Congrats to all you Steeler fans....I guess

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:26 pm

Slow game...quite a boring first half, second half was all bumbles for the Seahawks.

Was cool seeing the Stones do their show..highpoint of the show for me, as I was a huge HUGE Stones fan.

A couple of the Bud commercials were pretty decent....overall no showstopping tear jerking commercials though.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:29 pm

Game was boring except for a few plays, the officials were poor, saw about 3 good commercials....another Super Bore.......

Zerohero · Post by **Zerohero** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:34 pm

The game would have been a blow out by Seatle if it wasn't for 2 bad calls in the begining.

thechemgeek · Post by **thechemgeek** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:39 pm

did Mike Holmgren ever come to mid field to shake Bill Cowher hand?

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:02 pm

Zerohero wrote:The game would have been a blow out by Seatle if it wasn't for 2 bad calls in the begining.

Sure....

That bonehead shove off is what killed them. He had a step on the defender and woulda caught the ball anyway....shove off and get the penalty.....GOOD CALL!!

That BIG Ben TD wouldn't have been had they not called it a TD on the field. They did not have enough evidence to overturn it and thats what the rules call for.

WHere are your bad calls? Both were by the book....

Anyway we were owed some points!

lewis · Post by **lewis** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:18 pm

The twenty people that I watched the game with would all disagree with you there Roscoe.

This game seemed to be set up for a Steeler win, no matter what plays were made. Did Seattle mess up a few? Sure, but when bad calls are made all one way, its gotta make you go WTF?

Starmax · Post by **Starmax** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:32 am

thechemgeek wrote:did Mike Holmgren ever come to mid field to shake Bill Cowher hand?

I think he was too busy b***ing at his staff....:2cool:

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:44 am

both teams had some "odd" calls swinging something either way.. but regardless stealers still are the winners you can't change it by complaining.. hell my team didn't even make but 1 game into the playoffs so ohh well lol

I prefer college ball anyway more exciting.

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:35 am

Zerohero wrote:The game would have been a blow out by Seatle if it wasn't for 2 bad calls in the begining.

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:41 am

The Seahawks looked lost at the end of the half and at the end of the game and Stevens dropping all those passes didnt help much either. That said

The holding call against Seattle was BS. Even Madden's ancient arse could see that.
The illegal block call on Hasselback was horrible.

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:54 am

Whatever happened to "Damn, our team lost, oh well, we'll get 'em ext year!"? Our "blame somebody else" culture has seeped into the NFL now; there have always been bad calls and there always will be. What's next, a class action lawsuit against the refs?

Your team lost. Suck it up.

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:14 am

[quote="Burke"]Whatever happened to "Damn, our team lost, oh well, we'll get 'em ext year!"? Our "blame somebody else" culture has seeped into the NFL now]

I blame lack of standardized testing and sensitivity classes.

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:19 am

brembo wrote:I blame lack of standardized testing and sensitivity classes.

I'm gonna go with lack of breast feeding.

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:42 am

Izzo wrote:I'm gonna go with lack of breast feeding.

I'm pretty sure its Bush's fault.

Debbie · Post by **Debbie** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:03 am

Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote:

My son is happy. He won $1000.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:03 am

Blisster wrote:I'm pretty sure its Bush's fault.

That was funny, thanks.

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:04 am

Blisster wrote:I'm pretty sure its Bush's fault.

What was I thinking?

Sarahnn · Post by **Sarahnn** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:13 am

My analysis is that if the Seasquawks had made a couple more TD's they definitely would have won.

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:46 am

Yeah know i kinda wish they woulda called Ben's TD back. THen bettis coulda pushed it in from the 1inch line. Get real people...excuses for the losing team...happens EVERY year.

WE WON! GO STEELERS!

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:53 am

I think one big problem is there is just way too much hype leading up to the game and everyone expects that it (the super bowl) it's going to be the game of the century.

SteelersFANinMA · Post by **SteelersFANinMA** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:00 pm

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SteelersFANinMA · Post by **SteelersFANinMA** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:05 pm

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Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:06 pm

knightmare wrote:Game was boring except for a few plays, the officials were poor, saw about 3 good commercials....another Super Bore.......

Ya, from beginning to end, was pretty boring. I can't remember the last time I saw horrible commercials AND horrible half time show all in the same Super Bowl!

Jamie_R · Post by **Jamie_R** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:07 pm

did anybody hear one of the announcers call Hasslebech "Hasslehoff" one time? I could'a swore I heard that ...

SteelersFANinMA · Post by **SteelersFANinMA** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:09 pm

I'm happy that the Steelers won, of course. I only wish that the officiating was better. Bad calls went both ways, but what's new. Most people will dwell on the calls against the Seahawks since they lost. I saw 2 fumbles after pass catches that would've given the ball to the Steelers with great field position. Either way, it's history now.

Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XL Champions!!!!!

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:12 pm

SteelersFANinMA wrote:I'm happy that the Steelers won, of course. I only wish that the officiating was better. Bad calls went both ways, but what's new. Most people will dwell on the calls against the Seahawks since they lost. I saw 2 fumbles after pass catches that would've given the ball to the Steelers with great field position. Either way, it's history now.

Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XL Champions!!!!!

I'm not sure I follow what you are saying

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:13 pm

SteelersFANinMA wrote:I'm happy that the Steelers won, of course. I only wish that the officiating was better. Bad calls went both ways, but what's new. Most people will dwell on the calls against the Seahawks since they lost. I saw 2 fumbles after pass catches that would've given the ball to the Steelers with great field position. Either way, it's history now.

Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XL Champions!!!!!

Yup, those fumbles are something that no one seems to bring up.

Do you mind if a STEEL your sig? IM lazy and i like it alot!

SteelersFANinMA · Post by **SteelersFANinMA** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:24 pm

RoscoPColtrane wrote:Yup, those fumbles are something that no one seems to bring up.

Do you mind if a STEEL your sig? IM lazy and i like it alot!

It's not a sig, but it took me 4 posts to get the colors correctly shown on the board, lol! Go ahead, use it and enjoy!

PS: Rep sent.

SteelersFANinMA · Post by **SteelersFANinMA** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:32 pm

Lefty wrote:I'm not sure I follow what you are saying

Not in this order, but:

1. The officiating sucked last night, and has for years.
2. Regardless of the bad calls that hurt Seattle, no one will mention or remember the 2 fumbles by Seattle that were incorrectly ruled as incomplete passes.
3. It's all history now, what's done is done...
4. Steelers Win, I'm happy!

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:36 pm

SteelersFANinMA wrote:Not in this order, but:

1. The officiating sucked last night, and has for years.
2. Regardless of the bad calls that hurt Seattle, no one will mention or remember the 2 fumbles by Seattle that were incorrectly ruled as incomplete passes.
3. It's all history now, what's done is done...
4. Steelers Win, I'm happy!

I'm sorry, I put up the wrong smiley, I was making fun of the repost thing

SteelersFANinMA · Post by **SteelersFANinMA** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:49 pm

Lefty wrote:I'm sorry, I put up the wrong smiley, I was making fun of the repost thing

OK, no problem. I thought that maybe I wasn't being clear. Yeah, I was having a problem posting, "Pittsburgh Steelers" in black and gold. The post preview was showing different colors than what I set and then it actually posted something else. I wanted to edit it, but the option was to manually write in the code to make each letter a different color. I wasn't going there, not worth it. I ended up back clicking to the, Reply to Thread page and editing it there until I got it right. Problem was, it took me 4 tries, but I got 3 cheap credits to my post count so, I guess it was worth it.

SteelersFANinMA · Post by **SteelersFANinMA** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:02 pm

As a Steelers fan, I was a bit iffy on the TD call. It's a tough call to make on the field, and tough to overturn. Had it not been called a TD, then it would've been equally as tough to overturn in a review. Looking at this picture, it does look like the tip off the ball could've crossed the plane of the goal line. Remember, all the ball has to do is cross the beginning of the chalk line. It does not have to cross the entire 3-5 inch width of the chalk line.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:19 pm

Ya, after seeing it replayed about 20 times, I think it crossed the goal line as well. It could have went either way, but I think the right call was made.

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:20 pm

When did the 2 Seattle fumbles happen?

Sarahnn · Post by **Sarahnn** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:31 pm

tao_jones wrote:When did the 2 Seattle fumbles happen?

When you weren't looking, hon.

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:41 pm

Sarahnn wrote:When you weren't looking, hon.

Must have been because all I saw was a bunch of dropped passes.

SteelersFANinMA · Post by **SteelersFANinMA** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:58 pm

tao_jones wrote:Must have been because all I saw was a bunch of dropped passes.

One was when Stevens caught the ball cleanly in both hands, tucked the ball into his right arm and then turned to run up field. He was then hit and the ball popped out with 2 Steelers ready to pick it up, but the whistle was blown. The rules state that you first have to have possession and then make a, "football move" for it to be ruled a complete catch and then fumble.

1. Stevens caught the ball cleanly in both hands = possession established
2. Stevens tucked the ball into his right arm and turned upfield = take your pick, I saw 2 football moves there.

The other fumble I don't remember well enough to explain. I do remember it looking like a fumble to me although not as obvious as the one I described above.

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:55 pm

SteelersFANinMA wrote:As a Steelers fan, I was a bit iffy on the TD call. It's a tough call to make on the field, and tough to overturn. Had it not been called a TD, then it would've been equally as tough to overturn in a review. Looking at this picture, it does look like the tip off the ball could've crossed the plane of the goal line. Remember, all the ball has to do is cross the beginning of the chalk line. It does not have to cross the entire 3-5 inch width of the chalk line.

Good picture pretty much shows that he was over the line. not to mention when he was in the air prior to being hit he was farther.....

I still wish it woulda been 4 and inches and let Bettis put one in!