Manster68
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I have to go out and say it...
...this game was CRAAP!!
Neither of these teams truly deserved to win this one.
I honestly believe Pittsburgh won NOT by earning it, but by Seattle squandering sooooo many opportunities to cash in for some points.
The Seahawks screwed themselves like you would not believe. Let me count the ways:
- First of all, shoot the punter. How many times did Seattle punt near midfield, only to have the Steelers start their drives at the 20? If I were Holmgren, after Gardocki punted the ball for Pittsburgh to the two, I would have grabbed Rouen and said "See that!! That is what a REAL punter does!!!" It is the only frickin job he has for crying out loud.
- Seattle had such excellent field position in the first half, yet they only manages three points?
- Jackson stepping out of bounds on the touchdown pass. He is a professional football player right? He should know better NOT to hug the sidelines on that route and give the quarterback such a small margin for success.
also concerning Jackson...
- You should know by now that pushing off the safety will net you a flag! What is really bothersome is the fact that he didn't NEED to push off! His body naturally sheilded the defender from the ball.
- Two missed field goals! Granted, they were from 50 and 54 yards, but he had no trouble making those in the rain against Dallas in the middle of the regular season. There was no rain and wind in Ford Field.
- Jeremy Stevens has hands of stone. I am just glad those stone hands held on for that one touchdown.
Why was Stevens touchdown so significant for Cowboy fans?
Because that solidified the Cowboys as being the only team to hold their opponent without a touchdown in a Super Bowl.
- Roethlisburger's touchdown: What bothers me the most about that was the line judge. As he was running in, after Roethlisburger was down, he was signaling that he did not get in (he raised his fist signaling fourth down). Then, after he was down for a couple of seconds, he reached the ball over and the line judge changed his call.
You knew that was NOT going to get overturned! The Steelers got the benefit of a "49er" call.
- The two minute drills at the end of the half and the game were absolutely atrocious!
-- The draw play to Alexander at the Pittsburgh 40 was a horrendous call. Wrong time to be calling that play. Then Hasselbeck takes some 30 seconds to get the next play off!! *** kind of game management is that?
-- At the end of the game, that 3rd down pass to Stevens, where he failed to get out of bounds, is totally inexcusable. They should have went for a long field goal try with about a minute left.
- The play to Stevens down to the two, that got called back, was absolutely *********! That was a clean block by Locklear. That would have set Seattle up to take the lead. And that is despite all of the wrong-doings the Seahawks had up to that point.
Then Hasselbeck throws that pick, and gets called on a phantom block below the waist call when Matt never touched anyone! This gives Pittsburgh the ball near midfield and eventually had to use a high school gadget play to get an eleven point lead.
Doesn't this turn of events seem awfully familiar to Super Bowl XIII?
See folks, it wasn't that Pittsburgh won as much as it was Seattle being exposed for the frauds they are getting homefield advantage all because they play in a horrendous division in a weak conference.
I sure hope the media does not rank this Steeler team along side the Steeler teams in the 70s, because the 2005 Steelers are not even close.
I will give them credit for winning on teh road in the playoffs though. However, this Super Bowl ranks right up there as the most pathetic Super Bowls ever played!!
...this game was CRAAP!!
Neither of these teams truly deserved to win this one.
I honestly believe Pittsburgh won NOT by earning it, but by Seattle squandering sooooo many opportunities to cash in for some points.
The Seahawks screwed themselves like you would not believe. Let me count the ways:
- First of all, shoot the punter. How many times did Seattle punt near midfield, only to have the Steelers start their drives at the 20? If I were Holmgren, after Gardocki punted the ball for Pittsburgh to the two, I would have grabbed Rouen and said "See that!! That is what a REAL punter does!!!" It is the only frickin job he has for crying out loud.
- Seattle had such excellent field position in the first half, yet they only manages three points?
- Jackson stepping out of bounds on the touchdown pass. He is a professional football player right? He should know better NOT to hug the sidelines on that route and give the quarterback such a small margin for success.
also concerning Jackson...
- You should know by now that pushing off the safety will net you a flag! What is really bothersome is the fact that he didn't NEED to push off! His body naturally sheilded the defender from the ball.
- Two missed field goals! Granted, they were from 50 and 54 yards, but he had no trouble making those in the rain against Dallas in the middle of the regular season. There was no rain and wind in Ford Field.
- Jeremy Stevens has hands of stone. I am just glad those stone hands held on for that one touchdown.
Why was Stevens touchdown so significant for Cowboy fans?
Because that solidified the Cowboys as being the only team to hold their opponent without a touchdown in a Super Bowl.
- Roethlisburger's touchdown: What bothers me the most about that was the line judge. As he was running in, after Roethlisburger was down, he was signaling that he did not get in (he raised his fist signaling fourth down). Then, after he was down for a couple of seconds, he reached the ball over and the line judge changed his call.
You knew that was NOT going to get overturned! The Steelers got the benefit of a "49er" call.
- The two minute drills at the end of the half and the game were absolutely atrocious!
-- The draw play to Alexander at the Pittsburgh 40 was a horrendous call. Wrong time to be calling that play. Then Hasselbeck takes some 30 seconds to get the next play off!! *** kind of game management is that?
-- At the end of the game, that 3rd down pass to Stevens, where he failed to get out of bounds, is totally inexcusable. They should have went for a long field goal try with about a minute left.
- The play to Stevens down to the two, that got called back, was absolutely *********! That was a clean block by Locklear. That would have set Seattle up to take the lead. And that is despite all of the wrong-doings the Seahawks had up to that point.
Then Hasselbeck throws that pick, and gets called on a phantom block below the waist call when Matt never touched anyone! This gives Pittsburgh the ball near midfield and eventually had to use a high school gadget play to get an eleven point lead.
Doesn't this turn of events seem awfully familiar to Super Bowl XIII?
See folks, it wasn't that Pittsburgh won as much as it was Seattle being exposed for the frauds they are getting homefield advantage all because they play in a horrendous division in a weak conference.
I sure hope the media does not rank this Steeler team along side the Steeler teams in the 70s, because the 2005 Steelers are not even close.
I will give them credit for winning on teh road in the playoffs though. However, this Super Bowl ranks right up there as the most pathetic Super Bowls ever played!!
