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Why not a word about the people that really won the Superbowl for the Steelers? The Refs. I've rarely seen such a one sided set of calls. The Steeler's "touchdown" when Rothlesberger clearly didn't have control of the ball when it came near the end zone, the fact that Madden and Michals couldn't see who they'd called for holding on the Seahawks pass to the 1 yard line despite being announcers that routinely say there's holding on every play, the non-call on the horsecollar tackle on Alexander, the bogus "pushing off" penalty on the Seahawk's first touchdown. The Seahawks had one play go in their favor when a catch and fumble was ruled incomplete, but even there that fumble rolled out of bounds before anyone came near it. The officiating was so bad and so one sided that even in a room full of people that were either Steelers fans or had no side to root for, when Hasselbeck's "fumble" in the second half was overturned the entire room erupted. Not because it was a bad call but because everyone was astonished they'd made the right call. One guy who had missed the ruling came back in the room, saw the reaction and said "Seahawks get screwed again?" I've seen bad officiating before, often at Dallas home games, but this really was miserable.
I'm not saying The Seahawks didn't have their problems, like Holmgren showing once again that he melts down during the big game, but their momentum, their chances and even some scores were taken away from them by the refs.
Also, can you tell me why the Seahawks catch didn't count for a TD when the receiver caught the ball, put one foot in, had the ball cross the plane and then the other foot touch out of bounds? The out of bound foot hit well after the ball had crossed the plane and had hit the pilon, knocking it over. The pilon is considered in bounds.
