Super Bowl XLIII Running Thread

"Whining" is justified when the officiating of a contest is totally unacceptable.

Some of you guys need to pick up a rulebook. And read it. You can buy a pocket version for idle time in the bathroom. Or you can actually watch more football and spend less time here doing play-by-play and bullshitting about it.

 

Thank you for the illustration.

 

You simply can't view it objectively. Forfeited long ago.

 

You are every bit as biased in your view of that one as I am, but as long as you're calling it incompetence rather than a fix, I'm happy to dismiss it as agreeing to disagree. (Mostly, because I still get to enjoy the result).

 

I'm not going to call it an all-out fix, but I'll say it was a combination of a toxic incompetence and blatant favoritism. Look, people on these threads are right -- the Steelers are getting all the calls, every week, when they need a push. The most controversial call of the season involved a bogus go-ahead Pittsburgh touchdown.

The last time I got fired up about this, it led to a three-day break (which gave me a wonderful opportunity to do some planting outside). So I'll let it go.

 

I'm not trying to be a smart ass here -- but what calls do you really think were that egregious that you are still pissed this many years later?

I thought the offensive pass interference in the first quarter was a little ridiculous.

 

More controversial than Hochuli's mistake? Really?

 

Let him go. He's on a roll. Not quite in touch with reality, but so be it.

 

Anatomy of a Bad Call:








Result: Offensive pass interference. OOP and gang cheer.

 

Anyone know what the line is yet?

 

I saw Steelers -6 1/2 today schiez.

 

Ought to be 8 or 9 at least