So who here is watching Superbowl XL? Game topic inside.

[MDS]

I love no such thing. My allegiance is to the sack of Harland Williams.

[MURP]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=frontpage&pollId=35171

[General_Failure]

West Virginny luvs them sum Stillers.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Washington state at 92%.  Whiners.

[MDS]

Yo, vendor. Gimme two dogs and a slice of pizza. With extra cheese.

[PhillyGirl]

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

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.

[LBIggle]

the officiating was crap both ways.  along with the entire game.

[stillupfront]

Just for the record, I am still drunk.

You still have the cack in your ass?

[MURP]

from pft:

JACKSON 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."



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.   

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

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.

[Diomedes]

And Duce gets his SB ring even though he didn't play.

So does Sean Morey.

[MadMarchHare]

Morey was a captain for the coin toss.

[Diomedes]

He's a mean looking bastich, isn't he? 

[BigEd76]

Over 90 million viewers and the 2nd-highest rated TV show of all-time behind M*A*S*H's finale.