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• Tuesday, February 7, 2006 02:44 PM

  Myth vs. Reality

  Dear King,

  I think your points are all true. I don't feel that any of the calls in the game were technically incorrect. And I'm sure replays will make at least a persuasive case for many of the calls.

  I do feel however that the calls were inconsistent and BY FAR benefitted the Steelers. The actual numbers I believe were 20 yards of penalties for the Steelers vs. 70 yards for the Seahawks. A 50 yard handicap is enough to change the game significantly if the penalties are on random plays. But the 70 yards of penalties against the Seahawks came at such critical moments during the game... That I think is really why so many fans are upset. I would also like to point out that in addition to phantom or ticky-tack calls against the Seahawks, I noticed a number of points during the game in which there was an obvious hold that should have been called against the Steelers but wasn't.

  I make no attempt to guess at the motives of the officals. For all I know, the head line judge had color-blindness issues involving green-blue and yellow and black. I am certainly not a fan of either of these teams. I root for the Bucs, and when they're not in the Superbowl, I just generally hope for an exciting big game. And in this big game I felt that the victim of the zebra robbery was really the fans. They were robbed of an exciting finish. I don't know if the Seahawks could have pulled it off on a level playing field... and I never will. And that's really too bad.

  Sincerely,

  -Jack

  —jackmon Read jackmon's other letters
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