OT: seahawks vs the steelers and the superbowl. I've been groaning about the officiating not to mention that a Seattle windstorm knocked out my power so I couldn't even watch the game on my 10' hi-def home theater screen. I found this on the internet which is how the game should of, would of, or at least could of turned out:
OT: The REAL Super Bowl score after corrected official calls:
1. D. Jack gets a TD, no offensive pass interference (Seattle add 4pts)
2. Stevens clearly catches ball, then fumbles but refs say incomplete. Replay shows Stevens catches ball and takes 2 ½ steps, and then fumbles but not reviewed. If ruled catch and fumble, Seattle gets ball near red zone, 1st down (the ball squirted out of bounds when Stevens fumbled, so Seattle would’ve retained possession AND had 1st down if called correctly). Seattle, instead, ends up having to punt. Conservatively, add 3 pts to Seattle (mighta been 7 the way they were moving ball) so conservatively it’s Seattle add 7 (4+3=7) now.
3. Roethlisburger (sp?) broken play on 3rd and 28 throws to Ward at 3 yard line for a 1st and goal. Upon reviewing the play there were clearly Steelers linemen down field looking to block (since it looked like Roeth was gonna scramble). If called correctly and flag thrown for illegal man downfield, instead of 1st and goal Pitt is looking at 3rd and over 30 with little chance of scoring (outside 40 yard line). Take away 7 from Pitt (they went on to score on the controversial TD play, but I’ll give the refs that one… It coulda gone either way and on TV it looked like it barely crossed the goal line… But again, it shoulda been 3rd and 33 and not 1st and goal so the whole TD controversy didn’t happen if refs threw flag for illegal man downfield)). Pitt -7.
4. D. Jack catches a long ball in right corner of field with left foot clearly in and the other foot clearly hitting the pylon before going out of bounds. Pylon is considered inbounds and therefore even though his right foot hits the ground out-of-bounds, he first hit the pylon with it and therefore scores a TD. Seattle +14 conservatively now (4+3+7=14).
5. At end of 1st half, Pitt crossed midfield 1 time and that 1 time refs missed a lineman downfield call (on 3rd and 28) that missed call ultimately gave Pitt a TD. Seattle crossed midfield 5 times in 1st half (including Warrick runback across midfield) and in each and every case, there was a flag thrown against Seattle or blown call (in the Stevens fumble case) that stopped every drive. Both missed field goals would’ve been closer (less than 50 yards instead of both 50+) tries if not for ref penalties, conservatively one could add 3 more to Seattle, but at this point they don’t need it cuz they’re dominating the game.
6. Stevens catches pass for 1st and goal on 1 yard line. But another phantom holding call is called and back it comes. Seattle ends up with nothing again, but should’ve had 1st and goal at 1 with league MVP running back. Add 7 more for Seattle. Seattle +21.
7. Frustration has completely rattled Seahawks by now and even the spot-on Hasselbeck throws a pick after yet another bogus holding call that brought back the 1st and goal at 1(ya, he missed 1 pass in the 1st half that shoulda been picked by Pitt. but the Seahawks didn’t score anyways). Result: Hasselbeck tackles the guy with the ball and just for fun, the refs call the QB for a low block… You can guess by now, the Seahawks know there’s no way the refs are gonna let ‘em play. End result after bogus Hasselbeck foul = Pitt near midfield to start next drive.
8. Pitt runs trick play with Randle El and Ward, where Grant Wistrom is dragged down in the backfield and clearly held and tackled without refs throwing a holding flag (especially after the bogus few others on Seattle, this woulda been a decent time to make the right call in the Hawks’ favor… BUT NO). Pitt gets another controversial 7. With correct holding call, Pitt gets stopped again and looking at 3rd and very long. Pitt -14…
9. End result : subtract 14 from Pitt, add 21 to Seattle and it is Seattle 31, Pitt 7.
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