#1- The D-Jax PI. This call should not have been made and was made only because the referee was influenced by Chris Hope's reaction to what he thought was a push off. While the replayed showed that D-Jax extended his arm towards Mr. Hopes chest he did not gain leverage or seperation because of the extension of his arm. For there to be interference the receiver has to gain seperation due to his actions. Clearly, that didn't happen. Mr. Hope reacted towards the official because he got beat, clear and simple. The official took at least 1.5-2.0 seconds before he reached for the flag.
Sometimes referees don't see a penalty and thus don't call it. It is completely illogical to argue that a referee should not call a penalty he sees. I completely disagree that Jackson's pushoff gave him no advantage. It clearly put Hope back on his heels and prevented him for making a play on the ball. The real person to fault here is Jackson, as he probably didn't need the push to score.It was a penalty, period. So this call was correct. 0/1.
#2- The Roethlisberger TD. While this was a close play I never saw the nose of the ball touch or get to the goal line. This was 3rd down so we don't know if Pittsburgh would have scored on 4th down? To be honest I'm not as upset at this call as most are around the country.
I personally felt he scored when I viewed the replays, because I felt that the ball as positioned under his arm broke the plane made by the front of the white end zone line in midair before he was pushed back. That was the call on the field, and there definitely was no compelling evidence to overturn it. So the only possible complaint is that the wrong call was made. How can one argue that on a subjective call that close?I disagree this was a bad call. It was a close, subjective call. That means people may disagree with the referee's take, but it doesn't make it a bad call. 0/2.
#3- Sean Locklear holding penalty on the pass to Jerramy Stevens to the Pittsburgh 1- yard line. This holding call was questionable, at best. All the analysts agreed that it was a poor call.
Seattle would have had the ball at the 1-yard line with the #1 touchdown back in the backfield and the Seattle offensive line dominating Pittsburghs line all day. TD Seahawks.
Again, your viewpoint amounts to expecting the referee to ignore a penalty he saw. This is illogical. The referee saw a penalty and called it. 0/3.
#4- Nobody's talking about the Joey Porter horse collar tackle on Shaun Alexanders 15 yard run in the 3rd quarter. This was an obvious penalty and one that the officials were suppose to be looking for because of the recent injuries caused by this type of tackle. Porter clearly pulled SA down by grabbing on to the back of Alexanders shoulder pads. 15 additional yards and added momentum, lost.
You are wrong. The tackle in question was not a horse collar tackle as defined in the NFL rules. So a non-call was correct. 0/4.
#5- Hasselbecks penalty for "blocking"? below the waist as he made the tackle on Ike Taylor after his interception. How do you get a penalty for blocking when your opponent has the ball? Watch the play .... Hasselbeck makes a great tackle and that's all. I still can't figure out why the referee
made the call that he did? Horrible call. Added yards for Pittsburgh and added momentum.
This has been thoroughly discussed in other threads. This penalty call was correct per NFL rules. Stupid rule, but correct call. 0/5.
#6- On the next series when Randle El throws the beautiful pass to Hines Ward for the TD Roethlisberger, behind the line of scrimmage, blocks a Seahawk clearly below the waist to assist Randle El in having more time to throw the TD pass. Watch the replay .... this was clearly, by definition, a block below the waist and should have been called to negate the TD. For this to happen 3 plays after the Hasselbeck call and to not call it on Roethlisberger?
As others have pointed out, Roethlisberger's block was legal per NFL rules. You aren't showing a command of the NFL rule book here. 0/6.
#7- I believe it was on the play that Hasselbeck through the PI, the Pittsburgh linebacker on the left side was offsides by at least 1 yard before the snap was made. You could see it clear as day live and especially on the replay. This offsides would have taken away the PI and gave Seattle the ball back in scoring position.
I don't know for sure about this one, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. 1/7.
#8- In the 4th Quarter when Pittsburgh had the ball I was watching the time clock run down as Roethlisberger was ready to take the snap from center the clock reached ZERO then Roethlisberger looked back to the referee behind him and called timeout. The time clock was at 0 at least 1 second before the time out was asked for by Big Ben and the ref gave it to him? The analysts on ABC only explanation was that the referee can't watch the clock and the QB at the same time? WTF? If that's the case then go to the replay and get the call right.
I thought this was close enough that if it wasn't the Super Bowl and if there weren't other calls being debated, this would have gotten no airplay. It amounts to looking for more things to pile on with. Even if it was a missed call, that leaves you at 2/8.
Let's be clear about one thing the Seahawks did not have 1, 2 or 3 bad calls go against them, they had as I counted them, 8 bad calls go against them...
From your list, there were 2 missed calls and no bad calls. On the other side were candidate bad/missed calls including the Stevens fumble, which was ruled incomplete, the block in the back on Roethlisberger during the interception return, and possible missed holding calls. It was a wash, and I'd venture to say that is about average for an NFL game, or maybe even below average.If you're going to continue ranting about this, at least try to get the rules right.
BAM! 
