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Originally Posted by VonErich Lives
So, I've been sick all weekend. So, I watched a few mins and fell asleep.
I check the score and say "ok, looked like a decent game" then I see the box score and the stats and go "hmm, looked kinda ugly" then I turn on the radio and everyone has been ripping both teams apart.
Someone who watched the whole thing tell me, was it really this ugly or is everyone just getting carried away?
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I wouldn't call it ugly. Like I said, it COULD HAVE been a classic, but that was not the case.
I listened to Dan Patrick on the way home just now and he basically said the Steelers "did what they had to do to win". They got dominated in basically every aspect of the game, but whenever Seattle got a big play, a hold or an intro or a block below the waist or something was called. It wasn't the number of penalties (becauseI don't even know how many there were?) but it's when they called them. That's always the case. The main beef I have with the Pass Interferance call was that the ref waited until the defender ran to him and got in his face saying he got pushed off. THEN he threw the flag. Same thing with the TD Big Ben had. The ref came running in with one hand up signalling he didn't get it, then Ben pushed the ball over (after he was down) and he signals TD? Ben's helmet broke the plane, the ball came close but it didn't. Refs are programmed to signal everything without hesitation, and these did not. The officiating in this game was atrocious, as well as the whole playoffs basically.
I guess they are saying it was ugly because of the turnovers and the horrible clock management at the end of the first and second halfs by the Hawks. The 'Hawks basically got robbed of two touchdowns, and Pitt was given one. Other than three big plays by the Steelers, they had nothing. 76 yard TD run, 49 yard pass on 3rd and 19 or 23 or something similar, and the reverse pass which I am guessing was 50+ yards.