02-08-2006, 04:31 AM
I've never blamed any loss, in any sport, 100% on the officials, until now. And it has nothing to do with me having Seattle +4.5. Actually it probably does, but still..
-Jackson's pass interference was a joke
-Roethlisberger was not even close to being in. His shoulder barely crossed the plane, but the ball never did. Then ONCE HE WAS DOWN, he lunged in. But what convinces me more than anything that some kind of a fix was in is the review of this play. Ordinarily after a review like that, the official will provide some kind of explanation as to what he saw on the replay that influenced the decision. All that was said on this was "the ruling on the field stands", and nothing else. Very fishy.
-The Jackson catch at the 1 where he was ruled out of bounds. This didn't get a lot of replays, but it looked to me like he had one foot in, then the other one hit the pylon, which should have been called a TD. A close play, but Holmgren should have at least challenged the call, if only to hear "the ruling on the field stands" again. It was too big a play not to.
Pittsburgh got outplayed in virtually every facet of the game. The only thing they did better than Seattle was punt. Too many Rouen touchbacks in the first half. Other than that, Seattle was clearly the better team.
-Jackson's pass interference was a joke
-Roethlisberger was not even close to being in. His shoulder barely crossed the plane, but the ball never did. Then ONCE HE WAS DOWN, he lunged in. But what convinces me more than anything that some kind of a fix was in is the review of this play. Ordinarily after a review like that, the official will provide some kind of explanation as to what he saw on the replay that influenced the decision. All that was said on this was "the ruling on the field stands", and nothing else. Very fishy.
-The Jackson catch at the 1 where he was ruled out of bounds. This didn't get a lot of replays, but it looked to me like he had one foot in, then the other one hit the pylon, which should have been called a TD. A close play, but Holmgren should have at least challenged the call, if only to hear "the ruling on the field stands" again. It was too big a play not to.
Pittsburgh got outplayed in virtually every facet of the game. The only thing they did better than Seattle was punt. Too many Rouen touchbacks in the first half. Other than that, Seattle was clearly the better team.