Was it a touchdown?
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no because the first thing i did was check the highlights, tune into the nfl network and watched several replays of it. the half time show last night had the best angle which i talked about before. zooms in from the top and slows it down. he just made it and it was a td. and i never said i wasnt at the raiders game or that i watched the whole game. all i said was i watched several replays and talks about it. it was a td homie
It came from the blimp. I wonder if the blimp being few thousand feet above the field and not directly over the play could create angles that would distort the image?? 
And cameras dont really "create" angles, they simple show them. Cameras have no depth perception, and in this case I have no idea how a high-priced camera used by the NFL to look down on the top angle of their games could "distort" the video to make it look like the ball was anywhere other than the exact spot it was supposed to be in relation to the line. The only thing distorting the angle of the image is the receivers body, because it's not transparent.
That being said, I do feel the ball didn't cross the line. However, the receiver was down by contact with two feet in the end zone- so I think it's a fair call to give them the TD. I hate it when VERY close plays such as this get over analyzed. I love sports to death, but we don't need to be having a 5 page thread over a few inches or centimeters. Sometimes you have to let the game BE A DAMN GAME. Its not like this particular call is going to rupture the great history of fate God Almighty calculated into his space/time continuum.
Ray Lewis has the right idea taking the position "they made the long drive at the end of the game. The refs didn't give Pittsburgh the game so much as it was our inability to keep their offense away from our end zone"
Well since most stadiums are a "couple hundred feet" in height, that could create some serious safety issues for both the blimp crew and fans in the stadiums
Qwest Field in Seattle for example is 260+ feet tall.
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=100510
also;
The goodyear blimp usually flies around 1000-1500 ft with a max altitude of 5000.
http://www.goodyearblimp.com/
Because my ill-informed friend, if the blimp is far above the stadium looking down at the playing field, and it is not directly above the image it is taking, the image will be distorted in the opposite direction of the blimp relative to the image it is capturing. While the image will appear that it was taken from directly above, in actuality it will be taken with an angle making it appear that in this situation the ball has crossed the line when in fact it hasn't.
If the blimp were outside the stadium on the other hand, the image would make it appear that the ball had not crossed the line when in fact it had.
But since the blimp was inside the stadium, our image was distorted in the Steelers favor.
Qwest Field in Seattle for example is 260+ feet tall.
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=100510
also;
The goodyear blimp usually flies around 1000-1500 ft with a max altitude of 5000.
http://www.goodyearblimp.com/
Because my ill-informed friend, if the blimp is far above the stadium looking down at the playing field, and it is not directly above the image it is taking, the image will be distorted in the opposite direction of the blimp relative to the image it is capturing. While the image will appear that it was taken from directly above, in actuality it will be taken with an angle making it appear that in this situation the ball has crossed the line when in fact it hasn't.
If the blimp were outside the stadium on the other hand, the image would make it appear that the ball had not crossed the line when in fact it had.
But since the blimp was inside the stadium, our image was distorted in the Steelers favor.