NJmaverick
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:24 AM
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What are people's thoughts on the Super Bowl officiating? |
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Were the zebras a little too visible in that game? Were there too many questionable calls?
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:28 AM
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They were always flying the flags and such.
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:28 AM
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2. lots of penalties I agree |
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But I think most of the calls were fair ones..but I'm sure the anti-Pittsburgh brigade will start in on the refs being in the Steelers pockets..:eyes: (I had no rooting interest and think the ticky tacky calls went both ways)
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:33 AM
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3. Whisenhunt pretty much invited them to call whatever they saw by being loose with the red flag. |
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I still don't see how there was definitive evidence to overturn Roethlisberger's initial TD. And the standard to overturn such a call is supposed to be very high.
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:39 AM
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4. I thought the first half was well officiated |
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I thought the second half had room for improvement. I don't think either side was given an edge, I just think there were some calls you just don't make in the Super Bowl, like the ticky tacky roughing the passer and the holding in the endzone.
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:45 AM
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5. The hold in the endzone should have been called, |
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that was pretty clear.
As for the roughing the passer, we may have gotten one, but the ball was out and the ref thought the player should have held up. I'll take one for a change.
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:54 PM
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31. yeah that roughing call seemed kind of borderline... |
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:48 AM
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6. Who was the Steeler who had the guy down and started punching him? |
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did you frigging see that? They should have booted his ass right out of there for that
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:49 AM
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Not a proud moment for Steeler fans, but I've seen worse.
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:52 AM
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11. So have I, but I couldn't believe it when I saw it, sort of like out of the blue |
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"You're on the ground...thump,thump!" everyone else was like :wtf:
I saw a hold from Arizona on that safety, BTW..
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:56 AM
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13. I'm thinking that Cardinal must have been talking some serious smack |
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to get him mad like that. Harrison is usually much more level-headed than that.
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:59 AM
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14. It might also have been related to the numerous penalties that had happened during the game. |
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My impression was that the Cardinals were not playing a particularly clean game. Often when that is happening, there are a number of scuffles brewing under the surface.
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:59 AM
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15. He must have...shit, I wouldn't want Harrison to use me as a punching bag! |
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:23 PM
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22. Harrison was also the recipient of a pretty brutal facemask a play or two prior. |
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I'm not justifying what he did, but that was a pretty heated game and may have caused him to want some payback.
Completely uncalled for though.
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:11 PM
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36. there was talk on some of the Steeler forums that |
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this guy went after Harrison's knees. All of the clips only show Harrison's retaliation.
Not making excuses for what he did.
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:55 PM
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32. that's what I thought, too - he seems pretty level headed most of the time |
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:48 AM
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7. I think the tribal God Warriors on the Holy Battlefield should play without referees. |
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Since it's a war simulation, with all its totemic rah rah unfulfilled-homoerotic-energy-unleashed-as-violence Delicious Jesus-Loving Goodness, they should go referee-less.
Real war has no refs.
And as George Carlin said, leave the wounded on the field, and let the fucking Red Cross come help 'em.
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:51 AM
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9. And arm them with tridents! |
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:39 PM
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38. They do that for Rugby Union |
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I don't see why they can't do it for American Football.
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:53 AM
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12. Kurt Warner was praying to the wrong god n/t |
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:24 PM
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23. Anyone who implies that his in-laws were killed by tornado as punishment from God |
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for not believing....
yes, that person is indeed praying to the wrong god.
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:34 PM
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37. Still pushing that false talking point I see |
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even after it was proven false:eyes:
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:06 PM
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17. Yeah. Chess is even worse... |
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Yeah. Chess is even worse in its symbolic savagery and religious imagery.
Says a lot about those barbaric chess players with ratings of 1450 and above...
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:10 PM
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Mon Feb-02-09 11:51 AM
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10. NFL officiating in general is way too intrusive. |
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I can hardly bear watching NFL games. Even Bears' games, which are generally pretty exciting, win or lose.
Too many flags. Too many rules, many of which often contradict each other. Too many penalties.
You know, if the League wants to protect QB's, why don't they just allow OL's to Hold and be done with it. Problem solved.
Don't even get my started with Pass Interference penalties.
The NFL has pretty much sucked all the fun out of the game. I'd rather watch soccer.
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:00 PM
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16. "I'd rather watch soccer." |
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:15 PM
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20. Glory, Glory.......... |
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........Man United.
:applause:
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:26 PM
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:P
Hope you support your local MLS team too. :)
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:56 PM
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34. honest to god, every damn touchdown seems to need a review - |
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there is always some arcane complication... :wtf:
:hi:
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:11 PM
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19. I was surprised at the amount of penalties in the game. At one point Michaels |
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commented there have sixteen accepted penalties. That's alot and too many if you ask me. I would rather the ref's just let them play.
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:19 PM
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21. I agree, better to let the game be decided by the players |
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:35 PM
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25. The refereeing was a fucking joke |
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The fix was in, just like in the last Steelers "win"
Horridly officiated game. Anyone that does not acknowledge that is either a Steelers homer, or doesn't know the game.
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:40 PM
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27. I love it when people post that bitter crap. It's so fun to laugh at them. |
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:47 PM
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1) Holding calls - called on Arizona many times, similar takedowns by Pittsburgh not called 2) Block in the back - Tim Hightower was blocked in the back on the interception return - no call 3) Roughing the passer - bullshit call on Dansby, later hits on Warner not called 4) Roughing the holder - Wilson was PUSHED into him 5) James Harrison - he should have been ejected for throwing multiple punches 6) Hines Ward - threw a punch, not flagged 7) Last fumble was NOT a fumble - his arm was in motion
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:52 PM
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30. LOL! Nice bitterness! |
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:44 PM
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39. Wow! With friends like that, the Steelers certainly don't need enemies |
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The refs put actual points on the board for the Cardinals with one of the most bogus holding penalties I have ever seen. Now, if that's the fix then I certainly don't want in.
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:50 PM
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40. And took points off the board when they overturned a Steeler touchdown call based on... |
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Edited on Mon Feb-02-09 01:51 PM by JVS
what appeared to be inconclusive evidence.
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Mon Feb-02-09 02:41 PM
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41. Bogus holding? It was a taken down |
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And it should have been a safety on the prior play
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Mon Feb-02-09 02:56 PM
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43. If Travis Laboy wasn't playing with a torn bicep, maybe |
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I don't have a problem with the safety. The official threw the flag right away even before Ben threw the ball.
Maybe alot had to do with the Cardinals unwillingness to double team Harrison and leave Mike Gandy out there on his own.
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:38 PM
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26. A few too many flags, but luckily it didn't really decide the game. n/t |
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:51 PM
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29. Here's what I think asshole |
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Mon Feb-02-09 02:44 PM
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42. oops! I was never good with authority |
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:55 PM
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33. At least the Steelers weren't handed the SB like the last one |
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:58 PM
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35. I wasn't emotionally invested in either team... |
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I wasn't emotionally invested in either team, so any bias I may have goes more towards my own ignorance than it does thinking Team A or Team B were rooked.
I thought the officiating was adequate. Not stellar, but it didn't suck either.
There were a few backfield penalties I thought I witnessed that didn't get any flags thrown on them, but the guys I was watching the game with thought I was seeing things because I had one too many beers.
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