NFL Says SB Properly Officiated!

[LongTimeSkinsFan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Please, some of you are acting like Seattle played a great game and had the game stolen from them by the refs...

Matty: I respect your opinion and you have issued valid points however I would like to bring your attention to the following sequence of events

1. Seattle has the ball in I think it was the 3rd or maybe 4th quarter. Hasselbeck drops back to pass and completes inside the 10 yd line. Play is called back for holding penalty. I will grant that from the official's viewpoint the holding is a valid call. However, it appeared the Pitt linebacker had jumped offsides. The offsides was never flagged but the holding was. Same two players/field of view was involved.

2. After the holding penalty was assessed, Hasselbeck throws an interception. During the return, Hasselbeck is flagged for an illegal block (?) while tackling the return man. This gives Pitt the ball and places the ball near midfield.

3. A couple plays later, Randle El takes a pitch and runs around right end, then throws and completes a pass to Heinz Ward for a TD.

I would submit that without the two key calls made here (the holding and illegal block) that (1) Seattle scores at least a field goal, and probably a touchdown and (2) Pittsburgh does not score. Would that be reasonable or not? Others feel free to chime in on this one too!