Big Bens TD

The doubt that is casted in my mind about Big Ben's TD was how far he reached in his "2nd effort" to cross the plain. He reaches out way far...

I think he doesn't make it, I understand if people thought he did, and realize that there wasn't enough visual evidence either way.

It was a close call.

The call could have went either way on the field.

There simply wasn't conclusive evidence to overturn it. They could have went the opposite way on the field and it would have been upheld too.

I think the ball crossed the plane of the goaline. As bad as the officiating has been in the playoffs, this crew actually did a good job.

I think the ball just did cross the line than the Seahawk player knocked his arm back and he may have even fumbled the ball but that would have been after it crossed th plan.

I think the ball crossed the plane of the goaline. As bad as the officiating has been in the playoffs, this crew actually did a good job.



you think that crew did a good job ? holy crap you must have been watching a different game.:Smoker:

the offensive pass interferrence
big bens td
the holding on seattles left tackle when the hawks completed a pass to the 2 yardline
the cut block they called on hasselback
the timeout they awarded pitt. after the playclock had already hit 0

thats the main ones i can think of i'm sure there are plenty more. notice how all those i mention favor the steelers. this game was determined before it started.

I think the ball just did cross the line than the Seahawk player knocked his arm back and he may have even fumbled the ball but that would have been after it crossed th plan.

the referee didn't think the ball had crossed the goel line either. if you notice on the replay, the ref is running toward ben holding his right hand in the air with a closed fist (indicating 4th down) it wasn't until he reached ben and saw that ben had stretched the ball over the goel line when he raised both hands indicating a td. it was crap, total crap. almost every person i've talked to today or every radio person i've listened to has said that that was one of the worse officiated games they have ever seen and that seattle got screwed. dan patrick, in particular, was very vocal about it.

you think that crew did a good job ? holy crap you must have been watching a different game.:Smoker:

the offensive pass interferrence
big bens td
the holding on seattles left tackle when the hawks completed a pass to the 2 yardline
the cut block they called on hasselback
the timeout they awarded pitt. after the playclock had already hit 0

thats the main ones i can think of i'm sure there are plenty more. notice how all those i mention favor the steelers. this game was determined before it started.

For being the Super Bowl where the NFL best should be the refs were so bad it hurts the mind. :frusty: The call that was a TD[big Ben QB run] well I saw that his hole arm didn't even get in so how could the ball? Be that as it may the rest of the bad calls is something that should never take away from a game like this!

For being the Super Bowl where the NFL best should be the refs were so bad it hurts the mind. :frusty: The call that was a TD[big Ben QB run] well I saw that his hole arm didn't even get in so how could the ball? Be that as it may the rest of the bad calls is something that should never take away from a game like this!

just a bad game all the way around. i was disapointed. your right though, you would think the nfl could at least put some good refs out there to call such an important game. the nfl needs to hire full time ref.

As soon as I heard that the head official was a former cop I was like, well, we know he's an idiot, and he'll probably make his mind up early and jump to conclusions. I don't care, though, nothing but the holding call was the actual wrong call.

As for Roethlisberger not getting across, well that might have mattered on 4th down. But they were going to go for it and get that touchdown on the next play regardless.

Mike Holmgren just turned in possibly the worst coaching performance in Super Bowl history, which also didn't help the Seahawks' chances.

As soon as I heard that the head official was a former cop I was like, well, we know he's an idiot, and he'll probably make his mind up early and jump to conclusions. I don't care, though, nothing but the holding call was the actual wrong call.

As for Roethlisberger not getting across, well that might have mattered on 4th down. But they were going to go for it and get that touchdown on the next play regardless.

Mike Holmgren just turned in possibly the worst coaching performance in Super Bowl history, which also didn't help the Seahawks' chances.



i think they would have kicked the field goel on 4th down, it was the 1st quarter and the score would have been tied at 3. no need to go for it in that situation.


holmgren actually out coached cower in that game. the refs and jeremy stevens made seattle look bad. holmgren made mistake in the last 2 minutes of the first half, thats it. the steelers big plays came from their OC, cower doesn't call any plays.