STEELERS V CARDINALS

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  • Cardinals

    Votes: 37 46.8%

  • Steelers

    Votes: 42 53.2%
  • Total voters
    79
Rich

Rich

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#207
Jul 22, 2003
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yup that INT really pissed me off.

Yeah last years was better because the Patriots were 18-0 and most people thought they were gonna handle the Giants pretty easily. Also that game had Tyree's miracle catch.
 
M.o.B

M.o.B

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Oct 18, 2008
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The game was really good I watched here at my homies house and I was like screaming shit I put down money for the steelers good game tho
 
TRAJIK1

TRAJIK1

Sicc OG
#215
Jun 24, 2005
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#215
good ass game! congrats to the steelers

Officiating dictates Super Bowl XLIII to the unreviewed end

By Chris Chase

It will go down as one of the most thrilling Super Bowls of all time. But, as has become all too common in the NFL, an officiating controversy threatens to overshadow the stellar play on the field.

On the final Cardinals play from scrimmage, as the team was driving for a potential game-winning score, Kurt Warner turned over the ball after his arm was hit by LaMarr Woodley. The play was ruled a fumble, and it may have been. Or it may have been an incomplete pass. The problem is, there was no official replay review to take a closer look at the ruling. Instead, the Steelers got the ball, knelt down for the win and earned the sixth title in franchise history.

Frankly, it's remarkable that there was no booth challenge to review the play. It was certainly close enough to warrant a look from upstairs. In all probability, the call on the field would have been confirmed. But why not appease the masses and nip any talk of controversy in the bud? (If the call had been overturned, Arizona would have had the ball on the Pittsburgh 29-yard line, certainly close enough to have had a reasonable shot at scoring a last-second touchdown.)

It was a night marred by questionable calls, but the game managed to make everyone forget about the disparity in penalties (106 yards for the Cardinals against just 56 for the Steelers) with its thrilling finish. And then came the unreviewed call. It's especially interesting that the play went without a second look considering the Cardinals correctly challenged two plays during the game (both of which should have been easy calls on the field but were botched by the refs).

The 11 penalties whistled on Arizona included a preposterous roughing the passer penalty on a play that wouldn't have been uncommon in touch football. That came on a drive that saw two personal foul penalties on the Cards, one of which gave the Steelers another chance to score from the goal line. For the evening, 18 penalties were called, the third-most in Super Bowl history. A missed call may have proven enormous also. After Santonio Holmes' game-winning touchdown catch he did an imitation of LeBron James' chalk move. Using the ball as a prop is an automatic 15-yard penalty on the kickoff.

Officiating controversies became way too prevalent in this league this season. Ed Hochuli's premature whistle dominated headlines in the early season and a missed delay of game penalty in the divisional playoffs aided in a Baltimore Ravens win. It's too bad a great Super Bowl followed down that path and may be marred by a decision that would have been easily remedied by a simple booth review.
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Pak Dan

Pak Dan

Sicc OG
#218
Apr 13, 2007
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#218
HARRISON IS THE MOTHAFUCKIN MAN! HISTORY RIGHT THERE.

I HAD MY MONEY ON THE STEELERS IN THE BEGINNING BUT NO ONE WAS GOIN FOR THE CARDS :[

HAD A LIL KICKBACK AT MY PAD, WATCHIN IT ON DA BIG SCREEN. BOTH ME AND MY HOMIES WERE SCREAMING AT THE TV IN THE 4TH QUARTER WHEN STEELER'S DEFENSE WAS SLACKIN. 'WAKE UP!!'

GREAT GAME OVERALL.. I BEEN SLEEPIN ON FITZGERALD [SP?] N THAT DUDE IS CRAZY! HE WOULDA WON MVP FOSHO IF CARDS HAD WON.. I WAS HELLA SURPRISED THEY ACTUALLY LED IN THE 4TH

HOLMES TOUCHDOWN WAS FUCKIN GREAT. ON HIS DAMN TIPPY TOES!


IM SURPRISED A GOOD AMOUNT OF PPL WERE ROOTING FOR THE CARDS.. HOW MUCH DID Y'ALL LOSE?



EDIT: IT WAS CRAZY HOW THERE WERE SO MANY PENALTIES TOO..
 
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