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Post by Vegas Golden Knights GM on Feb 5, 2006 22:25:11 GMT -5
To the Referees on singlehandedly deciding the winner of the Super Bowl. I haven't seen a game officiated that poorly since 1980's pro wrestling. All we needed was the ref to get hit with a chair, Jarome Bettis waddle into the end zone, then the ref wake up to signal a touchdown.
Congrats to Rooney too...I guess it isn't enough that you make the people in Pittsburgh pay for your stadium even though you could afford it. And it's too much to ask PA to build an arena (for free, that is) that brings revenue all year.
Go win another super bowl in 30 years.
As if the game wasn't enough of a joke...that halftime show was atrocious. If you're too washed up to remember to put the microphone up to your mouth when you're singing, maybe it's time to not make a fool of yourself on national television.
but most importantly...
LETS GO PENS!!!
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Post by Detroit Cherni on Feb 5, 2006 23:48:26 GMT -5
The Stones were horrible! Did anyone understand Mick Jaggar when he was talking in between songs? Kid Rock, Eminem, Mo-Town.....There wasn't better talent to choose from?
And yes, the refs cost the Seahawks 14 points in this one. All about getting the Bus the ring!
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Post by formerDevilsGM on Feb 6, 2006 12:59:12 GMT -5
The NFL has got to address this issue, just too many bad calls throught the playoffs. Is is kind of understandable that the game is so fast that calls will be missed, but come on: When you review the play and still get it wrong that pretty much makes instant replay worthless and that ilegal block after the pick upset me so much that it made me loose interest in a game that was already boring me to death. And can someone explain to me with all the money the NFL makes they cannot have full time refs and why the hell they are all so old, Football is a very fast sports with some of the best athletes yet the refs all look like they should be in a retirement home there is no way these guys stay on top the play. By far the worst Halftime show ever, This would have been the time for Janet to show us some nipple or something.
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Post by Vegas Golden Knights GM on Feb 6, 2006 15:28:35 GMT -5
Ok, last night I thought the calls were terrible.
Today, after looking back at it....this is possibly the worst one-sided officiating crew EVER.
-How the hell does Hasselbeck get a penalty for an illegal chop block on a tackle? The bigger question is...Who gets credit for the tackle if Hasselbeck was only making the illegal block!?!?!
-Even though Jeremy Stephens dropped 3, his catch at the 1 set up Seattle for a big score. Then, the refs decided there was holding. After Madden showed it 179,000 times, it is confirmed that it was not even close to holding.
-Darrel Jackson...offensive pass interference! He scores a touchdown. They call it back, because his arm was extended??? That is something called football. He didn't even gain an advantage for moving his arm out. Unbelievable.
- Maybe Ben was in...maybe he wasn't. Regardless, it's another call for the steelers. At least this one is debatable.
All said, the calls ALONE decided the game. And that's not even factoring in the momentum change each call had. And a team can only take so much...when they'd dominating a game, but the refs are killing your team with penalties that aren't even legit....it's hard to make up for that.
Seahawks were cheated...plain and simple.
The only thing I can credit Pittsburgh with is that they capitalized each time the refs helped them out.
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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Feb 6, 2006 16:09:18 GMT -5
Nate, let us not forget Jackson's other non-TD catch. He had one foot down and he then hit the pilon with possession. That my friends is a TD.
Not that I care one way or the other, but this was without a doubt the worst officiated PLAYOFF as a whole. Not just last night, but the refs are god awful.
That said, congrats to the Steelers and their fans for the latest championship. Well done.
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Post by coloradogm on Feb 6, 2006 17:55:08 GMT -5
You guys are all a bunch of whinning bitches!!
Get used to it fellas the Steelers are gonna be makign headline for years to come!
Talk all the shizznit you want!
ALl I can say is We are the Champions!
'nuff said?
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Post by CanucksGM on Feb 6, 2006 18:15:57 GMT -5
I do not want to arguewith the Seahawk fans, did i think there were some bad calls in the game, yes, but a good team over comes that, well guess what the Seahawks didnt!and that is why the Steelers are the CHAMPS, GO STEELERS
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Post by formerDevilsGM on Feb 6, 2006 19:11:18 GMT -5
My opinion came from someone who did not care who won, I could care less if the bus got his ring or because Seattle has never won it. Screw all that once my Broncos are out I dont cheer for no one except against the Raiders. When the Broncos Lost I did not pull out the Refs made bad calls card at all I accepted the Ass kicken like man. It is just too bad the Refs blew calls in that way throught the whole playoffs, was Pit not bitching about the Palumalu interception when it got overturned, pit fans were crying about it and they won, all I have to say is Joey Porter. I am upset about the NFL not addressing the issue that is the refs, as much money as the NFL makes they have these guys as part time employees, that is unacceptable in my mind, they are too much of a factor in the game when they screw up. Would Seattle have won if those calls were not made? we will never know, impossible to tell. But were the Refs a factor in the final score?
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Post by coloradogm on Feb 6, 2006 19:25:46 GMT -5
Hey Nate you coming down for the parade?
hahaha
I love the fact that your a "Seahawks" fan trapped in the Steel City!
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Post by Vegas Golden Knights GM on Feb 6, 2006 19:55:45 GMT -5
I certainly didn't bitch when my other favorite team (The Colts) lost. The Colts, quite simply, sucked. And the calls were again terrible in that game, yet the Steelers still won. I can accept when a team deserves to lose, and when their entire performance is dictated by refs that mess up the game. Good teams DO overcome the occasional bad call, but when there are no less than five major calls against the same team, no one can overcome that. And yes, I am 'trapped' in the Steal shizznitty. I was able to get away for my internship last summer for 4 months and it was the greatest time of my life. Pittsburgh fans can't even celebrate with dignity: kdka.com/topstories/local_story_037083045.htmlI also think NFL Official Bill Leavy deserves to get his name on the Lombardi trophy as a member of the Stillers.
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Post by formerBostonGM on Feb 7, 2006 10:38:43 GMT -5
Way to lose gracefully. I live in Detroit, and my second favorite team is the Pttisburgh Steelers. I was adopted by Pittsburgh many years ago. I can't understand living in a town that just recieved a championship and being the only guy that isn't celebrating. How can you go against your own home town team? Where you beat as a child? Do you hate everyone in Pittsburgh because they didn't except you socially? I'm really having a hard time understanding this, and I think there's a lot to say about a guy that is an obvious sports fan, yet just can't get with it for the home team. This is a great thing that happened to your city. Go out and enjoy it. There's a lot of drunk chicks out there right now. They may put you in a better mood.
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Post by formerBostonGM on Feb 7, 2006 10:51:31 GMT -5
As for the game:
Don’t come in here and cry about how you were jammed up and the refs ripped this one from you. They didn’t. Granted, Ben Roethlisberger probably didn’t get in on that TD run late in the first half. And that pass interference call on Darrell Jackson in the second quarter was brutal, but the refs weren’t the ones who gave up that long TD run to Willie Parker; your defense did. The refs weren’t the ones that bit so hard on a trick play that all of America knew was coming, your defense did.
Bottom line, Seattle just couldn’t make a play when they had to. They couldn’t convert offensively when it mattered, couldn’t get a stop when they had to have it and couldn’t prevent the big play. They out gained the Steelers, had more first downs and fewer turnovers and completely outplayed Pittsburgh early on.
They were moving the ball and Pittsburgh’s blitzes had no effect on the Seahawks at all. That game was right there for Seattle, but they didn’t finish anything and didn’t make enough plays. Seattle could have won that game, but don’t tell me the refs ripped it from you because they didn’t. Seattle has no choice but to blame but themselves.
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Post by Anaheim GM on Feb 7, 2006 11:17:54 GMT -5
You said it perfectly, Jeff. Absolutely perfect.
I want to toast to you, your wife, your daughter, and your friends for your hospitality. You were one of the loudest Steeler fans in Detroit (and your a Motor City native).
You have helped create one of the most amazing memories I will ever have. It was one of the best times with all of my good friends that I will probably ever have in this lifetime. It was your doin', my friend.
Thanks again!
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Post by formerBostonGM on Feb 7, 2006 11:24:59 GMT -5
It was an absolute blast, and it would have been completely lame if you guys hadn't come with me to invade downtown Detroit with half a million other Steelers fans to pester those twelve Seahawk fans.
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Post by phoenixgm on Feb 7, 2006 14:38:23 GMT -5
I would like to know when Jim Rome became Boston GM.
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