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Originally Posted by Bruce's_Mom Please understand I am not trying to be rude or disrespectful of your opinion, and I respect the opinion of all yters...With that said...
I as an avid football fan, trying to remove myself from the bias of my love for the Hawks, have never seen such poor, biased, and in MY OPINION disgraceful officiating in any game I have watched...Now sure the conventional wisdom leading into the game said the Steelers as a more established and conditioned franchise would pound the Hawks. This just was not true!!! Yes I count at least 3 critical plays that my beloved Hawks themselves could have performed better on, and well there is no excuse, but I can count numerous objectively bad calls that played as much even more of a part in producing the result in this game!!!
(1) 1st Quarter touchdown pass from Hasselbeck to Jackson. Call for offensive pass interference for pushing off. The video was somewhat inconclusive but we do know that the flag was only thrown after the unsportsman like conduct of safety Chris Hope having a minifit and complaining to the officials. What the tapes did show is them both touching one another, slightly if not at all, certainly not pushing off.
(2) The "touchdown" the officials failed to call back made on Roethlisberger's third-down dive into the end zone simply was not a touchdown. He was clearly (and no camera angle could have made that unclear) not over the goal line before he was taken down. Not a single part of his body. What is clearly visible is after being taken down he pulls the ball out from beneath him and sets it and his hand over the line. This is clear and conclusive, regardless of the call that was ultimatly made.
(3) Um that call agains Hasselbeck for blocking below the waist when he was making a tackle on a defensive pass interception, truly one of the most bizarre calls in football history. It was clearly erroneous as that is acceptable, please read not a personal foul!!!
(4) An offensive holding call on Locklear when his hands were positioned in closed fists??? Are you kidding me???
I can count missed calls too, but is that really necessary??? It would be irresponsible to say that the officials intentionally cheated, but I can honestly say that the Seahawks did not lose this game (the Steelers in fact and even according to the commentators were being out played throughout the first half), they were simply not given an opporntunity to fairly participate...I cannot say what was going on but perhaps the natural bias is to an older more established franchise, perhaps Holmgren's outspoken nature in regard to bad officiating played a part...All I can say is bad calls were made, and this cheapens the outcome of a game either team could have won...To say the officiating was good is in my opinion just factually incorrect...Madden agreed, ESPN agreed, numerous sports writers have agreed...It really looks like Pittsburg's 12th man wears black and white stripes...JUST MY OPINION! |
I didn't see all that...I did see how dirty the hawks played! I should say this, that I am a hardcore Ravens fan, I started admiring the Steelers after they beat the Colts(which I still can't stand, the Baltimore in me) What I am saying is my like for the Steelers is fading...So, I am not taking sides, the Seahawks couldn'r convert a play, so they played Dirty!!!!
BTW Speaking of the Ravens, did you guys see my baby last night when they called him out for past MVP players:::::I have followed him since he got here!!! I was 21 when I started Stalking Ray Lewis!
