@CKING DUES.

 

[AFcitrus]

Okay, Okay enough already. I'm sorry I ever brought the whole thing up. Now let's move on to even more amazing things than the officials giving that game to the Steelers. How about Bill's buddy who knocked up some chick- with only one nut? Hats off pal, Hats off!!

That's perfect! I had a buddy from Central Cat-lick High Skool who sounded just like that! He lived in Polish Hill, lost one testacle in some kind of freakinsh bicycle accident, and was the fisrt guy from my class to get his girlfriend pregnant.

No, I never saw it, he said he had just one, so I took his word on it.

*I'm goin to Disneyland? Hines should have said, I'm goin to Kennywood!

 

[Steeler Fan]

Okay, Okay enough already. I'm sorry I ever brought the whole thing up. Now let's move on to even more amazing things than the officials giving that game to the Steelers. How about Bill's buddy who knocked up some chick- with only one nut? Hats off pal, Hats off!!

We stay Pro-Steelers during the 28 year drought between Super Bowl wins, and you expect us to let this go?

If I go to the MLB All-Star Game in the 'Burgh, I'm wearing my Steeler gear!

By the way, the 1-nut wonder's nickname was "Devil" Go figure.

 

[landlover]

All the seahawk fans must have missed it when Jerramy Stevens fumbled the ball but it as ruled an incomplete pass (must have heard the footsteps of the steeler D about to rain down on him a massive hit, you know the kind im talking about. "you got jacked up!!!"). That could have easily turned into 7 more points for the steelers.

 

[Quagmire11]

USA Today: NFL DEFENDS OFFICIATING

Lay it to rest guys, the Steelers won, the score, the NFL, and the reviews after the game all say so. The only truly bad call was the Hassleback block call, 15 yards...... not going to make up 11pts and a ton of dropped throws. 2 big plays, Parker's run and the gadget, sealed the fate of an inept Seattle team that couldn't convert on 3rd down, take back the INT, or hit those 50 yarders.


NFL defends officiating; Montana defends himself
By Dave Goldberg, The Associated Press
The NFL defended the officiating in the Super Bowl, and Joe Montana defended himself. Two days after the Steelers beat the Seahawks 21-10 in the NFL title game, the league said Tuesday that the game was "properly officiated."
"Including, as in most NFL games, some tight plays that produced disagreement about the calls made by the officials," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in a statement.
The officiating, though, has been the major topic of discussion since Sunday night. Right after the game, Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren suggested that a first-quarter offensive interference call on the Seahawks' Darrell Jackson, negating what would have been the game's first touchdown, probably should have been "a no-call."
Holmgren, a former chairman of the NFL's rule-making competition committee, fueled the debate Monday during a rally for the Seahawks at Qwest Field when he said, "We knew it was going to be tough going up against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I didn't know we were going to have to play the guys in the striped shirts as well."
The calls in question:
• Replays on the offensive interference call showed that Jackson's arms made contact with Pittsburgh's Chris Hope and that they separated afterward. Under the rules, pass interference took place but sometimes the call isn't made.
• The first TD of the game scored on a third-down rollout by Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger late in the first half. Roethlisberger appeared to come down short of the goal line, but it was unclear on replay whether he had gotten the ball to the line before going down. Referee Bill Leavy upheld the call because there was not enough incontrovertible evidence to overturn it.
• Holding call on Sean Locklear in the fourth: Locklear's penalty erased an 18-yard completion from Matt Hasselbeck to Jerramy Stevens to the Pittsburgh 1 that would have put the Seahawks in position to go ahead 17-14 with around 12 minutes left. It was a close call that was difficult to see on replay.
• One call that clearly appeared erroneous came after that penalty, when Hasselbeck threw an interception to Pittsburgh's Ike Taylor, then made the tackle but was called for a block below the waist, giving the Steelers an extra 15 yards. They scored soon afterward on a pass from Antwaan Randle El to Hines Ward. Replays showed Hasselbeck never made contact with the player he was supposed to have hit illegally, instead going straight to Taylor to make the tackle.

 

[banned username 1]

Well, as a Seahawks fan, I'll just say that in the end- it's a game and as one, is filled with shoulda's and coulda's and what-about-this's. There are too many things that both sides could say to make a mildly-believable argument about virtually every aspect of the game.

As I saw it, Seattle took care of most of the vaunted Steeler defense and for a lot of the first half, was handing them their backsides. The Seattle defense kept the Steeler potent offense pretty much in check throughout most of the game. The long touchdown run from scrimage for Pittsburgh as well as the pass from Randle El should have been defensed- were the Seahawks the only ones that didn't know that there was at least another trick play on tap in the game? Jeremy Stevens should not be back next year. Those guys are paid to perform and he simply didn't- a backbreaker.

Clock management was an embarrassment. Holmgren did the same thing in his last Super Bowl visit. WTF? It was not a typical Seahawk performance in all departments- but little of it was because of the Steelers. On the flip side, after watching Pittsburgh this season, Seattle had their number as well as any of this year's opponents- they just didn't have them all, they couldn't close the sale. The number that really matters is 21-10.

My hat's off to Cowher for a job well done. He did a good job and deserves it.

My last word on officiating is that if it can even be an issue, rightly or wrongly, then there is a problem. And for the NFL to stick their head in the sand about the whole officiating issue throughout the playoffs is doing a disservice to the sport. Changes need to be made.

My overall grade on the whole Super Bowl package vs. the other 39 = C-.

 

[SWPA Pilot]

Everyone can argue about what could have been. Fact is Steelers are the only team to win their final meaningful game of the year.

So who will win it next year?

Steelers have as good of a shot as anyone.

 

[IronCityBlue]

reparations

Yeah I feel bad for all the Seattle whiners too. I say they should be credited a touchdown AND a missed field goal.

That way it would have actually been close. Its too bad those mean wefs wobbed them of their twophy. It sure would have looked good next to their 4 others. With all the crybabies no wonder it rains so much in Seattle.

Neither team played their best game. Both had calls (and non calls) that coulda/shoulda have gone differently. For Seattle to lose by more than double, barely being able to score in the first place, giving back a Xmas present of a turnover with one of their own, in light of the Steelers not even showing up for the first quarter+ in the champoinship game of Seattle's lucky to even be there miracle season is laughable.

Like Pacino said in Any Given Sunday. "You like my ring? You should win one yourself. No really, win one."

 

[Mercyful Fate]

Hey, uh, Ironcity..

Im curious if you saw your buddy Ben say on Letterman he felt he didnt get the ball in on that "touchdown" they called...

seems even your own players dont know what the hell happened..

 

[Fins Up]

I believe he was saying that, at the time of the play, he didn't know if he got in or not. He couldn't tell exactly where forward progress stopped as the play was happening. So what?

 

[Mercyful Fate]

I believe he was saying that, at the time of the play, he didn't know if he got in or not. He couldn't tell exactly where forward progress stopped as the play was happening. So what?

So, its time for Steelers fans to face the music with the rest of the NFL world and admit the game was a piece of crap..from the way both teams played, to the even worse performance from the officials...

 

[Fins Up]

It certainly wasn't a great game. With not much going on on either side and Seattle missing two field goals and dropping numerous passes, the Championship games were definitely better games.

 

[Mercyful Fate]

Your absolutely right. If both teams would have put a performance like that up against any of the teams they played in the playoffs, it would have been a whole different story..

Not a bowl I for sure am going to remember being worth the waste of time it was watching it...

 

[j41driver]

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[Fins Up]

I'm done.

 

[Steeler Fan]

Your absolutely right. If both teams would have put a performance like that up against any of the teams they played in the playoffs, it would have been a whole different story..

Not a bowl I for sure am going to remember being worth the waste of time it was watching it...

That's what you have when 2 primarily strong defensive teams square off. Pittsburgh was NOT going to let Shawn Alexander beat them. The defense also refused to give up big plays. The plan was to force Seattle to beat them with long sustained drives. Let's recall that the only TD they scored was after the INT with a short field.

*By the way, if you want fair and balanced, if you watch the replay, the REFs missed when Big Ben was blocked in the back during the return. That's 10 yds from the spot of the foul, if called, and who know if Seattle could have scored from that position.

A reverse/wide receiver pass for a TD and a 75 yard TD run hardly are ho-hum and a waste of time. Personally, I think if Ben doesn't throw the second INT, then the Bus and Company eat the clock (although Holmgren pretty much took care of that with their offense).

 

[Mercyful Fate]

Steeler fan,

You dead on about the pass and run from the Steelers, that is far from ho-hum...but, in my opinion those were the only two things worth a "whoa" in my book with that game