Posted: 06 Feb 2006 09:44 am Post subject: Officiating
There was another glaring officiating error that has drawn (to my knowledge) no attention at all to this point.
In the 2nd half, RB Alexander ran a sweep left, broke into the open and
appeared headed for a big gain. The Pittsburgh defender made a "horse-collar" tackle which brought him down and saved what could have been
a huge gain for Seattle. A new rule was installed this season making
them illegal and a personal foul penalty assessed to the team of the
player committing the infraction.
The tackle was in plain sight of the official and no flag was thrown. IMO,
it was a clear oversight of the new rule by the officials. There is no
excuse for such ineptitude, as this is not a judgment type of call.
They simply blew the call due to their ignorance of the rule. That's sad.
Posted: 06 Feb 2006 11:15 am Post subject: Officiating
Also if you noticed the play that Hasselbeck was penalized for making a good tackle on the ball carrier. A few plays later, Roethlisberger made the same block on one of our defenders. You could see it in plain sight.
Posted: 06 Feb 2006 08:35 pm Post subject: Officiating
Maybe we were being punished for Holmgren telling everyone about the officials "oopsy" in the Giants game.
Posted: 06 Feb 2006 11:51 pm Post subject: Officiating
But back to the game, it was the worst moderated game I have seen since the classic Vegas Hollifield vs Lewis match years back for the unified world champion. What troubles me is you have Vegas hoping to bank big on the Seahawks losing and then you have every sports network giving out the Vegas odds. There needs to be a serious rethinking with the officials on how future games should be moderated.
Posted: 07 Feb 2006 02:57 pm Post subject: This article says it better
The refs didn't throw a pick, miss two field goals, or overthrow the receivers all day. They didn't sack your QB and they didn't tackle "Mr. Touchdown every time he had the ball." The call they got wrong didn't change the game. The 15 yards tacked on for the 'chop block' were after the easy INT. I saw a hold on the pass to stevens, but no worse than the hawks had been doing all day, not to mention offsides and late hits. I was surprised at how dirty they play. The pushoff definitely got your WR open so whether it was a hard push or just to stop the defender's momentum, it was clearly a penalty. And stop whining about Ben's TD. It crossed the plain. End of discussion. Your team failed to execute and was not ready for the 3-4 defense or our big plays. The better team won! YEAAA STEELERS!!
Posted: 07 Feb 2006 03:15 pm Post subject: This article says it better
By negating important plays with phantom calls, it does more to disrupt the play of the game than missing field goals, picks, or what have you.
First of all, do yourself and your Steeler compatriots a favor and grow up. Then buy yourself a dictionary.
It is not the end of discussion. I am very happy for your team to have won the game. I am very displeased, to say the least, at the way they were "allowed" to win the game. It appears that you are a member of the minority who believe the Roethlisberger TD actually occured.
However, when the officiating crew no longer allows teams to play on an even field, well then the travesty is not just done to the losing team, but the fans of the sport and sportsmanship alike.
Posted: 07 Feb 2006 03:42 pm Post subject: This article says it better
SteelLady, honestly, are you PROUD of the way your team won? I mean, come on! Every national news agency has reported on the biased officiating. Do you really want to claim THIS Super Bowl as your big victory when it was won so unjustly? I think you should be outraged at the officiating as well! Your title is tainted!
Posted: 07 Feb 2006 04:05 pm Post subject: This article says it better
I am very proud of my team. They never gave up on themselves all year, they have more comraderie than any team I've ever seen. They play cleanly and with respect to other players. They are all around good people, so yes, I'm proud. The Superbowl was not a good game on either side of the ball. I loved the big plays we were able to pull off and the fact that we stuffed the league MVP. (Hey - maybe we'll sign him. We could use another RB. ) I thought it was one of the worst games I'd seen all year to be honest with you and I think that any one of the teams that were beat in the playoffs would've won this game. I'm glad to have the turnovers, and I'm even glad to have the one bad call in our favor. God knows, we've had enough go the other way. (Did you see the Monday night game vs the jags?) Well, I hope I've given you a legitimate and logical argument for you to digest for a bit. I must get back to work.
Posted: 07 Feb 2006 04:12 pm Post subject: This article says it better
Uh ... you didn't exactly stuff him. You may recall prior to the game that he wasn't expected to be able to run at all. 95 yards on 20 carries against your defense isn't exactly stuffed! He averaged 4.75 yards per carry.
Posted: 07 Feb 2006 04:17 pm Post subject: This article says it better
ok- so we held him to less than 100 yds and no TD. Not stuffed but certainly a non-factor. Hard to carry a whole team on your shoulders for that long. I thought holmgren had a very 1 dimensional game plan.
Posted: 07 Feb 2006 04:28 pm Post subject: This article says it better
Were you watching the Super Bowl? Same one as me? Steelers vs Seahawks? Did you see Shaun Alexander getting first downs? How was he a non-factor? How was our game one dimensional?
If you pull out the long 75 yard run by Parker, the Steelers have a total 106 yards rushing.
If you pull out the longest run of Alexander, 21 yards, the Seahawks still come out on top with 116 yards rushing.
Take away two plays, one from each team, and we were evenly matched. So if you say we were one dimensional, I guess the Steelers were one dimensional too? By the way, weren't you supposed to run right over us?
Posted: 07 Feb 2006 05:33 pm Post subject: This article says it better
If it's the last thing I do, I will get a clear and concisive photo of the ball crossing the plane. They only showed it 97 times! It definitely was a touchdown!
Posted: 07 Feb 2006 05:57 pm Post subject: This article says it better
Oh! I eagerly await that one!!!
Though I must point out that you're exaggerating the number of times it was shown, just as you're exaggerating the ball crossing the plane.
I replayed it frame by frame last night. Your only defense IMHO is that the official didn't have a big screen TV with a digital picture to see clearly enough to overrule the bogus call on the field. Look at the angle from the end zone to see where the ball was in relation to his body. Then look at the angle from the goal line, keeping in mind where the ball was in relation to his body.
No touchdown.
But I could be wrong. I stand by for your indisputable video evidence.
Oh, and by the way, I assume you have a clear-cut explanation as to why the line judge changed his mind from spotting the ball to signalling touchdown? 'cause that was captured on video as well.
07 Feb 2006 07:16 pm Post subject: This article says it better
I can't believe you are going to sit there and say repeated (not just one or two) bad calls won't change the tempo and measure of the game.
It most definitely changed the play of the game.
Besides, these guys were supposedto be the elite referees of the NFL. They should've have made no bad calls. But I guess it is alright as long as you guys won the game, right?
07 Feb 2006 08:22 pm Post subject: Robbed
The Seahawks got robbed!!! I could not believe my eyes. Not once, not twice, not three times, not four times, about 5 times they got robbed that game!
I am so pissed about that game! I don't even like either team, but to have the referees decide the game instead of the players??? You have to be kidding me!
I am really glad analysts and writers are making a big deal about it.
More people are focusing on the bad calls than the Steelers winning
(stealing) the Super Bowl!
I would be embarrassed to wear any championship clothing if I were a Steelers fan! They didn't win the championship, they were handed it by the referees.
What a fix!
Like I said, I don't like either team, but I do like the game of football and I think the game lost some integrity. The Seahawks are the better team, they outplayed the Steelers, they are classier than the Steelers and they deserve the Trophy and rings!
Posted: 07 Feb 2006 08:52 pm Post subject: Robbed
That is one of the biggest points I have about this entire fiasco. Not only did the Seahawks take it on the chin, but so did the rest of the league. Old Vince is probably spinning in his grave knowing his name is associated with that tainted game.
If we were to lose outright, through the fault of commiting penalties ourselves, I'd would be the first to offer my hand in congratulations (I did, congratulate the fans at Mingles Bar and Grill in Moscow, ID simply because it was the sportsmanlike thing to do, but with serious reservations).
But considering Seattle was a team with some of the fewest penalties committed all year, I find it hard how we suddenly devolved into a rumbling wreck.
Nope. We had "help".
Posted: 08 Feb 2006 01:37 am Post subject: Pittsburgh fan's perspective. . .
First off, let me compliment you on your site. It is well put together, and I can tell that you are a classy gal, and it looks like you are a die hard fan! Congratulations on your teams' success. Seattle was clearly the best team in the NFC, and deserved to be at the Super Bowl. I never really bought into the "inferior conf." stuff, although, I thought that we would beat Seattle by a larger margin - so cast out there those "Myopic Steeler" references.
I understand your points in regards to the officiating of the Super Bowl. It was average at best, and bad at worst. Believe me, I have been in the exact same position as you - although not in the biggest game of the year - that's what makes it even more painful, I'm sure.
I'm sure that most of you have seen the AFC game the Steelers played against the Colts - when Troy Polamolu made the interception, and it was reversed. - Question #1 - How did you see this play? Was that a travesty? Bear in mind that unlike the majority of the calls made in the Super Bowl, that call was an official NOT KNOWING a rule - in regards to "making a football move". That call changed the momentum of the game, likely the final score, and could've changed the eventual outcome. Question #2. What would've happened if the Colts won THAT game? What would've happened? Would the NFL came out and said that it got that play wrong like they did when the Steelers won? Would they have forfeited that win, and moved the Steelers into the AFC Championship game anyway? What would've happened if the Colts were the ones that won the Super Bowl? (ok, that's more than 2 questions. . . )
As I'm guessing - most of you have seen the officiating all year long, and would agree that it has been one of the worst in recent history. This was an unfortunate ending to an already bad year for the officials.
Although, in regards to the calls that most have mentioned here - might I offer a biased yet alternative opinion?
Yes I am a Steelers fan, and no I didn't bet on the game. Let's just get that out of the way.
ALL OF THE QUESTIONABLE CALLS WERE THAT - QUESTIONABLE. You & many others say obvious - I've got news for you - just because a sports writer in Washington agrees with you, doesn't make it truth or right.
I really lost quite a bit of respect for Holmgren when he came out with the "latest fashionable statement" in crying foul and doing nothing short of accusing the refs of the throwing the game.
Here are a few things to ponder. . .
1. 2 missed field goals - long but makeable - make either one of those, and that last gasp drive is for a possible tie - make both, and you're going for the win.
2. Homgren/Seattle's misuse of the clock at the end of the half, and at the end of the game. Point the finger at yourselves. Take responsibility for your actions. Don't punk out, deflect the blame, and call the refs out after you f'd up.
3. Jerramy Stevens fumble. I believe it was late in the 3rd quater when he clearly caught the ball, took a step, and got BAPTISED, and fumbled the ball. It rolled way down field, and eventually out of bounds, but two Steeler defenders were there, and running for the ball, when the ref blew the whistle. This was not reviewed, and I believe that it wasn't reviewable as well. This play has received little attention, but none the less, a break that went the way of the Seahawks.
4. The now infamous offensive P.I. Take a look at the replay. Everyone is bitching about two things. How the ref threw the flag only after the Steeler defender complained that he was pushed, or for the actual fact of the matter, that it wasn't a foul. As you stated - he did push off, whether he needed to or not, and he did it RIGHT in front of an official. As for the first gripe - look at the replay. The ref starts to throw the flag right away - and whiffs on it - missing the flag. Jackson makes the catch, the ref puts his hands up, and then goes back for his flag.
5. As for the holding call - as they all say - holding happens on every play - they just don't call it every time. It was questionable, but the flag was thrown before the reception - no conspiracy.
6. Roethlisbergers TD. This was a close one. Obviously on replay - YOU CAN'T TELL FOR SURE - if the ball broke the plane of the goal line. I feel the ref on the field blew this one - he kinda got sold into it. He was running down the line holding up one hand - to spot the ball - looked up, and Big Ben had already moved the ball across the plane - while he was still down. The ref threw up his other hand - thinking that he just didn't see where he came down. Under the rules of replay - they couldn't overturn the ruling on the field.
7. The lone bad call (in my humble opinion) was the block by Hasselbeck. Even though it is a rule, they were not able to interpret the reason for the rule, and for that I would be mad as well. In the rule book - what he did, TECHNICALLY could be called as a penalty - again I didn't see it that way - bad call. This did however take place after Pitt. intercepted the ball. Still change of posession. Gave Pitt an extra 15 yards.
In regards to what I like to call "if's and buts" - we do not know what would've happened if the holding penalty wasn't called, and you had a 1st down on the 3 - maybe a turnover? (Bettis in AFC Championship game, Big Ben in Super Bowl, Brady in Denver to name a few) The same thing goes with the Roethlisberger questionable TD - he and Cowher have already stated that the call was to go for it on 4th if he didn't make it - what happens there? We will never know.
Welcome to the club of losing Super Bowls - I was in Arizona in 1996
when we lost to Dallas. I remember that feeling, and don't ever want to go through that again. Sometimes you have to experience losing the big one before you win one - you guys have a great team - one that exemplifies THE TEAM CONCEPT. Maybe you'll be back next year.
From: pattyandgary
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 8:28 AM
Subject: super bowl 40
hey there seahawks fans,
i have been a steelers fan for 35 years and have watched every super bowl they have been in. this last one seemed as tho neither team wanted to win by halftime, however i and all steeler fans know that your seahawks did in fact out play pittsburgh in the 1st half. hats off to mike holmgren and company for an excellent game plan that should have worked better than it did. the seahawks had a great season and i have no doubt that they will be back again. the officiating ,albeit controversial, still is part of the game and we here in steel town feel bad that it clouded an otherwise very tough battle between two of the nfls elite. anyways seattle, do not hang your heads you have a great football team and we hope for your continued success.
yours very truly
gary and patty steeler fans
From: Benny Dolatshahi
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:04 AM
Subject: XL Controversy
We should be proud of our team since we did not loose that game. That game was a gift from the NFL to Steelers. They did not win that game. The NFL just did not want the Seahawks to win it. For 2 weeks I had to hear about how much more the NFL is going to make if Pittsburgh wins since people in New Mexico are not going to buy Seattle championship items and they will by the Pittsburgh items.
Plus, it was a good story that "The Bus" was going home to finish it all up. This was a setup from the start. The game was fixed. I just hope it was just the NFL and that the Steelers had nothing to do with it. What kind of a country do we live in that the NFL has to fix the Superbowl to make more money?
I love my Seahawks and I am proud of them. I will see you in Miami and I feel bad for any team that has to play us in Superbowl XLI. We are just going to take all out on them. I hope it's Pittsburgh.
Benny Dolatshahi
Gainesville, VA
From: Steve Oakes
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 5:23 PM
Subject: XL was BS
I watched the Superbowl XL My team lost. They played one of my
favorite teams ever. Both teams deserved their chance to win. Bad calls
piled onto some bad plays killed Seattle. If most of your successful
plays are nullified and your bad plays count, it's hard to win a football
game. Had Pittsburgh had bad calls piled onto their bad plays who knows
what would have happened?
Bogus penalties taint games. Once diverted, the games flow can never
be restored. The argument that "good teams overcome bad calls" is
baseless. The famous "Tuck Rule" in the AFC Championship a few years back
is a great example. The Raiders didn't overcome the bogus "Tuck rule" and
go on to ( lose!) their Superbowl. The Pats advanced and won. Tom Brady
became BMOC after he went on to win a Championship game in which his team
shouldn't have even played. I hate the Raiders, but I felt they got
screwed. I don't know whether or not apathy or integrity plays a part in
the poor officiating, but something needs to be done before the NFL
(ticky) tacks WWW in front of their logo.
Pittsburgh was lucky in the Indy game when their QB shoestring
tackled the Bettis fumble returner. The blown interception was a terrible
call. I know it. You know it. Had the Steelers lost because of it,
Pittsburgh fans would have the same nasty feeling anyone feels we they
think they have been cheated.
Steven...brooding.
Steel Curtain or Steel Blinders? XL = BS
by Steve Oakes on Wed, 2006-07-12 00:20ish
Yeah!
Pittsburgh gets to brag! Wake up. It's six months later. You won the game, but the NFL took away your credibility. I'd be a bit slower to shout down the Seattle whiners and a little more pissed off that the NFL took away your thunder. As World Champions, Pittsburgh fans should lead the way and demand referee accountabilty. Afterall, if you don't help fix it as this years champions, you'll be endorsing and deserving of next years parttime referees. Of course, if you aren't next years champs, you'd just be whining. Then again, why should you care? You have a championship calibur football team, and no matter how poorly a game maybe called, a championship calibur football team can overcome bad calls to win. Right? Right.
Terry Bradshaw had the Steel Curtain. Big Ben and the Steelers Nation have downgraded it to Steel Blinders. I have to wonder why Mr. Bradshaw declined to be part of the XL pregame show. Maybe he knew what was coming and chose to separate himself from the splatter that Mr. Bill Leavy and the NFL were about to hit the fans with...
Someone had to win the big game and someone had to lose. The Seahawk players exibted a lot of class by not whining (like I am). I guess Seattle fans could be better losers if Pittsburgh fans could see the forest through the trees.
Tolerating and endorsing glaring inept game changing penalties and non calls in any game is wrong and it seems the NFL will let them continue for as long as we as fans ignore thier impact and demand quality officiating.
Allowing the Super Bowl to be tarnished like SBXL was and hearing Steeler fans say "we won so it's good enough, get over it" is sad. It seems the Steeler nation makes better poor losers than they do gracious winners.
The old school Steeler teams seemed to have a certain grittiness and style. I miss that.
Steve Oakes- brooding, wondering, asking, doubting, whining and crying about a hollow victory, a
compromised game and NFL credibility from my NW armchair.
From: Sims, Bobby
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:32 AM
Subject: Super Bowl
BECKY, I'M BOBBY SIMS, FROM STAUNTON, VA. I JUST FOUND YOUR SITE TODAY. I SO MUCH APPRECIATE IT! I'VE BEEN A DIE HARD SEATTLE SEAHAWK FAN SINCE ABOUT 1980. MOST OF THOSE YEARS, I'VE DIED PRETTY HARD, TOO! I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE KEN BERING YEARS, WHEN IT DID'NT APPEAR TO ME OUR OWNERSHIP REALLY CARED IF WE CONTENDED, OR HAD A DECENT TEAM OR NOT. THEN, IT ALL SEEMED TO TURN ON THE NEW OWNERSHIP, AND THE TRANSITION TO THE NFC WEST, FROM THE AFC WEST. WE FINALLY PUT ABOUT ALL THE PEICES TOGETHER LAST SEASON, GOT A FEW BREAKS, AND BEST RECORD, HOMR FIELD THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS. I SAT IN SHOCK, DISPAIR, AND AMAZEMENT SUPERBOWL SUNDAY, AND WATCHED AS A 30 YEAR DREAM WENT DOWN THE TOILET BY, YES, SOME MISTAKES, BUT ULTIMATELY LUDICROUS CALLS THAT IN MY OPINION CAN IN NO WAY BE JUSTIFIED. THE EARLY 4TH QUARTER CALL ON LOCKLEAR ON THAT HOLDING PENALTY WAS THE BIGGEST TURNING POINT OF THE GAME, TO ME. AS PREVIOUS CALLS, IT SEEMED TO BE ORCHESTRATED, DELAYED, AND AGAIN, COERCED. THE REF APPEARED TO THROUGH THE FLAG ONLY AFTER THE CATCH HAD BEEN COMPLETED, GIVING US 1ST AND GOAL, NOT AS SOON AS THE OFFSIDES, AND SUPPOSED HOLDING ACTUALLY HAPPENED. I COULD JUST FEEL THEM THINKING..."HMM, IF THIS BECOMES A TOUCHDOWN, MAKING IT A 3 POINT LEAD IN THE LAST QUARTER, AFTER ALL WE'VE DONE TO HELP THE STEALERS WIN, THEY MAY ACTUALLY LOSE THIS THING, VEGAS AND THE NFL MERCHANDISING WILL WE TURNED UPSIDE DOW, JOEY PORTER WILL STILL BE UPSET AT US, THE BUS WON'T GET TO COMPLETE HIS HOMECOMING GOODBYE LET'S GIVE 'EM A TROPHY PARTY, AND WE ALL WILL BE FORCED TO RECOGNIZE THE SEAHAWKS AS THE NFL'S ELITE"... ALL OF WHICH WERE THOUGHTS TOO HORRIBLE TO BEAR TO THE SPORTS WORLD, AND THE NFL. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE GRACIOUS IN LOSS, AS THE HAWKS AND MIKE HOLMGREN WERE, BUT I'M JUST ABOUT TO VOMIT HEARING STEALER FANS' MANTRA "JUST GET OVER IT", AS I WONDER HOW THEY WOULD BE ACTING NOW IF NICK HARDY HAD'VE BROKEN HIS RUN BACK OF THE FUMBLING BUS' BLUNDER IN THE COLT'S GAME DOWN THE SIDELINES AND AWAY FROM THE ONLY MAN BACK TO TRIP HIM, AND RACED INTO THE ENDZONE TO FINISH A REMARKABLE COMEBACK AND SEND THE STEALERS HOME, AS THEIR SEASON WOLD'VE ENDED LARGELY DUE TO A QUESTIONABLE CALL. I SEEM TO REMEMBER SOME PUBLIC "IT AIN'T FAIRS" COMING FROM THE OBNOXIOUS MOUTH OF PORTER, AS HE PUBLICALLY ACCUSED THE NFL OF FAVORING PEYTON MANNING, AND INTENTIONALLY CHEATING FOR THE COLTS, WHICH BY THE WAY, WAS NEVER REPROMANDED BY ANYONE, AS MIKE HOLMGREN'S HOMECOMING REMARKS WERE. THIS WAS A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF THE NFL, WHO FELT LED TO RESIGN FROM THE RULES MAKING COMMITTEE BECAUSE OF THE ATROCITIES OF THE "STUPOR" BOWL. IT BREAKS MY HEART TO CONSIDER THAT AFTER WAITING SO LONG TO GET TO THE BIG GAME, WE MAY NEVER GET ANOTHER CHANCE, BECAUSE OF HISTORICAL PREJUDICE BASED ON ONE TEAM'S HISTORY, AND ANOTHER'S ANONIMITY. IF BILL LEAVY'S CREW NEEDED OFF SEASON WORK, MAYBE THEY COULD APPLY TO VINCE MCMAHON'S WCW, OR THE TRACTOR PULLS, OR ROLLER DERBY, OR SOME OTHER CONCOCTED ENDEAVOR THAT SHARES THE FICTICIOUS CREDIBILITY THE NFL NOW HAS. YUUUUCK!!!!! BSIMS@AUGUSTAMED.COM THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT SITE, PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
From: Sonic Raider
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:30 PM
Subject: Super Bowl XL officiating
I am a Raiders fan, & I must say. The Pittsburgh Steelers we'e handed this Super Bowl to them by the referees on a silver platter. The referees did this because their sympathy for Jerome Bettis coming to his hometown of Detroit was more than enough for them to kiss the Steelers' [bleep!] & screw the Seahawks.
Now, to you Stooler fans, I know that there's nothing I can do about your Super Bowl "victory", but it'll NEVER BELONG to you. Deep down inside, you know & I know that it should've went to the Seattle Seahawks.
Have fun making out in your motel rooms with the Super Bowl XL officiating crew (a.k.a. your [bleep!] partners)
Follow-up:
You know what Becky, ever since your Seahawks moved to the NFC West in 2002 thanks to the arrival of the Houston Texans, everything about your team took a quantum leap in quality, from your uniforms to your stadium. You guys got some cool fans too LOL!!! We may play you at QWEST Field on November 6, but unlike the Steelers who didn't deserve & earn the Super Bowl & never will, your Seahawks have earned my respect. And so on this day, I salute your Seahawks & I toast to them with Starbucks' Frappuccino & a DoubleShot Espresso as I get them in my local County College. -- Sonic Raider
From: Ken Brown
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 1:33 PM
Subject: Super Bowl
The Ref who made the interference calls against Jackson was from Pittsburg, no joke! The NFL put a Pittsburg native in the big big game. Yes they fixed the game
From: Lee Stevlingson
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:57 PM
Subject: Investigation completely squelched
With all the "hoopla" (pardon the pun) surrounding the NBA official with apparent mob
ties, wouldn't it be in the best interest of the NFL to investigate it's own officials, particularly
the Super Bowl XL crew? It's not going to happen now, but if illegal doing's are discovered,
even more recently, the guilty officials should be banned forever.
It almost seems the NFL has an anti-Seahawk agenda, based on terrible calls in the past, some
of which cost the franchise dearly. And Super Bowl XL officials not only gave Seattle the lion's
share of penalties, but looked the other way on numerous infractions by the Stealers.
Over the 40+ years I've been following sports, only once have I seen officiating that rivals the
Super Bowl debacle ... games 6,7 & 8 of 1972 Canada-Soviet hockey series. (the Soviet-
selected officials were brutally unfair to Canada!) Worse than the '72 Olympic basketball final,
which was really only one bad call.
That's my 2 cents, thanks for the forum!
Lee S.
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
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