WORST Superbowl EVER!

[devilgrrl]

Sorry folks... that was the absolute worst officiated game I've ever seen my life. Absolute @%#^%ing worst!!!!! :argh:

The Stones were better than the game itself. There. At least there was one positive.

[Baclava]

1. Greatest SB ever!

[JVS]

10. Yeah!

[geomon666]

2. When do the refs get their rings?

What a damn disgrace this game was. A terrible joke played on all football fans.

[THUNDER HANDS]

8. i heard

the refs will personally hand the rings to Pittsburgh

[the other one]

3. Disgraceful. NFL pisses away integrity in one game.

Sorry Steeler fans. The second best team won, but the had a bunch of Zebras helping them.

By far the worst super bowl ever, and perhaps a reason to boycott next season.

How come the refs never called holding against the Steelers, but tickytacked the Seahawks on just about every crucial play?

And Rothlisberger and the touchdown that never was. Pathetic.

[sabbat hunter]

4. i disagree

to me, a non steeler/non seahawk fan, the tip of the ball crossed the plane of the goal line on the reviews i saw. remember the whole ball doesnt have to cross just any part of it across the plane.
even people at my superbowl party who were rooting for the seahawks agreed it was a TD.

[the other one]

5. Not the whole story.

I disagree with your assessment that the ball broke the plane. It didn't look that way to me. The ref on the field did not call it a TD until well after the end of the play. Was he erring on the side of caution? Call it a TD and let the replay decide? The ref looked like he was ready to spot the ball when he suddenly changed his mind. The replay may not have been enough to overturn it, but it sure seemed like a cheap score in the biggest game of the year.

They could avoid this problem by making a touchdown what it used to be: A player carries the ball into the endzone and touches it down onto the ground. Thats why the call it that you know. This breaking the plane (plain?) is just crap.

[sabbat hunter]

13. breaking the plane

has been the rule as long as i can remember. as long as any part of the ball crosses the front part of the goal line, its a goal.
same for first downs, the whole ball doesnt have to make it across the marker, just the tip of the ball.

[Ravenseye]

17. Bens TD

[Berserker]

6. Of all the reviews

I watched I never seen the ball cross the plane. I never seen a reason for the holding call or the push off to negate the Seahawks touchdown. What I did see was a horseshit job of officiating and a Brett Favre type ass kissing of the Steelers Before During and After the game by the media. And I am not a fan of the Steelers or Seahawks.

[bmbmd]

7. And, it was boring.

Where was the excellence in this game????

[chimpymustgo]

9. Well, everytime the Seahawks got something going, Refs mugged them.

Game could have been quite good, if Seattle had been allowed to play in it.

[Feenicks]

14. Face it-- bad calls or no, Seattle sucked, and didn't play

like a Super Bowl Champion. The Steelers 2 big plays alone beat them.

[geomon666]

15. And the Steelers did?

First Downs: SEA-20 PIT-14

Total Net Yards: SEA-396 PIT-339

Total Passing Yards: SEA-259 PIT-158

Penalties: SEA-7 for 70 yards PIT-3 for 20 yards


Seattle Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int
M. Hasselbeck 26 49 273 53.1 5.6 3 14 1 1

Pittsburgh Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int
B. Roethlisberger 9 21 123 42.9 5.9 1 8 0 2




Pittsburgh played worse than Seattle in almost every category. If anyone sees that ref driving in a Steeler colored Escalade, we know what's up.

[Feenicks]

16. Yup, except in one category....

Pittsburgh played worse than Seattle in almost every category.

"Big Plays". The Steelers had 2, and that was the difference.

[geomon666]

18. Actually they had 3.

Someone needs to check these refs bank accounts. Huge play there. Way to go Stealers (spelling on purpose).

[Feenicks]

19. Ahem, evidence first, THEN accusations. Otherwise,

it just comes off as conspiracy-theory ranting. :tinfoilhat:

[JVS]

29. I don't see how a game that is decided in the 4th quarter...

and spent most of the game being within one drive of turning around can be called boring. It wasn't razzle-dazzle (defense contests rarely are), but it wasn't boring. Is a 75 yard record setting run boring? Is a 76 yard interception return boring? Long Field goal attempts? Tricky plays?

[Baclava]

11. You think that was the first game ever for questionable calls?

The Steelers had calls against them all through the playoffs and were able to overcome them and win anyway.
Quit yur cryin'. The better team won.

If The Walrus wasn't such a horsehit time-manager and the Hawks didn't shoot themselves in the foot a million times with dropped passes and moronic play-calling, they might have had a better chance. That idiot punter helped too - kick em all in the endzone...hahahahah...

I suppose that Parkers 75 yd run and El's pass for a TD weren't good enough either.

The Steelers would have been up 21-3 on their way to a blow-out if Ben didn't float that INT.

[Robeson]

12. Outside of the obvious bad officiating, ....

....I agree with your your second paragraph. Time management sucked. The dropped passes killed 'em, and the punting was pathetic. Seattle had great field position to be able to punt the Steelers inside the 20 all game, yet the punter just wanted to show his leg strength by planting them in the endzone. The guy never learned how to do a pooch kick? He'd be first on the waiver wire....

[akarnitz]

20. This was an interesting game.

It wasn't bad for a Super Bowl. If it were a regular season game I would have flipped to C-Span 2(Book TV on the weekends).

I didn't think the officiating was bad either. Maybe it's not a case of the refs controlling the game. Perhaps the Seahawks just choked, comming fouls at precisely the wrong time. Josh Brown certainly choked a couple of times. Or do we blame that on the surface.

Ultimately this was a game of big plays. Pittsburgh had the two big scoring plays. Seattle had none.
Turnovers were even, if I'm not mistaken.Ike Taylor's pick in the 4th qtr. was the key to the game. If he drops the ball Seattle can still kick a field goal, trimming Pittsburgh's lead to one, 14-13.
If he slips after making the pick, giving the Steelers possession inside their own 10. They'd play conservatively(Ben wasn't having a great game)and punt after a 3 and out. Seattle gets another chance to go ahead. But it worked out as it did and 4 plays later it's El to Hines to seal the game.

Oh, yeah, and it killed a drive that started at Seattle's own 2 yard line.

Compared to SB's V, VII and IX, this was a GREAT game. And it beats the hell out of the blowouts, too.
That puts the overall quality rating of this game is smack dab in the middle.

[NJ Democrats]

21. This was not the worst SB ever

The refing did suck.
The Pass-Interference, the holding call and the block below the waist call were crap. Do doubt about it.
however, The Steelers came up with the big plays (Parker run, Randel El pass) and Holmgren had one of the worst coaching games ever. His clock-management and play calling absolutely sucked.
In the end the Steelers played better, despite the bad calls, and won. And they deserved it.
(Oh, and Pittsburgh overcame bad calling in the Indy game, too. So Seattle could have overcome it. They just didn't.)

[Burma Jones]

31. you are exactly correct

Props to you and Jersey Rocks

[LisaM]

22. If everyone's talking about the refs, then they did not do their jobs

No one ever discusses good officiating the day after.

[Captain Hilts]

23. Seattle shouldn't have dropped all those passes. nt

[Ediacara]

24. I disagree about the Stones...

If I saw Mic Jagger give that performance in a Karaoke bar, I'd boo him off the stage :-)

[HuckleB]

25. LOL!

It was sad to watch!

[FarLeftRage]

26. Yep.

Make a comparison with the 2000 Presidential Election, when the Supreme Court "officiated" and gave it to *

[Zech Marquis]

27. a sub[ar bowl capping a subcap season

what a TERRIBLE way to end the season-very shady offciating, even worse playcalling, and the the worst commercials I've ever seen :argh: Can anyone explain what the hell that Burger King commercial was supposed to be about? :eyes: and the crooked referees was more tan enough to make me order the EPL soccer package for next season. I'd rather watch Manchester United and helsea than a watered down, TO-obessed NFL...

[jschurchin]

28. Do you prefer brea or chedder.....

to go with that whine.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[madinmaryland]

30. The ref's are going to DisneyWorld instead of Hines Ward!