Worst. Officiating. Ever.
Feb. 5th, 2006 07:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kitsap_charlesOkay, maybe not ever, but time and again Seattle was called on penalties that weren't; even the booth announcers started calling B.S. midway through the third quarter.
In the first quarter, if the officials had had their eyes screwed in tight, the touchdown pass to Jackson wouldn't have been nullified. Seattle would be ahead 7-0, not 3-0 after the field goal.
In the second quarter, Roethlisberger didn't get the ball across the plane of the goal line before he was down, but the officials gave it to him anyway. Who knows if Pittsburgh would have gone for the T.D. on fourth down or the easy field goal chip-shot. Best case, Seattle should still have been leading 7-3; worst case, the game would've been tied at 3-3.
Earlier in that quarter, Pruitt got called for offensive holding on a punt runback, giving us the ball at our own 25 instead of the Pittsburgh 46. If we'd then run the same plays for the same result, we'd've gotten to their 18 yard line and been able to try a 35-yard field goal instead of punting. So now at halftime it'd be Seattle ahead 10-3 instead of Pittsburgh leading 7-3.
Third quarter, Seattle scores another touchdown. The score should be Seattle 17-10 (we'll give Parker his 75-yard run from scrimmage, that was brilliant) instead of Pittsburgh 14-3.
In the fourth quarter, the officials simply blew the low-block call on Hasselbeck after the interception. The penalty would have been valid if Hasselbeck had blocked anyone besides the ball carrier, but as it was he made a legitimate tackle. Pittsburgh would have had the ball on their own 29, not the 44. Who knows if they'd've been able to gain enough yards to try that gadget play for their third touchdown. In my book, it's still 17-10 Seahawks.
About the only call the officials got right was reversing the fumble call on Hasselbeck midway in the fourth quarter, but by then it was far too late.
Final score (should have been Seattle 17, Pittsburgh 10) Pittsburgh 21, Seattle 10.
Given competent officiating, we'd be bringing the Lombardi Trophy home; as it is, congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers on getting almost all the bad calls on their side, and for their admittedly tremendous on-the-road string of do-or-die victories that got them to the Super Bowl in the first place.
To close, let me quote every fan of every losing team in every sport, anywhere: Wait 'til next year!
In the first quarter, if the officials had had their eyes screwed in tight, the touchdown pass to Jackson wouldn't have been nullified. Seattle would be ahead 7-0, not 3-0 after the field goal.
In the second quarter, Roethlisberger didn't get the ball across the plane of the goal line before he was down, but the officials gave it to him anyway. Who knows if Pittsburgh would have gone for the T.D. on fourth down or the easy field goal chip-shot. Best case, Seattle should still have been leading 7-3; worst case, the game would've been tied at 3-3.
Earlier in that quarter, Pruitt got called for offensive holding on a punt runback, giving us the ball at our own 25 instead of the Pittsburgh 46. If we'd then run the same plays for the same result, we'd've gotten to their 18 yard line and been able to try a 35-yard field goal instead of punting. So now at halftime it'd be Seattle ahead 10-3 instead of Pittsburgh leading 7-3.
Third quarter, Seattle scores another touchdown. The score should be Seattle 17-10 (we'll give Parker his 75-yard run from scrimmage, that was brilliant) instead of Pittsburgh 14-3.
In the fourth quarter, the officials simply blew the low-block call on Hasselbeck after the interception. The penalty would have been valid if Hasselbeck had blocked anyone besides the ball carrier, but as it was he made a legitimate tackle. Pittsburgh would have had the ball on their own 29, not the 44. Who knows if they'd've been able to gain enough yards to try that gadget play for their third touchdown. In my book, it's still 17-10 Seahawks.
About the only call the officials got right was reversing the fumble call on Hasselbeck midway in the fourth quarter, but by then it was far too late.
Final score (should have been Seattle 17, Pittsburgh 10) Pittsburgh 21, Seattle 10.
Given competent officiating, we'd be bringing the Lombardi Trophy home; as it is, congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers on getting almost all the bad calls on their side, and for their admittedly tremendous on-the-road string of do-or-die victories that got them to the Super Bowl in the first place.
To close, let me quote every fan of every losing team in every sport, anywhere: Wait 'til next year!
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Date: 2006-02-06 04:34 am (UTC)Still, the refs sucked. I think it was terrible officiating. I have no respect for the "ex-police officer" head ref. He looked like he was enjoying refing the Superbowl just a bit too much.
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Date: 2006-02-06 04:49 am (UTC)As for the last-minute play-calling, that's one aspect of the poor time management that Hasselbeck will be taken behind the woodshed for. Remember, Holmgren recruited Hasselbeck from Green Bay when he moved here, and they mostly think on the same wavelength.
And the refs could have sucked a golf ball through a garden hose. Their suckage was measurable in units of megaLovelaces.
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Date: 2006-02-06 05:38 am (UTC)Golf balls, set of 3: $10
Standard variety garden hose: $30
Your synopsis of the quality of reffing: PRICELESS
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Date: 2006-02-06 05:13 am (UTC)GO MARINERS!
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Date: 2006-02-06 01:59 pm (UTC)I was writing porn.