Are you going to any parties? Are you just going to watch it at home by yourself or with a few friends? Anyone not going to watch at all?
Is anyone putting any money down on the games?
I'm just going to watch it at my place with a friend or two. Nothing extravagant. Betting wise I'm not touching this game.
My wife and I will probably just watch it at home with the kid. My adult nephew and his girlfriend may come over.
We'll order a few pizzas and cokes, and that will be the extent of it.
Damned Eagles. :boom
Me, the wife, and two Demonites plus Phanatic and his family, plus my parents. It should be very tame (when are they going to either move Presidents Day to the day after the SB, or move the SB to Saturday.
I have put a bit of money on this game -- $50 on Pitt -3 1/2. I may mess around with a couple props just to keep things fun.
At home with the family ...beer and chile at half time... it's always good.
I don't care about anyone's plans. Why are posting them. No one cares what anyone does. It's not remotley interesting to hear if complete strangers are staying home or going to some friends house. Stop it. Now. Just stop it.
Stuck in the dorms with other starched-collar types, huh? Have fun......
Nope. Back from a lame party and just got my ass beat in NBA Street 2.
That's what you get for taking on a five year old.
I'm seven, jackass.
i'm going over mds' house to watch the game...we'll probably break out some pictionary if the game gets boring.
i can't wait!
Quote from: mhunt on February 05, 2006, 09:11:50 AM
i'm going over mds' house to watch the game...we'll probably break out some pictionary if the game gets boring.
i can't wait!
I thought MDS only played Tiddly Winks.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on February 05, 2006, 09:14:57 AM
Quote from: mhunt on February 05, 2006, 09:11:50 AM
i'm going over mds' house to watch the game...we'll probably break out some pictionary if the game gets boring.
i can't wait!
I thought MDS only played Tiddly Winks.
yes, but his version of tiddly winks includes baby oil, a jar of peanut butter, & a footlong italian hoagie...so we're sticking with pictionary for today.
Watching it with a few friends. Nothing big.... The Flyers game gets the party started at 3pm and hopefully I'll be sober at the end of the SB.
I am betting this game. I have ended my month long personal suspension and just deposited some cash in my account.
I am leaning towards SEATTLE +4 and OVER 46.5.
I will tease that sumbitch to +10 and OVER 40.5.
Also take a few prop bets too.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 05, 2006, 10:05:54 AM
Watching it with a few friends. Nothing big.... The Flyers game gets the party started at 3pm and hopefully I'll be sober at the end of the SB.
I am betting this game. I have ended my month long personal suspension and just deposited some cash in my account.
I am leaning towards SEATTLE +4 and OVER 46.5.
I will tease that sumbitch to +10 and OVER 40.5.
Also take a few prop bets too.
:-D You degenerate!
Nuh-uh! I took a month off! :P
But I'm back in action. If i was a degen I would be laying a few $$$ on the Soul today. They are -10.5 favorites. :-D :paranoid
Prediction:
Seattle - 27
Steelers - 21
There will most likely be at least 150 Stillers fans at the Pub today.
Therefore, I will definitely be rooting for Seattle.
;D
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 05, 2006, 10:05:54 AM
Watching it with a few friends. Nothing big.... The Flyers game gets the party started at 3pm and hopefully I'll be sober at the end of the SB.
I am betting this game. I have ended my month long personal suspension and just deposited some cash in my account.
I am leaning towards SEATTLE +4 and OVER 46.5.
I will tease that sumbitch to +10 and OVER 40.5.
Also take a few prop bets too.
Pittsburgh will win by barely 11 or the final score will be exactly 40 points.
I'm thinking 24-16 Pittsburgh, or 27-16 Pittsburgh.
Quote from: mhunt on February 05, 2006, 09:19:50 AM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on February 05, 2006, 09:14:57 AM
Quote from: mhunt on February 05, 2006, 09:11:50 AM
i'm going over mds' house to watch the game...we'll probably break out some pictionary if the game gets boring.
i can't wait!
I thought MDS only played Tiddly Winks.
yes, but his version of tiddly winks includes baby oil, a jar of peanut butter, & a footlong italian hoagie...so we're sticking with pictionary for today.
Thanks for talking about about me masturbating. :yay I'm glad you think of stuff like that.
Heading to the Soul game then over to Kildare's to watch the SB. I'm picking Pittsburgh to win by a TD.
I'm in a $5,000 box pool. $50/square based on 100 total squares. $1,000 to each winner after each quarter with $2,000 going to the winner after the fourth quarter.
Winning would be teh awsum.
:deion
My bets today:
Two Team 6 Point Teaser:
Seattle +10
Seattle - Pittsburgh (over 40.5)
Two Team Parlay:
Seattle (+4)
Seattle - Pittsburgh (over 46.5)
Straight up:
Seattle (+155) moneyline
My only prop bet:
Matt Hasselbeck passing yards 236-299
I hope you lose.
Thanks for the vote of confidence.
No problem, eventual loser.
MDS = permanent loser
Feel the burn, bish.
going to my boys house to watch it...and hopefully get drunker than i was last night if thats possible
tomorrow = my govt day off
bitches
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 05, 2006, 12:12:41 PM
MDS = permanent loser
Feel the burn, bish.
tell me something i dont know, southern trash.
I'm hurt. Honestly.
You should be. Thats what you get when you call me a loser. I bring out the hurtful material. Chigity check yourself before you wreck yourself.
I'll be watching it with the wife. I really feel a blowout coming; think the Steelers will have it locked up by half time, I'll be playing computer games by then......hopefully hammered. The god damned commercials better be good.
Normally I wish you luck, Phreak. Usually, we have the same thoughts on betting, too I've seen. Not today -- polar opposites.
So, I'll just wish you luck in enjoying the game, if not the bets.... :-D
I'll be sitting here at work... just like I am now. :yay :yay :yay`
It's slow as shtein on the weekends so I'll still be able to sit and watch though. We'll all probably chip in on a couple pizzas or something... pull in the 60in HD from the lobby and go to town.
I'm gettin' PAID to watch the SB beyotches! At least that's the reasoning I use to deal with working during the mutherfarging Super Bowl! :boom
I'm watching ESPN right now and they're interviewing Stevie Wonder. Why exaclty is he at the game?
Rockin' the pre-game. (http://www.superbowl.com/news/story/9079009)
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 05, 2006, 04:07:27 PM
I'm watching ESPN right now and they're interviewing Stevie Wonder. Why exaclty is he at the game?
To be, well, seen. :paranoid
I'll probably skip the game, like I do most years.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 05, 2006, 04:07:27 PM
I'm watching ESPN right now and they're interviewing Stevie Wonder. Why exaclty is he at the game?
It's because he's performing in the pregame show you dumbass.
Aretha looks like shes down for 4 bills to 3
Christ, this game, and everything associatted with it, sucks balls.
Are you telling me that Big Ben got tht ball over the goal line before he was down?!?!?!?! :-D No way.
Nice job in the 2-minute, Hasselbeck & Holmgren.
Rolling Stones suck too.
I'm GLAD I missed the intros and all that shtein...heard they blew ass.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 05, 2006, 08:15:06 PM
Are you telling me that Big Ben got tht ball over the goal line before he was down?!?!?!?! :-D No way.
No way you're telling me that you can be
absolutely sure he didn't.
I honestly think that it was one of those plays that would have stood as called either way.
The offensive pass interference call against Seattle in the end zone was weak, IMO. The ref called the arms pushed out, but my 2-year-old can push harder than that.
Sure I can.
The ball hit the ground before the white stripe of the GL. His head went into the endzone first. Then the ball hit the ground and he kind of slid it over the line to break the plane...but only after he was down.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 05, 2006, 08:18:16 PM
Sure I can.
The ball hit the ground before the white stripe of the GL. His head went into the endzone first. Then the ball hit the ground and he kind of slid it over the line to break the plane...but only after he was down.
While he was in the air, he got knocked back. Right at the point he got knocked back, the very edge of the ball may very well have been at the very edge of the plane. Where the ball hit the ground is irrelevant.
I admit I can't be sure. But I don't think anyone could be sure either way. It was VERY close.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on February 05, 2006, 08:17:07 PM
The offensive pass interference call against Seattle in the end zone was weak, IMO. The ref called the arms pushed out, but my 2-year-old can push harder than that.
Agreed. Weak call there. Very weak. Let the guys play a little.
Have the Seahwawks been nailed with enough bad calls yet? Geez.
Quote from: QB Eagles on February 05, 2006, 09:26:27 PM
Have the Seahwawks been nailed with enough bad calls yet? Geez.
Its obvious that Joey Porter has the refs intimidated... :paranoid
Shame on the Seahawks. I bet there were blind fans who could see that Randle El pass coming.
Refs try to job the Seahawks AGAIN.
I have $500 over 35 points. Somebody needss to score here. TD no FG
Looks like time is going to run out on the Seahawks.
Quote from: stillupfront on February 05, 2006, 09:47:56 PM
I have $500 over 35 points. Somebody needss to score here. TD no FG
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Also, Steelers currently winning by 11 as I predicted, just enough to bust Phreak's teaser.
Another wildcard SB winner :-\
So....does the SB loser curse affect Seattle next season, despite a brutal division?
Quote from: FFatPatt on February 05, 2006, 09:55:18 PM
Quote from: stillupfront on February 05, 2006, 09:47:56 PM
I have $500 over 35 points. Somebody needss to score here. TD no FG
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Also, Steelers currently winning by 11 as I predicted, just enough to bust Phreak's teaser.
Need the Hawks to punch one in!
Seahawks looked like they were emulating the Eagles at the end there.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 05, 2006, 11:39:43 AM
My bets today:
Two Team 6 Point Teaser:
Seattle +10
Seattle - Pittsburgh (over 40.5)
Two Team Parlay:
Seattle (+4)
Seattle - Pittsburgh (over 46.5)
Straight up:
Seattle (+155) moneyline
My only prop bet:
Matt Hasselbeck passing yards 236-299
awsome job, captain sucko
I think that was worst played/officiated SB I've ever seen.
Darrell Jackson TD should have stood. Bad call on the offensive PI.
The Roethlesburger td was a bad call imo but at the same time a good call by the head ref not to overturn it as I don't think there was enough evidence on the replay to do so.
Seattle shot themselves in the foot with too many stupid mistakes. There was a false start call on Alexander and they were doing a close up shot of Alexander when he flinched. RB's should not get false starts called against them. Ever. Especially the league MVP.
Roethlisburger played like it was his first NFL game. Actually, I think he played better in his first game. He looked lost most of the game sans a couple of plays.
Holmgren manages the final 2 minutes of the half/game like Reid. Or is it vice versa?
Boring game, boring halftime show, boring commercials.
These Steelers definitely look and feel like a one-time winner. The road is wide open next year.
and duce gets his ring.
Most anti-climatic and most undeserving Superbowl ever. Everyone on that field is a loser. ;D
Quote from: MDS on February 05, 2006, 10:06:34 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 05, 2006, 11:39:43 AM
My bets today:
Two Team 6 Point Teaser:
Seattle +10
Seattle - Pittsburgh (over 40.5)
Two Team Parlay:
Seattle (+4)
Seattle - Pittsburgh (over 46.5)
Straight up:
Seattle (+155) moneyline
My only prop bet:
Matt Hasselbeck passing yards 236-299
awsome job, captain sucko
Thanks very much, bitchass.
The Hasselbeck prop bet allowed me to recover what I laid down today. So I'm back to where I started.
Go kill your english teachers.
There was a bet I was dying to take but didn't. I think it was something like Jurevicius 23 total receiving yards as a prop bet.
Yes, I looked at that one too. BOS had it at 27.5 yards. I was going to go half on that and half on Hasselbeck but decided to go all out on the QB.
Ward gets MVP
Bettis announces his retirement
Get Randle El
:-o I had a good nap.
What happened?
And Duce gets his SB ring even though he didn't play.
They'll cut him and then he can come back to Philly on a lowball offer.
Quote from: BigEd76 on February 05, 2006, 10:34:08 PM
Ward gets MVP
I suppose he's the logical choice since he's really the only player who had a solid game. Charlie Batch would have been as good a choice as any. That's how bad this game sucked.
What ticks me off is that last year's Eagles could have easily handled either team tonight. :boom
Does Roethlisberger get celebrated because he didn't "lose" the Super Bowl? He sure as heck didn't win it. He came along for the ride.
Barrett Brooks also gets a ring.
I think they'll make a big stink about the fact that he's the younges QB to win it but I don't think any self respecting sports reporter would claim that he won that game for them. So for those of you listening to WIP in the morning, enjoy all of the Roethisburger is better than McNabb talk that's gonna go on for the next 2 weeks.
He's automatically better than Donovan now. even though he was 9/21 with 2 picks he will be the guy the haters around here will champion as the guy "we wish the Eagles had instead of that bum".
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 05, 2006, 10:41:50 PM
He's automatically better than Donovan now. even though he was 9/21 with 2 picks he will be the guy the haters around here will champion as the guy "we wish the Eagles had instead of that bum".
HA! I said it first. :P
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 05, 2006, 10:17:30 PM
I think that was worst played/officiated SB I've ever seen.
Darrell Jackson TD should have stood. Bad call on the offensive PI.
The Roethlesburger td was a bad call imo but at the same time a good call by the head ref not to overturn it as I don't think there was enough evidence on the replay to do so.
Seattle shot themselves in the foot with too many stupid mistakes. There was a false start call on Alexander and they were doing a close up shot of Alexander when he flinched. RB's should not get false starts called against them. Ever. Especially the league MVP.
The holding call on Seattle where Stevens caught the ball at the 2 was a terrible call as well. A couple plays later, Hasselbeck throws a pick and Pitt ends up going up 21-10. Game over.
zesty Super Bowl... zesty buildup leading up to the zesty Super Bowl... zesty Super Bowl capping off a zesty 2005 season. Yay 2006!
Why does everyone want Randle El? He's not even the top 5 out of the free agent receivers out there. What is this damn obsession with him? He can help you do gadget plays but as a receiver he's average.
Did you hear that Jerome Bettis is from Detroit?
Quote from: Philly Forever on February 05, 2006, 10:43:31 PM
Why does everyone want Randle El? He's not even the top 5 out of the free agent receivers out there. What is this damn obsession with him? He can help you do gadget plays but as a receiver he's average.
Perhaps. But our receivers rank somewhere between below average and sucktacular.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 05, 2006, 10:41:50 PM
He's automatically better than Donovan now. even though he was 9/21 with 2 picks he will be the guy the haters around here will champion as the guy "we wish the Eagles had instead of that bum".
Yeah, well that was gonna happen anyway. The morons were gonna be screaming for Hasselbeckhas the Hawks won, if not Roethlisberger. :boo
Unfortunatley Randle El is in the top 5 of the UFA WRs.
The market is weaker than Sarge trying to retain himself from teabagging someone.
Quote from: Philly Forever on February 05, 2006, 10:43:31 PM
Why does everyone want Randle El? He's not even the top 5 out of the free agent receivers out there. What is this damn obsession with him? He can help you do gadget plays but as a receiver he's average.
I agree. When is the last time AR ran any trick plays anyway? 2003 Freddie to Westbrook?
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 05, 2006, 10:44:36 PM
Quote from: Philly Forever on February 05, 2006, 10:43:31 PM
Why does everyone want Randle El? He's not even the top 5 out of the free agent receivers out there. What is this damn obsession with him? He can help you do gadget plays but as a receiver he's average.
Perhaps. But our receivers rank somewhere between below average and sucktacular.
On top of Randle El being average he's going to get a big deal. He is definitely not worth what he's going to be paid. Not even close IMO.
I've said before the guy I want is Moulds, but if he isn't cut, then give me Wayne over Randle El and I don't even need to think about it for half of a second.
Quote from: Philly Forever on February 05, 2006, 10:46:10 PM
I've said before the guy I want is Moulds, but if he isn't cut, then give me Wayne over Randle El and I don't even need to think about it for half of a second.
I think most would agree. But Moulds being cut is still iffy and it looks like the Colts are going to put the tag on Wayne. The Eagles can only pursue who's available. Now if they can work a trade with Buffalo to get Moulds..........
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 05, 2006, 10:45:01 PM
The market is weaker than Sarge trying to retain himself from teabagging someone.
What can I say? I have no discipline. I see an open mouth and somehow my sack just magically ends up inside it. It's kind of weird actually.
Quote from: EagleFeva on February 05, 2006, 10:46:03 PM
Quote from: Philly Forever on February 05, 2006, 10:43:31 PM
Why does everyone want Randle El? He's not even the top 5 out of the free agent receivers out there. What is this damn obsession with him? He can help you do gadget plays but as a receiver he's average.
I agree. When is the last time AR ran any trick plays anyway? 2003 Freddie to Westbrook?
Handoff left = trick play.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 05, 2006, 10:48:16 PM
Quote from: Philly Forever on February 05, 2006, 10:46:10 PM
I've said before the guy I want is Moulds, but if he isn't cut, then give me Wayne over Randle El and I don't even need to think about it for half of a second.
I think most would agree. But Moulds being cut is still iffy and it looks like the Colts are going to put the tag on Wayne. The Eagles can only pursue who's available. Now if they can work a trade with Buffalo to get Moulds..........
You think they'd choose to keep Wayne over Edge? I know those are the reports coming out, but it doesn't make much sense to me. They pick 30th overall and they don't have a backup who can step in even close to the level of Edge.
I'm assuming they can only afford to keep one.
I think that money's an obvious factor in keeping Wayne over Edge but I think it also comes down to the system. The Colts are a pass oriented team and runningbacks are easier to replace than receivers.
Wayne will stay since Marv is getting old.
RBs can be found anywhere. Rhodes is a decent backup and they can get Maroney or someone like that if they want to in round 1.
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c273/jkaplow21/ref.jpg)
Impossible.
The refs don't fix games for anyone but taterskins opponents.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 05, 2006, 10:17:30 PM
I think that was worst played/officiated SB I've ever seen.
Darrell Jackson TD should have stood. Bad call on the offensive PI.
The Roethlesburger td was a bad call imo but at the same time a good call by the head ref not to overturn it as I don't think there was enough evidence on the replay to do so.
Seattle shot themselves in the foot with too many stupid mistakes. There was a false start call on Alexander and they were doing a close up shot of Alexander when he flinched. RB's should not get false starts called against them. Ever. Especially the league MVP.
Roethlisburger played like it was his first NFL game. Actually, I think he played better in his first game. He looked lost most of the game sans a couple of plays.
Holmgren manages the final 2 minutes of the half/game like Reid. Or is it vice versa?
Boring game, boring halftime show, boring commercials.
I tried to stay objective, but the play that did it for me was after the phantom holding call that called back Stevens' catch at the one. The final straw for me was when they called Hasselbeck for an illegal block below the waist on the INT return. I have never,
ever seen a player trying to tackle someone from the opposing team called for an illegal block. Hint to the refs: A player doesn't generally try to block for a player from the other team.
The Seahawks didn't execute a couple of times when they needed to, but any time they gained some momentum they had it snatched away, and not necessarily by the Steelers. This was by far the most crappily officiated Super Bowl I have witnessed, and I've seen all but a couple of them.
As for the rest, Aretha should never sing again. Whether you liked her or not, she used to have a voice. Not now. The Rolling Stones? I've always liked them. Always. They sounded like crap and whatever they were paid, it was too much. Keith Richards needs to officially return his face to the alligator he skinned for it.
Congrats to Bettis. Screw the rest of 'em.
It all makes sense now. The taterskins should have been in this game so the refs fixed it anyway. GENIUS!
Worst ref'd SuperBowl evar!
So somebody tell me why the NFL (the most succesful league on the planet $$) doesn't have full time refs with a team of video replay officials in a booth somewhere? You would think that the refs on the field should know better then the announcers....
Why not?
The shtein is fixed and the darlings won. >:D
Puppy Bowl II is being repeated again :-D
Quote from: BigEd76 on February 06, 2006, 12:04:49 AM
Puppy Bowl II is being repeated again :-D
Sweet. :paranoid
(http://images.facebook.com/img04/gpic/83/n10163.172.jpg)
Your photoshop skills are stunning.
Quote from: BigEd76 on February 06, 2006, 12:04:49 AM
Puppy Bowl II is being repeated again :-D
Wife and I watched that for about 10 minutes. It was mesmerizing. Then, we watched "Kitty Half Time" for another 5 minutes or so. I thought it was the dumbest thing ever on TV, but I couldn't turn it off immediately.
QuoteUpdated: Feb. 6, 2006, 4:15 AM ET
Game's third team upstaged Steelers, Hawks
By Michael Smith
ESPN.com
DETROIT -- Three weeks ago, after the Steelers held on to upset Indianapolis, Joey Porter was unhappy about the overturning of Troy Polamalu's fourth-quarter interception that could have sealed the win much earlier. Believing that deep down the league preferred Peyton Manning and the Colts to win, Porter publicly criticized the game officials, asking them not to "take the game from us."
Well, the Steelers can call it even now, as the officials who performed well enough throughout the season to earn the privilege of working Super Bowl XL performed Sunday as though they were trying to make it up to the Steelers by giving them the game -- not just any game, but the biggest game. And, yes, this time the other guys, the Seahawks, cried conspiracy, only not quite as loudly as Porter.
"You know, that's what happens when the world is against you," one Seahawk said after the 21-10 loss at Ford/Heinz Field. "No one wanted us to win. They wanted Jerome Bettis to win and go out a hero, and they got it."
Seattle had its share of goats: in particular, tight end Jerramy Stevens, who dropped four balls, and kicker Josh Brown, who missed two field-goal attempts. Almost to a man, the Seahawks pointed the blame finger at themselves for converting only one of three red zone attempts (when they had been the best in the league in that area, scoring a touchdown on 71.7 percent of their trips inside the 20-yard line); for allowing Ben Roethlisberger to improvise and complete a 37-yard pass to game MVP Hines Ward to the 1; for giving up a 75-yard touchdown run to Willie Parker; and for getting beaten by a trick play on Antwaan Randle El's pass to fellow receiver Ward for a touchdown, a first in Super Bowl history. If you read between the lines, though, they pretty much spelled out in bold letters that they had plenty of help in handing Pittsburgh its fifth Lombardi Trophy.
Namely, the boys in black and white.
"Those things are out of our control," Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck said of the three major penalties that helped change the game completely. Not saying the outcome of the game would have been any different, but for sure it would have been a different game. "That's the way [the officials] called them," Hasselbeck continued. "The Steelers played well enough to win tonight, and we didn't. They should get credit. It's disappointing, it's hard, but what are you going to do?"
Here's what referee Bill Leavy's crew did, point blank: It robbed Seattle. The Seahawks could have played better, sure. They could have done more to overcome the poor officiating. We understand that those things happen and all, but even with all the points Seattle left on the field, there's a good chance the Seahawks would have scored more than the Steelers if the officials had let the players play.
In the biggest game of the year, the biggest game in sports, even, the officials were just a little too visible. In that regard, the Super Bowl provided a fitting conclusion to a postseason packed with pitiful performances by the game's third team. There were incorrect down-by-contact rulings in both NFC wild-card games; a touchdown that could have gone either way and should have gone the other way -- in favor of Tampa Bay -- in the Bucs' loss to the taterskins; the Patriots got no love in Denver in being hit with a bogus pass interference penalty and not catching a break on Champ Bailey's fumble at the goal line that looked as though it could have been a touchback; and, of course, the Polamalu play.
Still, what happened to the Seahawks wasn't the same as, say, New England going into Denver and playing badly (five turnovers) on top of the bad calls. Seattle gained almost 400 yards and turned it over just once.
You see, you can spend weeks -- and we did; two, in fact -- analyzing and dissecting matchups and giving each team the edge in certain areas and trying to figure out how the game is going to play out, but the two things you can't account for are turnovers and officials. The latter were the X-factor Sunday. Edge: Steelers.
It actually was a fairly clean game from a penalty standpoint, without a whole lot of yellow on the field -- 10 accepted penalties between the teams. Seven were against the Seahawks, though, a team that tied with Indianapolis for the second-fewest penalties (94) in the regular season. But those calls against the Seahawks stuck out like the Space Needle on the Seattle skyline.
Consider: The Seahawks lost 161 yards to penalties when you combine the penalty yards (70) and the plays the flags wiped out (91). By halftime alone, when it trailed 7-3, Seattle had had 73 hard-earned yards and a touchdown eliminated.
Hasselbeck hit Darrell Jackson with an apparent 16-yard scoring pass in the first quarter, but the play came back when Jackson was called for offensive pass interference. It was a touch foul. Jackson extended his arm, yes, but both players were fighting for position, and he didn't create any separation by doing so. It was like a referee calling a hand-check in a key moment of Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
The Seahawks had to settle for three instead of seven.
Still, that was early, and that one didn't change the game as much as did a holding call against Sean Locklear early in the fourth quarter with Pittsburgh leading 14-10. That one wiped out an 18-yard catch by Stevens that would have taken the ball to the 1. Locklear supposedly held Clark Haggans, so instead of first-and-goal at the 1 and the chance to complete a 98-yard touchdown drive and take a three-point lead, Seattle faced first-and-20 at the 29.
Three plays later, Ike Taylor picked off a Hasselbeck pass, and Hasselbeck went low to make the tackle on Taylor's return and was called for a 15-yard personal foul for a low block. The Steelers set up shop at their 44. That one right there made no sense.
Pittsburgh likes to run its trick plays in the middle of the field. Boom! Four plays later, from Seattle's 43, Randle El took a reverse and threw a sweet strike on the run to Ward. It was 21-10, and that was all she wrote. Everyone knows how important it is to play Pittsburgh with a lead or with the score tied. The Steelers don't lose when they're up by 11.
Eleven just so happens to be the total points taken away by bogus calls. Some penalties meant points; others meant field position. A holding call in the second quarter negated Peter Warrick's 34-yard punt return that would have started Seattle in Pittsburgh territory.
By contrast, the Steelers might have gotten a break on Roethlisberger's 1-yard touchdown plunge on third-and-goal in the second quarter. Leavy reviewed the play under the booth's orders, since it occurred inside the two-minute mark, and while still photos of an airborne Roethlisberger showed that the ball might have broken the plane of the goal line, he landed short of it and reached the ball over. It was close. Head linesman Mark Hittner didn't seem so sure of it, hesitating before signaling touchdown.
"I don't think he scored," Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said.
It was that kind of evening for the Seahawks, who represent a town where residents know all too well that when it rains, it pours. If having what seemed like 90 percent of the 68,200 in attendance waving Terrible Towels wasn't enough to make Seattle feel as though it was playing on the road, the officials called it as though the Seahawks actually were.
Pittsburgh capitalized on its opportunities. And guys like Bill Cowher, Ward, Dan Rooney and The Bus are all very deserving of a championship -- and it's nice to see them win one -- but it would have been better had it not happened like this. It's like the Seahawks said: Not taking anything away from the Steelers, but keep it real.
"We had a touchdown taken away from us, the first one we scored," said Hasselbeck, who was measured in his words but clear in his frustration, "and then we had the ball at the 1-yard line, they called a penalty on us. That was unfortunate."
"I thought they were offside [on the play Locklear was called for holding]," center Robbie Tobeck said. "I thought we had a free play on because they had two guys come across. You know, that's the game. In a game, there's situations you have to overcome, and all night long we didn't do a good job of overcoming those things, and that's something we've done all year."
In the offseason, 31 teams will be back at the drawing board, evaluating what they need to do to knock off the Steelers in the fall. After the postseason they just had, Mike Pereira and the NFL's crew of officials would be wise to take a long, hard look at themselves. It's a real shame when, on the game's biggest stage, the major players aren't players at all. We saw too much of the third team in Super Bowl XL and not enough Seahawks and Steelers.
Ouch.
:sly
Just for the record, I am still drunk.
me too. i drank alittle during the game, but really started drinking after the game. bad idea.
me 3. ouch :-\
Quote from: rjs246 on February 06, 2006, 11:22:29 AM
Just for the record, I am still drunk.
I envy your coolness
Perhaps, but you certainly love the taste of my sack.
I love no such thing. My allegiance is to the sack of Harland Williams.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=frontpage&pollId=35171
West Virginny luvs them sum Stillers.
Washington state at 92%. Whiners.
(http://espn-att.starwave.com/media/nfl/2006/0206/photo/a_bettis_275.jpg)
Yo, vendor. Gimme two dogs and a slice of pizza. With extra cheese.
(http://espn-att.starwave.com/media/nfl/2006/0206/photo/a_seahawks_412.jpg)
Seahawks played like crap with or without bad officiating. At least the fans can delude themselves into believing they might have won if more calls had gone their way, despite the fact that it is far from truth.
the officiating was crap both ways. along with the entire game.
Quote from: rjs246 on February 06, 2006, 11:22:29 AM
Just for the record, I am still drunk.
You still have the cack in your ass?
from pft:
QuoteJACKSON TOUCHDOWN SHOULD HAVE COUNTED?
We explained in our Super Bowl XL X-Pack that the second-quarter goal line catch by Seahawks receiver Darrell Jackson should not have counted because, even though his left foot landed in bounds and his right foot struck the pylon, the pylon is clearly out of bounds.
On further review, we might have been wrong.
Among the crush of e-mails we have received following Super Bowl XL were a couple messages from readers containing a link to a story penned by ESPN's John Clayton in 2002 regarding new rules changes.
One of the adjustments passed was as follows: "A player will be ruled in bounds if he touches the pylon at the goal line before going out of bounds. For example, a pass would be considered complete if one foot touches the pylon and the other foot is in bounds."
(http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/clayton_john/1354105.html)
In Jackson's case, one foot clearly was in bounds and the other foot clearly hit the pylon.
If that rule change has not since been dumped, then the failure of the officials to get the Jackson call correct was, in our opinion, the worst call of the game -- even though it has received, by far, the least attention.
We've looked at the tape (again), and Side Judge Tom Hill was standing right there watching Jackson's feet. Hill saw one foot land in bounds, and he saw the second foot hit the pylon.
And since the play occurred with less than two minutes remaining in the first half, the replay official didn't buzz referee Bill Leavy to take another look-see at the play -- even though the Steelers called a time out before the next play, giving the replay official even more time to get it right.
This is the call that, in our opinion, should get someone fired. It would have given the Seahawks a 9-7 lead, pending the extra point, with less than 50 seconds to play in the second quarter.
Holmgren is to blame, too. If he knew the rule, he would have taken the whole play clock to shout at the refs, then called a timeout with 1 second left on it to yell some more. A bunch of coaches this season have *forced* review in the final 2 minutes of a half with some persuasion and a timeout.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 05, 2006, 10:35:09 PM
And Duce gets his SB ring even though he didn't play.
So does Sean Morey.
Morey was a captain for the coin toss. :-\
He's a mean looking bastich, isn't he?
Over 90 million viewers and the 2nd-highest rated TV show of all-time behind M*A*S*H's finale. :sly
Aren't the top 10 ever watched shows mostly SBs?
Pretty much, but it's the highest-rated Super Bowl since the last time the Steelers were in it 10 years ago...
bet this guy wish he hadnt watched it...
Steelers safety's brother gets five years for attending Super Bowl
March 22, 2006
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The brother of Pittsburgh Steelers safety Tyrone Carter had his sentence for driving with a revoked license increased from six months to five years because he failed to report to jail on time.
Tank Carter was scheduled to report to a Broward County prison on Jan. 6, but decided against it when his brother told him the Steelers had a good chance of going to the Super Bowl. On Tuesday, Broward Circuit Judge Stanton S. Kaplan increased the sentence.
"Even knowing what I know now, I would do it again," Carter said. "It was the greatest game in my life."
Carter watched the Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks from the 50-yard line in Detroit and partied with rapper Snoop Dogg after the game.
The brothers have been close since growing up in a rough section of Pompano Beach.
"I would have done the same thing," Tyrone Carter said of his brother's decision. Winning the Super Bowl meant "we finally made it together."
igy you must know what growing up in a tough neighborhood is like, so you can relate.