Seahawks win Super Bowl XL - Page 3

wolf · 02-09-2006, 12:56 AM

Folks in Seattle are a bunch of liberal weenies. They whined about Gore and then Kerry losing, and now this.

(Hmmm. thought we had a smiley of a little guy holding a sign saying "STFU". Must have been some other vBulletin board that I frequent. Just imagine one of those following the above sentence. Thanx muchly.)

Elspode · 02-09-2006, 11:28 AM

I watched the replay of the Rothlisberger TD about ten times, and each time, to me (who is by no means any sort of referee, but I did have my glasses on), it appeared that his initial lunge into the tacklers placed the nose of the ball *just* over the edge of the goal line. Keep in mind that the ball does not have to cross the "back" of the line, but just the the front. If any part of the ball breaks the invisible vertical plane which extends upwards from the beginning of the goal line where it meets the space on the field between the 1 yard line and the goal line...it is a touchdown.

As to the push off, it was a bit lame, but the receiver *did* push off. He stuck his hand on the defender's chest, and pushed off. Granted, it was incredibly gentle, more of a move to ensure that he had an arm's length of space with which to work, but the rule doesn't differentiate in that way.

The call on Hasselbeck was demonstrably incorrect, but I didn't see that play for some reason. I do find most of the arguments citing that penalty as a major difference in the game to be a bit weak. The Seahawks didn't bring their A game, and the two biggest plays against them were catastrophic defense failures, one of which - the "gadget" pass by El for the TD - they had specifically practiced preventing.

It wasn't a stellar officiating effort, I won't argue that, but I dispute that the officials won the game for Pittsburgh. If it had been the Chiefs in the Super Bowl instead of the Seahawks, and they had gotten those same calls and non-calls, you can bet I'd feel differently, because I would then not be at all objective...I'd be a ravenous fan with veins dangling from my teeth.

dar512 · 02-09-2006, 12:41 PM

The commercials

Griff · 02-09-2006, 06:57 PM

Spode nailed it. Seahawk fans need to realize that their defenders were overpursuing. If the game wasn't going the Steelers way, they would have had to take advantage of that more. They would have. if Pburg had those calls agin'em I'd whine but I'd be wrong.

That said, do we really need the week off and the evening game? Those things conspire to make a crap game.

02-09-2006, 12:56 AM	#31
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Folks in Seattle are a bunch of liberal weenies. They whined about Gore and then Kerry losing, and now this. (Hmmm. thought we had a smiley of a little guy holding a sign saying "STFU". Must have been some other vBulletin board that I frequent. Just imagine one of those following the above sentence. Thanx muchly.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-09-2006, 11:28 AM	#32
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I watched the replay of the Rothlisberger TD about ten times, and each time, to me (who is by no means any sort of referee, but I did have my glasses on), it appeared that his initial lunge into the tacklers placed the nose of the ball just over the edge of the goal line. Keep in mind that the ball does not have to cross the "back" of the line, but just the the front. If any part of the ball breaks the invisible vertical plane which extends upwards from the beginning of the goal line where it meets the space on the field between the 1 yard line and the goal line...it is a touchdown. As to the push off, it was a bit lame, but the receiver did push off. He stuck his hand on the defender's chest, and pushed off. Granted, it was incredibly gentle, more of a move to ensure that he had an arm's length of space with which to work, but the rule doesn't differentiate in that way. The call on Hasselbeck was demonstrably incorrect, but I didn't see that play for some reason. I do find most of the arguments citing that penalty as a major difference in the game to be a bit weak. The Seahawks didn't bring their A game, and the two biggest plays against them were catastrophic defense failures, one of which - the "gadget" pass by El for the TD - they had specifically practiced preventing. It wasn't a stellar officiating effort, I won't argue that, but I dispute that the officials won the game for Pittsburgh. If it had been the Chiefs in the Super Bowl instead of the Seahawks, and they had gotten those same calls and non-calls, you can bet I'd feel differently, because I would then not be at all objective...I'd be a ravenous fan with veins dangling from my teeth. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-09-2006, 12:41 PM	#33
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	The commercials __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

02-09-2006, 06:57 PM	#34
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Spode nailed it. Seahawk fans need to realize that their defenders were overpursuing. If the game wasn't going the Steelers way, they would have had to take advantage of that more. They would have. if Pburg had those calls agin'em I'd whine but I'd be wrong. That said, do we really need the week off and the evening game? Those things conspire to make a crap game. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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