Seahawks Robbed Of Superbowl XL
Okay, I don’t want to sound like a whiner here, being that I am a huge Seahawks fan and my opinion is a little biased. But the Steelers had their own 12th man to represent this Superbowl Sunday, and he was wearing stripes and a whistle.
Darrell Jackson was robbed of a great touchdown first quarter that would’ve put the Hawks up 7-0, which forced us into settling for the field goal by an outrageous offensive pass interference call. The ref right there didn’t even throw a flag on the play, until after Steelers safety Chris Hope cried to the ref about it. Another B.S. call on Sean Locklear for holding stopped our forward moving momentum that would’ve put us on the 1 yardline. Following that a flustered Hasselbeck screwed a pass for an interception and then gets called for a “low block” when attempting to tackle the Steelers ballcarrier. Since when is hitting the guy carrying the ball considered blocking? Maybe it’s just me, but I thought that was called a tackle. That awful call cost us another valuable 15 yards.
I won’t even go into the controversial Roethlisberger touchdown dive that was beautifully stopped by D.D. Lewis.
Even ESPN.com’s Page 2 columnist Skip Bayless, who has spent the better part of the last 2 week tearing into the Seahawks, saw what was an obviously poorly officiated game:
Steeling one: Hawks get robbed
The Jackson play, the Roethlisberger play, the Locklear play—as the Rolling Stones sang in their halftime finale, you couldn’t get no satisfaction, Seahawks fans.
Your team had only one turnover to Pittsburgh’s two … and your team lost.
Your team held Roethlisberger to a 9-for-21 night for only 123 yards, with two interceptions … and your team lost.
Your Shaun Alexander surprised me by running for almost 100 yards (95 on 25 carries) … and your team lost.
Your offense had almost 400 yards (396) against that vaunted Steelers defense … and your team lost.
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On this night, the only frauds wore stripes.
For those out there that are Steelers fans, I don’t wanna dog the Pittsburgh Steelers. They played a great game and, though I think the Hawks did outplay them, it would have been a close game that could’ve gone either way without the poor penalty calls.
