was the superbowl set up this year? so many outrageous calls!?
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I am so sick of answering this question \n\nOK for the last time....\n\nA push is a defender fully extending his arm to gain an advantage over the defender. Jackson's arm was fully extended....Good Call bad timing\n\nVideo Replay must provide UNDISPUTIBLE evidence to overturn a on-feild ruling. What made that play stand was the fact that although you "know" where the ball was, you still can not determine wether he was over or not before the hit....\nGood Call\n\nNow the below the waist thing....\nBad Call\n\nBut what about Jeramy Stevens "not fumble" or the fact that Rothlisberger was blocked in the back on the int. return. Or Shaun Alexander not showing up, Poor Clock management at the close of the game and 1st half, Hasselback throwing 2 passes out of bounds (inside the 20), allowing Big Ben the time to throw a 60 yd pass to Hines Ward, the 2 missed tackles on the longest run in Super Bowl history......And last but not least Josh Brown missed 2 FG's. \n\nSo don't blame the refs.\nBlame the Team.
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I agree that it's excessive. Jacobs' and Horn's were sweet (Horn actually called his kids because they couldn't come to the game).\n\nAnd I didn't watch all of the Dallas game so I didn't even see the TO thing (of course no one will talk about it because the media likes bad-guys and sad stories)\n\nAlso, it is very hypocritical.  A few weeks ago, Ronde Barber gets an interception and just does some little gesture, and just because a team mate half heartedly did it with him, they got penalized for team-celebration (Giants team-celebrate things all the time).  And they still allow the Lambeau Leap, likely because it's historical, yet that could actually stand a chance of hurting the players or fans (by insane fan injury or being crushed respectivley)  While simple little uses of the ball as a prop are penalized and fined. (I hate the penalization more than the fine, the $$ is nothing to most guys).
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In my opinion, the NFL Sunday Ticket isn't all its cracked up to be, because of the reason you are explaining above. \n\nMatthew S.
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Interesting, different info than I figured.  Depends on how you look at it--for one event, the Super Bowl, followed by soccer and F1 racing.  Link has a lot more info:
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I went to SuperBowl 28 when it was here in Atlanta, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills 30-13. I remember it was the loudest I had ever heard the GA dome, and it was great to see so many different people cheering for the Cowboys in Atlanta. I also went to SuperBowl 34, which was also here in Atlanta, the Rams and the Titans played. I thought the Titans got cheated in that one, from the stands, it looked like their last throw was a touchdown, but i remember every Titans fan being upset that night. The half time shows are awesome, even though we didnt get any Janet Jackson action.
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The false start call made no sense.  A false start is only supposed to be called when a player comes out of their set position, and I don't think that "set" position applies to a QB unless he starts moving while his hands are under center.  \n\nIn general, I think the level of officiating has been getting lower and lower.  The Troy Brown call was very shaky, but not as bad as some others I've seen.  There are two that have made me really wonder what's going on this year:\n\n1) Bengals-Bucs - During the Bucs' winning drive, Justin Smith sacks Gradkowski by dragging him down.  He's flagged for unnecessary roughness for what the official referred to as driving his head into the ground.  I'm not sure how he's supposed to tackle him, but anyway it's a terrible call.  The Bucs win on another questionable call, Clayton's touchdown catch.\n\n2) Jets-Browns - The Jets seem to have tied the game on a TD catch at the end of the game by Chris Baker, only to have it ruled out of bounds.  The replays show very clearly that he was going to come down easily in bounds if Brodney Pool hadn't knocked him out while in the air.  But it's not a challengable call, and the official's horrible judgment costs the Jets a chance.\n\nThere's more and more of this every week.  I'm not sure what the solution is, but they need to work more with these officials.  Football is a great game, but it's being hurt pretty badly by the officiating right now.
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Sounds like people from the 10 team and the Harvicks were exchanging words as they were walking. While this was going on, someone deliberately or accidentally bumped into them and they were both knocked off their feet.  Yep, everyone got called to the Oval Office (as DW calls it).  Didn't hear the part about the foot being run over.  Wouldn't surprise me, though. A lot going on in a small space.  It happens.  Bob Dillner broke the story. I think, so he is going to be REAL careful to get his facts straight this time, especially when Kevin Harvick is concerned.\n\nSpeed Report just did an update--there was yelling and some shoving. Both Kevin and DeLana were knocked down.  A NASCAR official injured his ankle (it sounded like they were in the area of the pit box, which was moving, and the official was trying to break it up).
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For sure bad officiating like Holmgren said,"We knew it was going to be tough going against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I didn't know we were going to have to play the guys in the striped shirts as well."\nbad calls for the refs...
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No no no no no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I think it is just all part of the game.Everyone has been mad before about a bad call against their team but everyone has also seen a bad call made that helps there team so it kind of evens out and all.This sounds really evil and I'm not like that but also, with replays there would be less fights.I know that's a good thing because they try to make baseball a family sport but I think everyone gets interested in that.Like when a manager goes out to argue with an umpire about his call, the crowd just goes crazy.I think the whole thing is just part of the game.
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the score is correct based on your league's scoring...check the league settings and go through the league scores...don't use box scores, those are never updated when the nfl changes the call on a play..\n-nny
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Like everyone else said, they don't want any team to have a home-field advantage. Also, you are talking about tens of thousands of people coming to the site of the Super Bowl. These people all need hotels, airfare and othere accomodations. Trying to plan something this big with only one or two weeks notice would be a complete disaster. There are some NFL cities (like Green Bay) that simply could never handle that many people at once on short notice. Jacksonville had trouble with it a few years ago, and they had plenty of warning. This needs to be planned out years in advance. Plus the NFL likes to reward cities (like Detroit, or Houston last year) that build shiny new stadiums for their teams. They don't want the Super Bowl to be played in a dump.
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Here it is. I might watch a bit of it before the real football comes on ;-)\n\nhttp://www.ejwhittenlegendsgame.com.au/2006_Details.asp
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I think a lot of the new rules go over board, too.  But, remember that the refs tend to over-blow their whistle at the beginning of the season. They're under close watch and they'll relax when the league starts to relax a few months into it. It's how things always are. \n\nThere were SO many ejections after just the first two days, though. It's frustrating.
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I am.  This came out of nowhere.  If he keeps this up, the Falcons may be a threat in the NFC.\n\nFor more on  the Falcons and the NFL....check this site out.  http://factipedia.com/sportsblogs/
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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!
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i think even the commentators were needing to call the samaritans - it has to be the dullest monstrosity i've ever sat through at such a high level and i'm pretty sure i was losing the will to live, or even worse the will to drink my beer! i'm amazed the players didn't just curl up on the pitch and have a snooze. i can see why the Swiss hadn't had a goal scored against them - everytime anyone got close i bet they were too pre-occupied with tying a noose to be bothered. it's supposed to be the finals for gawd's sake, not a kick about between the hungover, bottom 2 teams in the local pub league on a sunday afternoon...i mean even the penalties didn't evoke any passion!
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The NFL is truly the Jeckyl and Hyde League!   There is a lack of consistancy because of several things.  First of all. . . many NFL players are just self serving egotistical gheto scumbuckets that care only about their "image" and not the team or game itself.  T.O. (team obliterater) owens. . . Chad (I am a total moron with my GAY endzone dances) Johnson. . . and etc.  The REAL football in this country is played on SATURDAY's by college teams.  The sunday NFL game is boring and mundane.    Free agency and players leaving one team for more money or press elswhere also have created a league of mediocre teams.  Look at pittsburg. . .. . from super bowl champs to total chumps!!!!   Look at the play off race. . . . a bunch of 5-6 teams still in the hunt!   The college BCS system is very flawed but at least every game counts!!!  In the NFL all you have to do is make the playoffs as a 8-8 team. . . get hot and catch a few breaks for a few games. . . and blamo!!!  You are super bowl champs!!     As a result. . . . anything can happen anyweek.. .. . P.S. . . . . Notre Dame and the Chicago Bears both bite the big schwantzola!!!