I thought this game was one of the worst officiated I have seen in a Super Bowl, and I've seen em all since 1980. In particular I felt the illegal block on Hasselbeck was rediculous, and then Roethlisberger did the same thing on the reverse TD pass and it was hailed by the announcers as a good block.
The holding call on Lockheart was also a "phantom" call, but on the run by Willie Parker a similar block on the Seahawks OLB was let go.
The push off on Jackson was legit, but seldom called in the NFL, so I felt like it wasn't consistent to suddenly call it in the biggest game of the year. If they called it every time then I say Great, but come on, its like traveling in the NBA these days.
All in all the Stevens drops did in the Seahawks, perhaps the worst performance in a Super Bowl since O'Donnell did in the Steelers with his well timed and misplaced passes.
I didn't have an interest in either team, but I hate to feel like a team has to beat the officials as well as the opponent and I sure had that feeling tonight. However, I have to say that Holmgren's decision to punt with 6ish minutes left was gutless. You are down two scores and you are going to put more faith in a possible defensive stop, score and successfull onside kick then a 4rth and 8 or whatever it was. I like my odds a lot better going for it in that situation, besides you were near midfield, you could still force a Pittsburgh punt with a 3 and out, which is what you would have needed for a reasonable shot at a win.
Skal
