Super Bowl XLIII: Cardinals vs. Steelers

[mytespurs]

Screw the Steelers. I of course am a Dolphins fan. Even though the Cardinals are and will always be my second favorite team. I beleive that the NFL playoffs are rigged. I beleive that ever since 9/11. I mean the Patriots won that year. And then again in Super Bowl XL, I mean they really had to give Bettis his Super Bowl ring in his hometown. Now on to this year.... I am not racist but this makes a lot of sense... Black president. Black coach. I mean come on. They made it look like it was a fair game by making it close. Then the last play.... It wasnt a fumble, if you look closely he lost possession but regained it and got rid of the ball.. Incomplete pass.. It at least should have been reveiwed.....
the Steelers

I'm a diehard Fins fan too but I like the Steelers and will root for them (except when they play the Fish). I just hope that when the Fins get their respectability back, they can be as consistent as the Steelers have been all these years.

[Ice009]

I watched the SB out of town. Excellent game....I was rooting for the Steelers and despite the excellent play by the Cardinals on both sides of the ball, I believe the better team won. Even when the Cardinals went ahead with 2 1/2 minutes left, I thought the Steelers would pull it out. Classic drive by Roethisburger. The Cardinals "D" did a good job of shutting down the Steelers "O" for 2 1/2 quarters.

The Bidwills have tasted the sweet wine of winning so I doubt they'll revert to business of old. If they can keep most of this group together and with Whisenhunt's history, the Cardinals should be a force in the NFC.

Fitzgerald is amazing!!!!! Steelers couldn't keep him down for long.

Fitzgerald played his freaking ass off in that 4th quarter. You could see he was visibly upset at the start of the 4th and wanted the ball. He was getting very mad that the Cardinals were down and he was not getting the ball. With the game on the line in the 4th quarter Larry wanted the ball and he delivered by making big plays. He should have had the game winning touchdown if it wasn't for the Cardinals defense.

What an amazing player.

[florige]

WTF?

Who's troll are you?

As for the last play, he lost control of the ball BEFORE his arm moved forward.

But did they even review that play?

[peewee's lovechild]

But did they even review that play?

It was reviewed by the booth, they just didn't stop the game to do it.

[CubanMustGo]

It was reviewed by the booth, they just didn't stop the game to do it.

Yes, and when was the last time a review took all of ten seconds?

With re Fitz and his play in the fourth - the reason he was finally able to get some space was that the Cards dropped the crap 2/3 WR + TE setup they ran the first three quarters for the usual 4 WR set they ran most of the year. The Cards' TEs are jokes when it comes to receiving (which made Ben Patrick's early TD catch a huge surprise), but all 4 WRs can make plays and forced the defense to try and cover all of them. That combined with Fitz' inherent greatness made all the difference in the fourth quarter.

The Cards cost themselves the game with poor play-calling and that stupid 100-yd return at the end of the first half. No way in someone shouldn't have gotten that guy.

[peewee's lovechild]

Yes, and when was the last time a review took all of ten seconds?

That's pretty much all the time you need to see that the ball was loose before his arm moved forward.

Honestly, whether they reviewed it in 10 seconds or 10 minutes, the outcome was still the same.

It's really ridiculous to make an issue out of this.

And, this is coming from a guy that absolutely hates the Steelers.

[stretch]

I hate the Steelers too, but I hate the fumble/tuck/forward pass call more, being a Raiders fan, so I know those situations inside out.

The thing about this, is that he did not lose control of the ball when he got hit. He was still holding onto it for a short moment extra, and snapped his wrist forward to throw the ball. I can see both sides of the argument, but being completely unbiased, I think it was an incomplete pass. However, I do not think it would have been overturned because it was so close, and you need conclusive evidence to overturn it, which is what I was most upset about in the Raiders / Patriots game. It was so close, that I don't think there was conclusive evidence to overturn it. It clearly appeared he had both hands on the ball though. If they had called it an incomplete pass from the get-go, I wouldn't have been so upset, because I can see how it could have been called an incomplete, but the fact that they overturned such a close call was what was ridiculous.

[florige]

It was reviewed by the booth, they just didn't stop the game to do it.

Yes, and when was the last time a review took all of ten seconds?

With re Fitz and his play in the fourth - the reason he was finally able to get some space was that the Cards dropped the crap 2/3 WR + TE setup they ran the first three quarters for the usual 4 WR set they ran most of the year. The Cards' TEs are jokes when it comes to receiving (which made Ben Patrick's early TD catch a huge surprise), but all 4 WRs can make plays and forced the defense to try and cover all of them. That combined with Fitz' inherent greatness made all the difference in the fourth quarter.

The Cards cost themselves the game with poor play-calling and that stupid 100-yd return at the end of the first half. No way in someone shouldn't have gotten that guy.

That's pretty much all the time you need to see that the ball was loose before his arm moved forward.

Honestly, whether they reviewed it in 10 seconds or 10 minutes, the outcome was still the same.

It's really ridiculous to make an issue out of this.

And, this is coming from a guy that absolutely hates the Steelers.

I hate the Steelers too, but I hate the fumble/tuck/forward pass call more, being a Raiders fan, so I know those situations inside out.

The thing about this, is that he did not lose control of the ball when he got hit. He was still holding onto it for a short moment extra, and snapped his wrist forward to throw the ball. I can see both sides of the argument, but being completely unbiased, I think it was an incomplete pass. However, I do not think it would have been overturned because it was so close, and you need conclusive evidence to overturn it, which is what I was most upset about in the Raiders / Patriots game. It was so close, that I don't think there was conclusive evidence to overturn it. It clearly appeared he had both hands on the ball though. If they had called it an incomplete pass from the get-go, I wouldn't have been so upset, because I can see how it could have been called an incomplete, but the fact that they overturned such a close call was what was ridiculous.

Lets just all come to the overall conclusion that the ref's suck! For this to be the supposed "top notch" officiating crew for the Super Bowl, they sure called a poor game. Why a review of that magnitude takes all of 10 seconds whether it be right or wrong is beyond me. it took the ref's damn near a half and hour to screw the Ravens with that BS Holmes TD that was inconclusive to begin with.

[dirk4mvp]

[peewee's lovechild]

^^^^^

Hahahahaha, that's not a Terrible Towel, that' a Terrible Blanket.

[peewee's lovechild]

She'd be a pretty good Nose Tackle.

She could be the female Gilbert Brown.

[florige]

^^^^^

Hahahahaha, that's not a Terrible Towel, that' a Terrible Blanket.

You would hit it!! lol

[peewee's lovechild]

You would hit it!! lol

I'd have to be real, real, real, real drunk to do that.

10 times more drunk than Dudley Moore on Aurhtur.

[samikeyp]

So beefanus is a girl?

[peewee's lovechild]

So beefanus is a girl?

With three stomachs.