NFL Says SB Properly Officiated!

[MTK]

Originally Posted by jdlea

That's what I've been trying to figure out. The calls weren't even that bad. I've seen plenty of worse ones.

Yeah I don't get it either. The bad calls don't make up for the fact that Seattle simply didn't play well enough to win the game.

Turnovers, penalties, poor clock mgmt, dropped passes, etc., are what Seattle fans should really be upset over, and what the rest of us should be pointing to as the main reasons why they lost the game.

[redrock-skins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Yeah I don't get it either. The bad calls don't make up for the fact that Seattle simply didn't play well enough to win the game.

Turnovers, penalties, poor clock mgmt, dropped passes, etc., are what Seattle fans should really be upset over, and what the rest of us should be pointing to as the main reasons why they lost the game.

Seattle did put themselves in position to leave it the hands of the refs. Something we did a few times this year too and it bit us in the ass. Hopefully, this brings some more serious discussion about officiating and we do see some real changes, not just "committees".

[LongTimeSkinsFan]

Originally Posted by redrock-skins

Seattle did put themselves in position to leave it the hands of the refs. Something we did a few times this year too and it bit us in the ass. Hopefully, this brings some more serious discussion about officiating and we do see some real changes, not just "committees".

And I'll make my last comment on the subject (at least for antoher 3 to 4 hours) thus:

Mediocre teams play at a level good enough to beat their opponent half the time

Good teams play at a level good enough to beat their opponent all the time

GREAT teams play at a level good enough to beat their opponent and overcome adverse officiating all the time.

With that said, we didn't have two great teams out there Sunday, but two good teams. One team didn't get the job done, the other got the job done good enough.

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Yeah I don't get it either. The bad calls don't make up for the fact that Seattle simply didn't play well enough to win the game.

Turnovers, penalties, poor clock mgmt, dropped passes, etc., are what Seattle fans should really be upset over, and what the rest of us should be pointing to as the main reasons why they lost the game.

matty, please,come on now ? turnovers (they had 1) poor clock mgmt (they had trouble for about 1 min. with the clock) dropprd passes (i'll give you that one, steven struggled) PENALTIES (do i need to say anything)

[gibbsisgod]

I talked to the only Seahawk fan i know today and he says "I dont blame the refs, we had our chances and beat ourselves".

[offiss]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Yeah I don't get it either. The bad calls don't make up for the fact that Seattle simply didn't play well enough to win the game.

Turnovers, penalties, poor clock mgmt, dropped passes, etc., are what Seattle fans should really be upset over, and what the rest of us should be pointing to as the main reasons why they lost the game.

How well do you have to play to overcome biased officiating?

It's not like Pitt didn't drop any passes, they did have 2 criticle turnovers, this nonesense on how Seattle didn't play well enough to win that game is just that nonesense. How many times does a team have to try and overcome a joke of a penalty.

Anyone who thinks that 3 or 4 bogus penalties can't deciede the outcome of a game is only kidding themselves.

If Seattle takes the lead in the second half on Pitt, does anyone really think Pitt is going to comeback in that game? There is a big difference between playing with a lead, and playing from behind.

A defensive offside's turns into a offensive holding penalty, which was not holding, which negates a 1st and goal from the 1, then Seattle is placed into a 1st and long, this allows Pitt to send in a safty blitz knowing Seattle is probably looking for a deep pass play, the safety nails Hasselbach helmit to helmit for a sack and no penalty is called, Seattle then runs a sweep to the right Alexander is horsecollared in front of the entire country and no call, Hasellbach now tries to make a big play and gets picked off, he then tackles the intercepter low and is called for an illegal block, which leads to a trick play for Pitt and a game over TD. AMAZING the refs seem to catch all these little ticky tack and phantom calls against Seattle, and yet can't see anything blatent against Pitt?

Everyone is entitled to believe whatever they want, that's fine, but there is no way I am going to be convinced that the NFL doesn't minupulate the outcome of certain games with the referee's, NO WAY!

[VTSkins897]

PI was definitely PI

whether he got in or not there's no evidence to overturn it (blah blah blah)... they can't see anything beyond what we have footage of...

call on hasselbeck was bad but not as game-changing as the INT

you know what they (madden) say(s) about holds; they happen every play. don't get the guy in position that makes it even resemble a hold and you're good to go.

all-in-all to me it was a boring ass superbowl. here's the one next next year with the skins beating and afc team!

[56FAN]

it's been gaining momentum, bad call after bad call all year long and the nfl acts like all is well.and i can gaurantee that if it had been the skins instead of the seahawks you guys would be quite irate.if it's bad for them then it will be bad for all.

[Daseal]

it's been gaining momentum, bad call after bad call all year long and the nfl acts like all is well.and i can gaurantee that if it had been the skins instead of the seahawks you guys would be quite irate.if it's bad for them then it will be bad for all.

Exactly, the refs have been hideous all year (Hocculea (sp?) and the guy that did both of our playoff games are the only two I dont cringe when I see em) The NFL should be working hard to correct this, not coddle the refs so that people can't criticize them.

[hail_2_da_skins]

The officials didn't decide the outcome of the game. the sorry-ass SeaDucks got their butts kicked. GET OVER IT!

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by hail_2_da_skins

The officials didn't decide the outcome of the game. the sorry-ass SeaDucks got their butts kicked. GET OVER IT!

what game did you watch ?

[dmek25]

this thread is pathetic! why 3 pages on 2 teams that the majority of people here could give a rats ass about?

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by dmek25

this thread is pathetic! why 3 pages on 2 teams that the majority of people here could give a rats ass about?

this thread is about the officiating. it's not about the two teams.

[LongTimeSkinsFan]

Originally Posted by wolfeskins

this thread is about the officiating. it's not about the two teams.

Thanks Wolfeskins. It seems rather difficult to keep on topic here like people are assuming that everyone that feels the game was less than properly officiated is a Seahawks sympathiser.

[jermus22]

Yeah, the point of this thread is that we're concerned about the officiating. Like someone said earlier, we could have this come back and bite us in the ass (possibly in next year's SB). I don't want any stupid calls deciding a game like that for us. BTW, Seattle DID play well enough to win (at least in the first half.