dat dude;531444 wrote:LOL at all Steeler fans saying it was "good officiating." The sideline judge BLEW the call. The ball was live. That is not good officiating.
Now, after their screw-up, they did the right thing, but thats just simply following the rules. But it was not "good officiating."
KnightRyder;531642 wrote:close call my ass. that was cheating at its best. i dont want to hear that nonsense of being on the other end of a bad call. NO TEAM HAS BENEFITED FROM BAD CALLS AS MANY TIMES AS THE STEELERS HAVE.
KR1245;531667 wrote:just saw another closeup on Sportscenter. I dont know how the ref could possibly say that it wasnt clear who recovered that football. There were 3-4 dolphins on that thing. The Dolphins still had their chances though......sometimes you need a little luck on your side
killer_ewok;531672 wrote:Just because you lay your arm on a loose ball....that doesn't mean that you have established possession.
KR1245;531679 wrote:I understand that. They didnt lay an arm on the ball though...3 Dolphins jumped right on top of the damn thing. I dont see how you can look at that footage and think Miami didnt have the ball. Like I said, Miami had their chances.....I just think the "we couldnt tell who had possession" argument is pretty weak
dat dude;531444 wrote:LOL at all Steeler fans saying it was "good officiating." The sideline judge BLEW the call. The ball was live. That is not good officiating.
Now, after their screw-up, they did the right thing, but thats just simply following the rules. But it was not "good officiating."
killer_ewok;531615 wrote:Close call. The refs did what they were allowed to in that situation.
Close calls have to go one way or the other. We've been on the other end but the apology from the league didn't change the fact that the Jags played the Pats in the next round of the playoffs a few years back. A lot of other fans pretty much said,"Oh well, STFU, you lost, haha." Now we get a close call and I'm not gonna apologize for it. I'm guessing you haven't and wouldn't either.
Ball game. 5-1. Sole possession of 1st place in the AFC North.
Vinqtin;531809 wrote:As others have pointed out, this wasn't the last play of the game. There was still plenty of time left on the clock and I felt pretty confident that Steelers would get the ball back and score. Nevertheless, the Steelers shouldn't have to apologize for the officials mistake.
BTW, in reading through the Bills @ Ravens thread I didn't see anyone on there saying that the Refs cheated for the Ravens. There were some pretty iffy calls in that one and they ALL favored the Ravens.
dazedconfused;531756 wrote:just saw the highlight, that's a tough one to swallow for the dolphins. i guess i can understand the ruling but at the same time, i just don't see how they can not award possession to the dolphins. scrums usually end up awarding possession to whomever comes out with the ball and in this case that was the dolphins (at least everything i've heard the dolphins handed the refs the ball). seems as if the steelers caught a break in this game. those breaks tend to even out over the course of the season, so the steelers might want to keep the lube handy just in case they get the screwjob lol
thanks, didn't see that. wish the refs wouldn't have screwed it up in the first place so we wouldn't have this he said she said between the two teamsVinqtin;531837 wrote:Post-Game Interview with Steelers Tackle Jonathon Scott...
"I had the ball but the official said 'Let the ball go, it's a touchdown," so I did. But I knew I had the ball because I was losing the feeling in my arm from squeezing it." -- Jonathan Scott, Steelers RT who said he recovered Roethlisberger's fumble in the end zone on the bizarre replay review
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10298/1097891-66.stm#ixzz13NPtJjB6
I disagree that the side judges view made it seem like it was a clear TD. The live TV view was from his vantage point and my intial reaction to it live was that the ball was going forward too fast for it to be in the control of the QB. So I was very surprised he would immediately raise his arms and blow his whistle, especially with the usually conservative approach the officials take on a goal line potentially scoring play since repaly came into being. Once the side jusdge did that mistake, the outcome was correctly handled.I Wear Pants;531345 wrote:Because the side judges view made it seem like a clear touchdown. Before they showed the replays from the goalpost viewpoint I was sure it was a touchdown with the fumble caused by the ground or at least after it broke the plane. That's what it looked like to the side judge, a clear touchdown. So he waves the play dead. You can't call the play dead and then look at a replay and say "oh, I was wrong" and then say "who picked the ball up after I called it dead? You, ok, your ball now."
Good officiating.
THE4RINGZ;531966 wrote:Back in 1960 Dan Rooney made a deal with The Freemasons, the Taliban, The Skull and Bones Society, NASA, PETA, The United Nations, The Gambino Family, and Israel. They convinced him to be the grassy knoll shooter in the Kennedy assasination and in return for that, his NFL franchise would forever be rewarded with generous officiating at times when it was most needed. Dan Brown is in the process of writing a book about this very topic. If you align all six Lombardi Trophies at Heinz Field correctly, the door to the headquarters of The New World Order opens up. The headquarters are located below the stadium.
Just an FYI for all you.
