OK, Haystacks, you've made your point. How about a dirty joke or something?
I'm still reading your post. JESUS!!!!
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My point is, that in the biggest game of the year, we shouldn't have this much ammo to prove how piss poor NFL officiating is on the Tuesday after the game.
I am just glad that I wasn't the only one who thought this Sunday, and that respected news guys, respected sports guys are raising a national stink.
It just taints Pittsburghs season even more than it was.
I am just glad that I wasn't the only one who thought this Sunday, and that respected news guys, respected sports guys are raising a national stink.
It just taints Pittsburghs season even more than it was.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Furthermore....to illustrate the obvious...
The team that did win, their fans now get to hear how their team was given a victory it did not deserve. [/QUOTE]
And they said Brett Hull was in the crease when the Stars won the cup. I think that's become opinion after looking back.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]every one of them went against the team that should have won the game, the Seattle Seahawks. [/QUOTE]
Not every one, but agreed... it was one-sided. But Pitt could say the same thing about the Colts game the week before.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Quite frankly there is more contact when two people pass each other in a tight hallway then there was on the play. Only after the defender turned to plea his case did the back judge throw the flag. [/QUOTE]
I looked like interference to me. The defender was going for the ball and got ran into. The flag was already being thrown, and every defender looks to the ref after a play is made. I call it the Magic Johnson stare.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]why did the side judge change his call after initially signaling for a spot?[/QUOTE]
He was corrected by another ref who saw the QB move the ball AFTER the play was blown dead.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]With 54 seconds to go in the first half Hasselbeck hit WR Darrel Jackson with what appeared to be... clearly a completion. [/QUOTE]
This is not a reviewable play. By rule. If they were spotting the ball, yes.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Hasselbeck hit TE Jeremy Stevens for 18 yards to the Steelers 1 yard line, but wait another flag! ... The replay clearly shows that Locklear did not hold and had his hands inside the shoulder pads of Haggans.[/QUOTE]
The replay was not of the hold. You need to go back 3 seconds before the camera replay came on. He was "arm-locked" with Haggans. You saw the arm coming loose, while pulling the jersey. Clearly a penalty, but the TV replay was poor.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Two plays later RB Shaun Alexander was tackled by Steelers LB Joey Porter after a 7 yard gain. Clearly the tackle that was made was considered a "horse collar" tackle[/QUOTE]
I thought of Roy Williams here, too. But it didn't look as bad. I could've gone either way here.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]On the play QB Roethlisberger threw a block that was very much in the same fashion as the tackle made by Hasselbeck on Taylor, you guessed it no flag![/QUOTE]
It didn't appear the Roethlisberger came close to the knees, but even if he did that's not a penalty.
The 15yd call against Hasselbeck WAS a bad call.
The team that did win, their fans now get to hear how their team was given a victory it did not deserve. [/QUOTE]
And they said Brett Hull was in the crease when the Stars won the cup. I think that's become opinion after looking back.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]every one of them went against the team that should have won the game, the Seattle Seahawks. [/QUOTE]
Not every one, but agreed... it was one-sided. But Pitt could say the same thing about the Colts game the week before.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Quite frankly there is more contact when two people pass each other in a tight hallway then there was on the play. Only after the defender turned to plea his case did the back judge throw the flag. [/QUOTE]
I looked like interference to me. The defender was going for the ball and got ran into. The flag was already being thrown, and every defender looks to the ref after a play is made. I call it the Magic Johnson stare.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]why did the side judge change his call after initially signaling for a spot?[/QUOTE]
He was corrected by another ref who saw the QB move the ball AFTER the play was blown dead.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]With 54 seconds to go in the first half Hasselbeck hit WR Darrel Jackson with what appeared to be... clearly a completion. [/QUOTE]
This is not a reviewable play. By rule. If they were spotting the ball, yes.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Hasselbeck hit TE Jeremy Stevens for 18 yards to the Steelers 1 yard line, but wait another flag! ... The replay clearly shows that Locklear did not hold and had his hands inside the shoulder pads of Haggans.[/QUOTE]
The replay was not of the hold. You need to go back 3 seconds before the camera replay came on. He was "arm-locked" with Haggans. You saw the arm coming loose, while pulling the jersey. Clearly a penalty, but the TV replay was poor.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Two plays later RB Shaun Alexander was tackled by Steelers LB Joey Porter after a 7 yard gain. Clearly the tackle that was made was considered a "horse collar" tackle[/QUOTE]
I thought of Roy Williams here, too. But it didn't look as bad. I could've gone either way here.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]On the play QB Roethlisberger threw a block that was very much in the same fashion as the tackle made by Hasselbeck on Taylor, you guessed it no flag![/QUOTE]
It didn't appear the Roethlisberger came close to the knees, but even if he did that's not a penalty.
The 15yd call against Hasselbeck WAS a bad call.
This is why football is a talking sport.
Thanks Haystacks!!!
Thanks Haystacks!!!
A 54 yard completion, with one foot clearly in, and the other foot knocking over the pylon, which is INBOUNDS, is not reviewable?????
You are going to say, with a straight face, that the interference penalty on Jackson was legit???? Are you kidding me? You lose all respectability in your arguments with that. You do not make that ticky-tack call in the Super Bowl, period. If you are going to call that hold on the right tackle, you need to throw that flag 20 times a game.
Looks to me as if you are a Pittsburgh apologist.
Look, the referees tainted the win, pure and simple.
You are going to say, with a straight face, that the interference penalty on Jackson was legit???? Are you kidding me? You lose all respectability in your arguments with that. You do not make that ticky-tack call in the Super Bowl, period. If you are going to call that hold on the right tackle, you need to throw that flag 20 times a game.
Looks to me as if you are a Pittsburgh apologist.
Look, the referees tainted the win, pure and simple.
I can't stand either team.
I haven't heard you say once that the teams played good and deserved the win, though. You're saying it's just the refs.
Not reviewable. Hey, I didn't make the rule!!! If it were up to me, there'd be no instant replay in anything.
I'm not trying to be credible, just friendly. My knowledge of the rules shows my credibility.
I haven't heard you say once that the teams played good and deserved the win, though. You're saying it's just the refs.
Not reviewable. Hey, I didn't make the rule!!! If it were up to me, there'd be no instant replay in anything.
I'm not trying to be credible, just friendly. My knowledge of the rules shows my credibility.
The play WAS reviewable, however, being inside two minutes in the half, it had to be reviewed by the folks in the booth. They chose, wrongly, not to review it.
Both teams played poorly, IMO. Ben was horrid, Hasselbeck's numbers, as well as Jacksons, SHOULD have been great in the first half if not for the one TD taken away, and the disputed one at the end of the half.
In all, Seattle outplayed Pittsburgh. Seattle should have won the game, but they had to play not only the AFC champion, but the guys in stripes.....
That said, Seattle had to play the perfect game to beat both squads, and they didn't.
Both teams played poorly, IMO. Ben was horrid, Hasselbeck's numbers, as well as Jacksons, SHOULD have been great in the first half if not for the one TD taken away, and the disputed one at the end of the half.
In all, Seattle outplayed Pittsburgh. Seattle should have won the game, but they had to play not only the AFC champion, but the guys in stripes.....
That said, Seattle had to play the perfect game to beat both squads, and they didn't.
Respect, HC. I see your point. I just choose to believe that the team that won was the team that didn't play as BAD.
The highest rated superbowl will go down as one the worst. I'm hoping Philly's in it next year. You?
The highest rated superbowl will go down as one the worst. I'm hoping Philly's in it next year. You?
I can't stand Philly, and they have the worst fans on the planet.
I think Seattle can go again from the NFC, and the AFC will be a toss up between the Colts, the Patriots, and the Bengals.
I think Seattle can go again from the NFC, and the AFC will be a toss up between the Colts, the Patriots, and the Bengals.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I can't stand Philly, and they have the worst fans on the planet..[/QUOTE]
I love how we get that monicker. PROUD OF IT!!!!
Although we don't throw "piss-bombs" like some soccer fans do...
I love how we get that monicker. PROUD OF IT!!!!
Although we don't throw "piss-bombs" like some soccer fans do...
Piss Bombs are pretty poor.
Give us Bengals fans a few more years, lord knows we knocked more than a few Steeler fans unconscious....
Give us Bengals fans a few more years, lord knows we knocked more than a few Steeler fans unconscious....
Haystacks!!!
The Cincinnati Bengals just signed free agent quarterback Doug Johnson to a one-year contract.
Just happened. I hope Carson is OK, really. He has been a lot of fun to watch develop.
The Cincinnati Bengals just signed free agent quarterback Doug Johnson to a one-year contract.
Just happened. I hope Carson is OK, really. He has been a lot of fun to watch develop.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Haystacks Calhoun wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Piss Bombs are pretty poor.[/QUOTE]
If used improperly, yes.
If used improperly, yes.
Who Deyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!