Do you think the Steelers and SeaHawks played fair or was it played poorly and set up by refs.?
95430
The game is football, not which team gets the better calls. The officiating in any game should not determine or even have influence in the outcome of the game. The Steelers won fair a square but questionable calls will forever taint the title of the best team in the NFL for the 05-06 season.
32070
logic..and judge is gay....lol..Steelers..they win , they can stop the seahawks run..did you see how SA was shining the second half against the pan?..steelers d is not gonna lay down like that...the hawks have an antsy QB ,the blitz will be perfect..HAHAHAHAHA.....they(hawks have alot of talent, i see how under a great coach they have strived to be better..they deserve to be where they are....but did you see RoeRoe(QB) on fire!!!???!!he was in the zone and the oc was pulling out all the stops...i look forward to the super bowl two great teams and two of the most emotional coaches in the game..since they both had 30 plus points in the last playoff games.... this Extra Large(XL)Superbowl should be one for the ages!!....now the superbowl wait begins!! ...Ben AKA RoeRoe.. Super Bowl MVP!!
1061678
Ive been disappointed with every ref's performance in this years world cup.  I understand that they are trying to make a stand for stupid dangerous tackles but they call fouls much too often.  The referee in that game made many mistakes with throwing cards around like confetti.  The other thing that seems to be really popular in this world cup is the diving.  Ive seen so many players go down before they are touched and the ref's need to be more aware of this.  I also noticed that some ref's in games are biased towards one country and this in unacceptable.
172752
I would've let Hasselbeck know that I had coached two Super Bowl teams and that when I send in a play with less than a minute to go in the half, he had better run it.\n\nABC reported that Holmgren sent in two plays with time running down, but that Hasselbeck audibled out of both of them. That led to the Seahawks' failure to score before the end of the half, which allowed the Steelers to carry momentum into the second half.
932881
yes very poorly played and im pissed the freaking eagles should have blown out tennesse and they cost me money they screwed up my parlay them  grrrrrrr i cant say it or my answer will get deleted.
1028817
On Saturday, 2 of the 3 games I saw were absolutely ruined by the refs.  The Italy-USA game was, of course, the worst officiating of a game that I have seen since I took my niece to her little league match last year.  However, the game that nobody seemed to be paying much attention to (including the ref) was the Iran game.  I caught 2 fouls that could have drawn red cards that were completely ignored by the ref, including a cleat to the face that was lucky not to draw blood.\n\nAnd what about Togo on Monday???  That was absolutely a PK that didn't draw any notice AT ALL by the ref in the first half, when Togo was down 1-nil!\n\nBy and large, though, I've thought the officiating to be fair in all but a handful of instances, and think that FIFA is more responsible for the state of the games than the refs, with them begging the refs to throw more cards for simple fouls.
64057
Well I don't think the game swung because of the reffing. I'm a huge Colts fan but the Steelers obviously outplayed them......look at the first half. I think the game was won by the best team that day. And what an exciting ending! Wow did Bettis breathe a sigh of relief or what?? \n\nAs for the call? *shrugs* Don't you wish you could be the ref sometimes?
160848
i dont know what rigged means but if it is unfair this is an answer for that. The super bowl wasnt really fair because when the steelers got their first 6 points, the guy who got them (i forgot his name)he didnt land right on the touchdown line but right next to it and then move the ball on to the touchdown area to make it seem like he got the touchdown. After the ref watched the replay he still gave them the 6 points. I know it would no have mattered since the score was Pitsburg Steelers-21 and Seattle Seahawks-10 so steelers had eleven points difference. Then maybe the refs didnt count some points for seahawks and counted points for the steelers that they werent supposed to get. I got the maybe refs counted points to the steelers from something i read that said or really asked "Did referees give steelers super bowl?" Thats all i know since i didnt see the super bowl from start to end. Hope that helps you with you question.
1118773
in response to responder #1, It was a questionable call, the Italians had twice to that point had slides where the feet were stacked and they made deliberate contact to stop the advance of the ball. One was from the side, it was just a whistle, the second, from behind was a yellow. I didnt like how the sportscasters said that there was no way it was a red, but i dont completely agree with it. Some of the officials have been great, most have been a little to antsy to give out cards. It happens.
1132921
Yes definitely. There was no foul that I saw and the goal that resulted from the penalty kick changed the game completely. Had the referee made the right call the game would have played out differently. I agree with you about too may referees using bad judgement in making calls. It was a bad call that kept Mastrioni (?) and Pope out of the game vs. Ghana because of the match against Italy.
686993
I admit there were a few questionable calls. But after the league reviewed the game it was made public that all the calls were CORRECT and within the NFL rules! The refs couldn't hold Holgrems hand and tell him how to manage the clock. I suppose MLB was also fixed by the umpires the year the Mariners won so many games and didn't go far in the playoffs!
72383
I disagree on the Champ Bailey fumble, there was no good camera angle to confirm it went out of the enzone and not in the field of play. The Samuel/Lelie "defensive" pass intereference...total BS...definately should have been on Lelie if anyone...but certainly...7 pts didn't make a difference anyway with all the turn overs. That being said, no...the officiating was not of the caliber of the playoffs if only based on that BS play alone!
1023457
it wasn't fair what the ref did...I'm wondering where's the fair-play that FIFA is talking about?\nand yeah maybe the ref was payed to do what he did..
1185483
i didn't see the game but i saw highlights and heard people saying how rough it got...i mean it was almost a fist fight...the ref didn't have control over anything at one point
156305
One of the reasons Boxing has become a joke it's they have so many champions,but the main reason I don't follow it anymore is the bad decisions being made by the judges.Now we have officials in the National Football League that were picked to officiate the most watched sport event in the world and they in turn made so many bad calls against one team it was pitiful to watch,as a football fan it left me with a bitter taste that two great teams matched against each other prove nothing.My congratulations to Pittsburgh but the real Stealers of the game were the officials
145978
The Officials sucked all year, but the better teams can overcome those mistakes.\n\nIn my opinion, the Touchdown was good. (Ball touched the white stripe), the Pass Interference was a close call that could of went either way, and the call on Hasselbeck for an illegal block was horrible.\n\nBut... The Steelers overcame even worse calls in their win over the Colts! \n\nBy the way, it's over a month old now.  Get over it.\n\n(but if you can tell by my user name, I may be a tad biased.)
925794
I think the Pats are getting some bad calls. I'm not a Pats fan but some of these calls are like the Colts are playing.