i'm hating how the media is hyping up this superbowl. hate it hate it hate it. I'm reading cbssportsline.com and there are articles saying can Seattle pull the upset. UPSET?!?!? whoever wins this game there will be no upset. its pissing me off how Seattle is being soooo downplayed. Personally i thought the steelers were gonna win but now i'm more rooting for Seattle, show the media how stupid they are for hyping up the Steelers. Both teams have aspects of their game that is superior than the other. The meida is making it sound like the Seahawks dont even deserve to be there. Trust me they do they are a great team. So are the Steelers though but neither team deserves to be treated like the Seahawks are being treated, i hope its giving them some inspiration. the thing i'm also kinda annoyed about is if the Steelers win in like a close game or like by a FG, the media is gonna be like yea yea the Steelers dominated we were right. It just annoys me so much how the Superbowl is being covered this year.
I completely agree w/ ya Jets. There is an east coast preference & I don't care what others think. Seattle has been the best consistently throughout the season. The steelers got hot at just the right time. Coaching ususally makes a big difference and that advantage goes to Holmgren.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Coaching ususally makes a big difference and that advantage goes to Holmgren.</div> I disagree. Why he ran Shaun Alexander at the end of the first half before missing that field goal is beyond me. I was jumping around the living room screaming "WTF?" at the top of my lungs. Madden and Michaels were also wondering what the hell that was???? This is starting to look like the Packers/Broncos Superbowl right now. Holmgren's not happy about how it's going and his decisions could very well end up costing the Hawks this game. I hope not, but you never know... Guess we'll all know in about two hours.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pack Attack)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Coaching ususally makes a big difference and that advantage goes to Holmgren.</div> I disagree.</div> I meant overall. But, as we have seen 2 calls/plays can make a difference.
I don't think Holmgrem will be back. Why?? I got the same feeling I got in the San Fran Wild Card game back in 98. Just by looking at him on the sideline it seemed like he's done too me. Just the same exact feeling.
did anyone notice before the game turned back on when the players/coaches were holding the trophy saying how great it would be to win it. The only time i saw Seahawks players do that was when they had a combo of everyone they filmed doing it. All the individual segments were Steelers, its ridiculous
honestly i didnt like it either...i would have felt more comfortable before the SB if we were the underdogs...
Yeah, I did notice that. There was a horrible East Coast bias in the game. I guess Seattle will have to go back up to their corner of the country now to be forgotten for another 20 years.
Awww c'mon. There were some questionable calls, but the low block call was not a game breaker and the holding calls were legit as without holding, there would have been more sacks. No excuses.... the Seahawks weren't good enough to win today. They are a great team, but the AFC is the dominant conference.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>No excuses.... the Seahawks weren't good enough to win today.</div> I love you, man, but say that again when you've sobered up... The Seahawks were the better team. Doesn't matter, though. The Packers were the better team against Denver as well. I blame Holmgren. =)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Steelerfan_2005)</div><div class='quotemain'>No excuses.... the Seahawks weren't good enough to win today.</div> Sorry for having to say this but I am pissed: FU. The Seahawks got more total yards, more 1st downs, Steelers got 2 turnovers, Seattle had more time of possession. Even if Josh Brown made all the kicks, that still wouldn't be enough to overcome the refs retardedness.
even if??? Josh Brown choke badly...not only that we could say ifs' all day...what if Holmgren had a heart attack...what if Hasselbeck played better? what if terrorist killed the Pittsburgh players?...what if you could drop the crap and admit you got bet legit by a team which was against the ropes with no hands and it kicked you in the shins...you fell and it kicked you in the face...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Cowher&Frown Co.)</div><div class='quotemain'>even if??? Josh Brown choke badly...not only that we could say ifs' all day...what if Holmgren had a heart attack...what if Hasselbeck played better? what if terrorist killed the Pittsburgh players?...what if you could drop the crap and admit you got bet legit by a team which was against the ropes with no hands and it kicked you in the shins...you fell and it kicked you in the face...</div> What's your point?
I've seen a lot over the years in big games. Bad calls, close calls, controversial calls, whatever. Every football game has it's bad calls. But people forget how poorly the losing team played at times and blames the refs. Typically that's called poor sportsmanship. Sorry PA, didn't drink last night. Long week this week. The Seahawks had to play a perfect game to win and they didn't. They weren't the better team, they haven't been the better team all year. They proved one major thing.... beating Arizona, San Francisco, and St. Louis twice didn't prepare them for this game well enough to win it. One more time for the cheap seats. Ben's TD was a TD. The ball broke the plane. The Pass Interference wasn't a great call, but I've seen less called and worse let go. I think everyone can agree. The ref was right there! I think that's what made the call. Whining about the 15 yarder low block is about as stupid as it gets as that was a penalty after an INT. It was a bad call, but not a "game changer". Hey Matt.... Don't throw an INT! Al Michaels and John Madden were making comments all night about different aspects of the game that didn't make sense. They were also complaining about Seattle's clock management and dropped balls. People will hear what they want, think what the want, and see what they want. I think Pittsburgh got more breaks, but I think Pittsburgh is, was, and will be the better team. If this was 1992, it would be the NFC team that would have done what Pittsburgh did.
just to clarify my rant has nothing to do with thinking Seattle was ripped off of a game, it was before the superbowl i just think the media did an awful job leading up to this game. i do think theyhad bad breaks but like SF said they had awful clock management and bad mistakes and bad times. Sure some good calls would have helped them but truthfully they didnt get it done when they needed to. When you are in the redzone you gotta score dont throw an INT, when you have 2 mins left stop throwing short passes up the middle go long down the sideline and dont take 20 secs leading up to the next play. Pittsburgh got it done when they needed to and thats why they won.
What cracks me up about the media is that they will do what they will do. No fan will have any say about that. And the whole week after Pittsburgh beat Indy, all they talked about was Indy's missed opportunity as they were the media darlings and I said not a word. Because I knew what the Steelers had, and had a great feeling that we could win it all. Let everyone think what they want. If they really don't like it, don't watch football. Injustice happens everyday, there's no reason to take it so personally!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Hawk)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Steelerfan_2005)</div><div class='quotemain'>No excuses.... the Seahawks weren't good enough to win today.</div> Sorry for having to say this but I am pissed: FU. The Seahawks got more total yards, more 1st downs, Steelers got 2 turnovers, Seattle had more time of possession. Even if Josh Brown made all the kicks, that still wouldn't be enough to overcome the refs retardedness.</div> Hawk - being pissed is no reason to say this. Do not get personal with your posts. Take some time to cool off if you can't control yourself.
I thought this super bowl sucked. The best superbowl i ever saw was the panthers vs patriots. It started slow and then just blew up with tons of scoring and ended on the last play
thats the best superbowl u think because the panthers were in it SF i picked the Steelers all 4 games this year in the playoffs i thoughtt they could win it too, i just didnt like how much shit the seahawks got because they didnt deserve it
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Whining about the 15 yarder low block is about as stupid as it gets as that was a penalty after an INT. It was a bad call, but not a "game changer". Hey Matt.... Don't throw an INT!</div> Matt wouldn't have thrown that INT, were it not for the phantom holding penalty that negated the previous play. And the phantom "no block" penalty wouldn't have been called either. I think the Steelers made a deal with Brett Favre to buy off the refs for the game. =)
