Pittsburgh is your winner

[cooljayhu]

Well the steelers have won. Pretty boring game IMO it felt kinda weird to see Brady with street clothes at a superbowl eh? The halftime show was the best part of the game pretty much.

[Freak93]

The game was boring. I am glad to see Jerome Bettis finally get the Super Bowl. I voted Randel El for MVP.

[Keeper]

I found the game entirely enjoyable

[detroitbasketball]

Was a thread just for Pittsburgh winning really necessary?

[cooljayhu]

yes, yes it was (not really but who cares it is a freakin' topic)

[detroitbasketball]

Meh, I was a little angry right after the game ended.

[JacktheRipper]

I feel, let down. First off, the "all-star" officiating crew needs to just not accept their checks for this game. There was a slant in my eyes, toward the boys in black and yellow. The PI that negated the touchdown in the first half was questionable, but I can actually see that. Then I thought Pittsburgh was offsides a few times. That on top of the holding penalties coming at really odd times, you know when it looked like Seattle might score. To add more to this, the "illegal block" by Hasselbeck and the timeout called after the play clock ran down to zero. Overall, they were a joke!

No team looked like they deserved to win tonight and that's sad. The biggest game of the year and I feel like I just watched Auburn crush some pasty from the MAC or something.

Add onto that the commercials were pitiful, other than a few, and you have what was the "Worst Super Bowl Ever" for me, though it is only my tenth to actually sit down and watch.

[hoosier]

The officiating was just absolutely disgusting. Nothing else can be said about it.

There were a few memorable commercials, but far too many were recycled or just simply not bad. I have to admit, though... the Sprint British chase commercial was very enjoyable. I had a laugh at that.

[ChisAto]

This was a bad ending to a exciting playoff, unless you were a Steelers fan.

[jxtuoleafs]

...............but I won $30, and hit the over/under (47.5).

To me, what made this game a little blah was the running games were both brutal. I mean, nice for Bettis to leave on that note...but ugh, he had less than 50 yds, while MVP Alexander didn't rip it up either.

On another note, this was a very good playoffs though in my opinion. I can't comment on the commercials because us Canadians had our own commercials (one in particular had a phone company plug their new Olympics mascots about 5 different times to tonight...and yeah, they were beavers *shudders*).

But I'll take my money and pipe down.

[vy10]

Seeing how I was the only one in the room rooting for Pittsburgh where I was at I feel pretty smart at the moment

[dkgojackets]

That game was boring. Should have tuned in to the Lingerie Bowl.

[matthewjc314]

more people watched this game than any other in history. Highest viewing since the last time the Steelers were in the SB. 10 years and no one cares about the other teams. Steelers won and that is what i care about.

[SilverChaosVII]

I was pissed...

The True Winners of Superbowl XL: The Refs

[longhornfaithful]

matthewjc314 said:

more people watched this game than any other in history. Highest viewing since the last time the Steelers were in the SB. 10 years and no one cares about the other teams. Steelers won and that is what i care about.

Thats mostly due to the huge fan base Pittsburgh has in Pittsburgh.

Also I don't think that the refs played a huge part in the super bowl. I think blaming the refs is just the easiest way of backing out of that lost. The PI call was PI, because the rule is if you full exstend your arms against a defensiveback then its PI. It was right in front of the ref so he had to call it.

The Big Ben TD was a touchdown.

I will agree with the Hasselback "chop block" was crap, but it didn't give pittsburght the game.

[sep]

silverchaosvii said:

The True Winners of Superbowl XL: The Refs

If you call days, even months of bad mouthing winning. Then I guess they did.

[sep]

The PI call was PI, because the rule is if you full exstend your arms against a defensiveback then its PI. It was right in front of the ref so he had to call it.

Sure by the book, it is PI. But the ref didn't go for his flag until the Pitt defensive back complained about it.

The Big Ben TD was a touchdown.

Very debatable, but when he was on the ground and moved the ball across the plain you'll notice the ball was short when he started to move it pass the white.

I will agree with the Hasselback "chop block" was crap, but it didn't give pittsburght the game.

Sure that call had no affect on the game, but there wouldn't have been an interception if the refs didn't mess up that holding call. That was clearly and legally a clean block.

[matthewjc314]

20 reasons the refs' calls didn't matter...


1. The Refs didn't give up the longest run in SB history...Seattle's
defense did.


2. The Refs didn't bite on a 43 yd trick play, Randle to Ward for a
TD...Seattle's defense did.


3. The Refs didn't allow Ben to scramble around on a 3rd and 28 and
complete a long pass to the 2 yd. line...Seattle's defense did.


4. The Refs didn't miss two field goals, that was Seattle.


5. The Refs didn't fail to step out of bounds late in the 1st half to stop
the clock in Pitt territory in a crunch time situation...Seattle's offense
did.


6. The Refs didn't let the 1st half clock tick down from 48 seconds all
the way down to 13 seconds before finally running their next play at
Pitt's 36 yd line...Seattle's offense did.


7. And on this play, 3rd down, 53 yds away from a FG, it wasn't the Refs
who tried and failed to go deep for a TD rather than a safer 5-7 yd play
and timeout setting up a much easier FG attempt....that, again, would be
Seattle's offense.


8. The Refs didn't get confused by Pitt's zone defense and throw an
INT...that would be Seattle's QB.


9. The Refs didn't let a little physical contact intimidate them from
catching 4 very catchable passes...that would be the Seattle TE Jeremy
Stevens.


10. With approx. 20 seconds left in the game, knowing they need a TD and
FG, in no particular order, and in easy FG range on 4th down, it wasn't
the Refs who ignored the FG and elected to throw up a prayer trying for a
TD...that AGAIN would be Seattle.


11. The Refs didn't constantly punt deep into the end zone, repeatedly
giving Pitt the ball at the 20 yd line...that of course was Seattle.


12. It wasn't the Refs who received a Christmas gift wrapped easy INT
lobbed in perfect position to return deep into Pitt territory...the lucky
beneficiary of that break would be Seattle.


13. It wasn't the Refs who got a break when a Steeler DB dropped an easy
int early in the game...that too would be a break for Seattle.


14. It wasn't the Refs who caught a break when a Steeler WR dropped a very
catchable TD pass...that break again would go to Seattle.


15. It wasn't the scapegoat Refs that received a break when a WR caught
the ball, turned, stepped, was hit hard enough to cause a fumble, and then
ruled INCOMPLETE...that would be of course, another chance for Seattle.


(this was an interesting call considering that after Troy's famous
overruled Int, the NFL stated that it WAS a catch. If so, then this
definitely WAS a catch)


16. The Refs weren't the ones who caught a break when at the conclusion of
a 2nd qtr play, as a Pitt DE was walking away, the Seattle Center
blindsided the defenseless player, leveling him to the ground. This
mysteriously unseen crime was again another break for Seattle.


17. It wasn't the Refs who got a break when Pitt QB Big Ben was blocked in
the back as he pursued the DB who he'd tossed an int to...that again would
go to Seattle.


18. It wasn't the Refs who stopped Seattle RB Alexander in a few key
situations. That would be the Pittsburgh Steelers.


19. It wasn't the Refs who converted many of their 3rd downs yet stopped
their opponent on 3rd down often...that would be the Pittsburgh Steelers.


20. And the very bottom line is this...On plays when there wasn't any
penalties...One team made plays and one team didn't. The end result was
the final score, 21-10 Seattle was outcoached and outplayed.


Get over it Seattle.


Congratulations to the World Champion Pittsburgh Steelers!

[matthewjc314]

sepsportsfanatic said:

Sure that call had no affect on the game, but there wouldn't have been an interception if the refs didn't mess up that holding call. That was clearly and legally a clean block.

one comment on this is that he grabbed him from the back. While it may not have been a blatent hold, the offensive guy was behind the defensive guy and was grabbing him. This is a hold, because you can't turn a player around or have them from the back, unless they have the ball and you are tackling them.