Lucky breaks your team has gotten .... (1 Viewer)

[Mr. Pink]

The Steelers... (attempting to do these in order)

1. Winning the coin toss over Chicago for the rights to the #1 overall pick...to draft Terry Bradshaw

2. 1974 draft class. What an amazing combo of luck/great management to get 4 HOF'ers

3. Cowboys' Jackie Smith drops wide-open TD in Super Bowl XIII

4. Not taking a QB in the 1983 draft class. Thank God for that...

5. Choosing Cowher over Wanndstedt (sp?)

6. The Colts' Jim Harbaugh's Hail Mary pass falls incomplete in 1995 AFC Championship

7. Ben Roethlisberger's tackle of Nick Harper vs Colts in 2005

8. Having a couple calls actually go our way for once in Super Bowl XL (even though most were the right calls anyway)

9. Ben Roethlisberger surviving his motorcycle accident. Can you imagine if he didn't?

10. And finally.... Not being the Cleveland Browns

8. Having a couple calls actually go our way for once in Super Bowl XL (even though most were the right calls anyway) Seriously dude, stop it, you are killing me.

I didnt have a horse in the race but even I can tell you that the Steelers were the beneficiary of some VERY, VERY poor officiating. Numerous bad calls went their way that night. Dont pretend they didnt. This coming from a Pats fan that knows the Pats were the beneficiary of one of the worst calls in the history of football (although Charles Woodson did hit Brady in the head )

Oh now, be fair BF. It wasn't "one of the worst calls in the history of football." It was the appropriate call following the letter of the rule. Let's not get RAIDERNATION's panties all in a bunch.

 

[Pat Patriot]

The Steelers... (attempting to do these in order)

1. Winning the coin toss over Chicago for the rights to the #1 overall pick...to draft Terry Bradshaw

2. 1974 draft class. What an amazing combo of luck/great management to get 4 HOF'ers

3. Cowboys' Jackie Smith drops wide-open TD in Super Bowl XIII

4. Not taking a QB in the 1983 draft class. Thank God for that...

5. Choosing Cowher over Wanndstedt (sp?)

6. The Colts' Jim Harbaugh's Hail Mary pass falls incomplete in 1995 AFC Championship

7. Ben Roethlisberger's tackle of Nick Harper vs Colts in 2005

8. Having a couple calls actually go our way for once in Super Bowl XL (even though most were the right calls anyway)

9. Ben Roethlisberger surviving his motorcycle accident. Can you imagine if he didn't?

10. And finally.... Not being the Cleveland Browns

8. Having a couple calls actually go our way for once in Super Bowl XL (even though most were the right calls anyway) Seriously dude, stop it, you are killing me.

I didnt have a horse in the race but even I can tell you that the Steelers were the beneficiary of some VERY, VERY poor officiating. Numerous bad calls went their way that night. Dont pretend they didnt. This coming from a Pats fan that knows the Pats were the beneficiary of one of the worst calls in the history of football (although Charles Woodson did hit Brady in the head )

Oh now, be fair BF. It wasn't "one of the worst calls in the history of football." It was the appropriate call following the letter of the rule. Let's not get RAIDERNATION's panties all in a bunch.

Dumb rule. Bad call, in the spirit of the game. I'm as big a Pats fan as you can find and I will say that I thought the game was over at that point. Everything the Pats did from that point further (and even before stopping the Raiders on 3rd and 1 in the snow) was absolutely amazing but I cant help but think the Raiders got screwed there.No sympathy for the Raiders though as the Pats of 1976 (which still might have been the most talented Patriot team in their history) got ROYALLY screwed on a phantom roughing the passer call against Sugarbear Hamilton.

 

[Pat Patriot]

What numerous bad calls? I understand this was an issue after the game, but it's been a year now and no one's talking about it anymore, especially after Mike Perreira explained them. The push-off on D-Jax, for example, should be clear as day now especially after that bears/Seahawks game I think it was, when there was no flag thrown for illegal contact because the QB left the pocket. In the Super Bowl, D-Jax obviously pushed off on Chris Hope sending him back, and Hope wasn't flagged because Hasselbeck left the pocket. There wasn't enough evidence to overturn Ben's TD. And the holding call on Locklear was an opnionated call, but it's not like there aren't questionable holding calls in every NFL game. Besides, Seattle still had 1st down after that, and they proceeded to collapse. I've admitted the "low block" thing on hasselbeck was poor, but that's it.But again, a Patriots fan shouldn't talk about bad calls. They received the biggest joke of a call in NFL history with the Tuck Rule. That was an absolute embarassment. And unlike SBXL, there's not even good explainations as to why the Tuck Rule was called that way...it was just blatant favoritism.

You are embarassing yourself. I admitted that the Tuck Rule is a dumb rule but as most will tell you, it was applied correctly. And it wasnt the Super Bowl. The Pats still had to win that, kick the #### out of the Steelers in Pittsburgh and defeat the Rams that were a 14 point favorite.The DJAX offensive pass interference call is NEVER called. I have watched hundreds of NFL games over the years and NEVER seen that called in the endzone.No problem with them not overturning the Ben TD. To me, the Steelers would have likely scored on 4th down anyways. It was a bad call initially to definitely call it a TD but once that call was made, it was very unlikely to be overturned.

 

[Jous]

The Patriots did indeed get screwed by that call in 1976... which was basically the only time the Raiders ever got a big benefit from an NFL official.

I do have to laugh that anybody is still whining about SBXL though. I mean, get over it. The refereeing was fine, it's not their fault that Seattle decided to pull one of the biggest choke jobs in Super Bowl history by screwing up as much as possible.

 

[Pat Patriot]

Dude, I dont care who won the Bowl last year so no whining here. The issue came up in the context of this thread.

 

[Jous]

What numerous bad calls? I understand this was an issue after the game, but it's been a year now and no one's talking about it anymore, especially after Mike Perreira explained them. The push-off on D-Jax, for example, should be clear as day now especially after that bears/Seahawks game I think it was, when there was no flag thrown for illegal contact because the QB left the pocket. In the Super Bowl, D-Jax obviously pushed off on Chris Hope sending him back, and Hope wasn't flagged because Hasselbeck left the pocket. There wasn't enough evidence to overturn Ben's TD. And the holding call on Locklear was an opnionated call, but it's not like there aren't questionable holding calls in every NFL game. Besides, Seattle still had 1st down after that, and they proceeded to collapse. I've admitted the "low block" thing on hasselbeck was poor, but that's it.But again, a Patriots fan shouldn't talk about bad calls. They received the biggest joke of a call in NFL history with the Tuck Rule. That was an absolute embarassment. And unlike SBXL, there's not even good explainations as to why the Tuck Rule was called that way...it was just blatant favoritism.

You are embarassing yourself. I admitted that the Tuck Rule is a dumb rule but as most will tell you, it was applied correctly. And it wasnt the Super Bowl. The Pats still had to win that, kick the #### out of the Steelers in Pittsburgh and defeat the Rams that were a 14 point favorite.The DJAX offensive pass interference call is NEVER called. I have watched hundreds of NFL games over the years and NEVER seen that called in the endzone.No problem with them not overturning the Ben TD. To me, the Steelers would have likely scored on 4th down anyways. It was a bad call initially to definitely call it a TD but once that call was made, it was very unlikely to be overturned.

I'm embarassing MYSELF? Please. The tuck rule was NOT called correctly, it was a terribly obvious fumble to everyone who watched the game, and still an obvious fumble to anyone who watches replays of it. And what's your point that it wasn't the Super Bowl..? If anything that makes it worse. They should have never even made it to the AFCCG, and let's not even get into the reffing in SBXXXVI, which was arguably the worst of all time.True, that offensive pass intereference is rarely called. But can you argue that it was perfectly legal? No, you cannot. Patriots fans are the ones going on about how the Tuck Rule was following the letter of the law, and you argue against the D-Jax push-off? That's a joke. He broke the rule, blame Jackson, not the ref.

 

[Jous]

Dude, I dont care who won the Bowl last year so no whining here. The issue came up in the context of this thread.

The fact that you couldn't even help yourself from saying the reffing in XL was bad just at the mere mention of it is proof enough that it's whining.

 

[Pat Patriot]

What numerous bad calls? I understand this was an issue after the game, but it's been a year now and no one's talking about it anymore, especially after Mike Perreira explained them. The push-off on D-Jax, for example, should be clear as day now especially after that bears/Seahawks game I think it was, when there was no flag thrown for illegal contact because the QB left the pocket. In the Super Bowl, D-Jax obviously pushed off on Chris Hope sending him back, and Hope wasn't flagged because Hasselbeck left the pocket. There wasn't enough evidence to overturn Ben's TD. And the holding call on Locklear was an opnionated call, but it's not like there aren't questionable holding calls in every NFL game. Besides, Seattle still had 1st down after that, and they proceeded to collapse. I've admitted the "low block" thing on hasselbeck was poor, but that's it.But again, a Patriots fan shouldn't talk about bad calls. They received the biggest joke of a call in NFL history with the Tuck Rule. That was an absolute embarassment. And unlike SBXL, there's not even good explainations as to why the Tuck Rule was called that way...it was just blatant favoritism.

You are embarassing yourself. I admitted that the Tuck Rule is a dumb rule but as most will tell you, it was applied correctly. And it wasnt the Super Bowl. The Pats still had to win that, kick the #### out of the Steelers in Pittsburgh and defeat the Rams that were a 14 point favorite.The DJAX offensive pass interference call is NEVER called. I have watched hundreds of NFL games over the years and NEVER seen that called in the endzone.No problem with them not overturning the Ben TD. To me, the Steelers would have likely scored on 4th down anyways. It was a bad call initially to definitely call it a TD but once that call was made, it was very unlikely to be overturned.

I'm embarassing MYSELF? Please. The tuck rule was NOT called correctly, it was a terribly obvious fumble to everyone who watched the game, and still an obvious fumble to anyone who watches replays of it. And what's your point that it wasn't the Super Bowl..? If anything that makes it worse. They should have never even made it to the AFCCG, and let's not even get into the reffing in SBXXVI, which was arguably the worst of all time.True, that offensive pass intereference is rarely called. But can you argue that it was perfectly legal? No, you cannot. Patriots fans are the ones going on about how the Tuck Rule was following the letter of the law, and you argue against the D-Jax push-off? That's a joke. He broke the rule, blame Jackson, not the ref.

You are arguing with the wrong person. Read up. I said the Tuck Rule is one of the worst calls in the history of football. I have no problem saying that. I was at SB XXXVI and I dont know what you are talking about regarding the refereeing. I dont recall a single bad call that went the Pats way that game. The Pats actually thought they had the game wrapped up on a 4th quarter fumble return for TD but it was brought back (on an obvious defensive holding against McGinest, I could even see it from my seat on the 50 5 levels up). The Patriots literally kicked the crap out of the soft Rams that day. That and Martz being a moron and refusing to take what the Pats were giving them (the run) is why the Rams lost. Whereas it is widely acknowledged that the Steelers had quite a hand from the Refs in winning last years Bowl.

 

[Pat Patriot]

Dude, I dont care who won the Bowl last year so no whining here. The issue came up in the context of this thread.

The fact that you couldn't even help yourself from saying the reffing in XL was bad just at the mere mention of it is proof enough that it's whining.

You're ridiculous. I dont like the Steelers or the Seahawks. I have no reason to whine about the game. I was actually out of the country and didnt see the game until I got home via TIVO so I wasnt even upset that I had to sit through 5 hours of the worst SB in my lifetime. It only took me an hour and a half to watch.

 

[Jous]

What numerous bad calls? I understand this was an issue after the game, but it's been a year now and no one's talking about it anymore, especially after Mike Perreira explained them. The push-off on D-Jax, for example, should be clear as day now especially after that bears/Seahawks game I think it was, when there was no flag thrown for illegal contact because the QB left the pocket. In the Super Bowl, D-Jax obviously pushed off on Chris Hope sending him back, and Hope wasn't flagged because Hasselbeck left the pocket. There wasn't enough evidence to overturn Ben's TD. And the holding call on Locklear was an opnionated call, but it's not like there aren't questionable holding calls in every NFL game. Besides, Seattle still had 1st down after that, and they proceeded to collapse. I've admitted the "low block" thing on hasselbeck was poor, but that's it.But again, a Patriots fan shouldn't talk about bad calls. They received the biggest joke of a call in NFL history with the Tuck Rule. That was an absolute embarassment. And unlike SBXL, there's not even good explainations as to why the Tuck Rule was called that way...it was just blatant favoritism.

You are embarassing yourself. I admitted that the Tuck Rule is a dumb rule but as most will tell you, it was applied correctly. And it wasnt the Super Bowl. The Pats still had to win that, kick the #### out of the Steelers in Pittsburgh and defeat the Rams that were a 14 point favorite.The DJAX offensive pass interference call is NEVER called. I have watched hundreds of NFL games over the years and NEVER seen that called in the endzone.No problem with them not overturning the Ben TD. To me, the Steelers would have likely scored on 4th down anyways. It was a bad call initially to definitely call it a TD but once that call was made, it was very unlikely to be overturned.

I'm embarassing MYSELF? Please. The tuck rule was NOT called correctly, it was a terribly obvious fumble to everyone who watched the game, and still an obvious fumble to anyone who watches replays of it. And what's your point that it wasn't the Super Bowl..? If anything that makes it worse. They should have never even made it to the AFCCG, and let's not even get into the reffing in SBXXVI, which was arguably the worst of all time.True, that offensive pass intereference is rarely called. But can you argue that it was perfectly legal? No, you cannot. Patriots fans are the ones going on about how the Tuck Rule was following the letter of the law, and you argue against the D-Jax push-off? That's a joke. He broke the rule, blame Jackson, not the ref.

You are arguing with the wrong person. Read up. I said the Tuck Rule is one of the worst calls in the history of football. I have no problem saying that. I was at SB XXXVI and I dont know what you are talking about regarding the refereeing. I dont recall a single bad call that went the Pats way that game. The Pats actually thought they had the game wrapped up on a 4th quarter fumble return for TD but it was brought back (on an obvious defensive holding against McGinest, I could even see it from my seat on the 50 5 levels up). The Patriots literally kicked the crap out of the soft Rams that day. That and Martz being a moron and refusing to take what the Pats were giving them (the run) is why the Rams lost. Whereas it is widely acknowledged that the Steelers had quite a hand from the Refs in winning last years Bowl.

It's "widely acknowledged" by people who don't know the rules, and that includes the media who decided to make it an issue and I still cannot understand why. The Steelers had calls go against them too, the 3 that stick out in my mind being: 1. Illegal block in the back on Roethlisberger during INT return (right in front of a ref...how'd he miss it?) 2. Helmet to helmet contact on Ward that wasn't caught. 3. Phantom offensive pass intereference on Heath Miller on the Steelers' first TD drive. That was even MORE "ticky-tack," and Heath wasn't within 20 yards of where the ball was thrown.The SBXXXVI officiating received less publicity because it was a little less noitciably controversial because it didn't always happen around the goal line. But if you look at replays, there's countless clips of Patriot players holding Rams WR's beyond 5 yards, helmet to helmet contact, which includes a personal foul on Warner in one of the Pats' INT returns.If you actually do want to see some info of what I mean, I'll try to find the webiste with all kinds of those clips. Just let me know.

 

[GRIDIRON ASSASSIN]

The Steelers drafting Plaxico Burress prevented Mark Hatley from drafting him. The Bears got stuck with some freakish athlete from New Mexico.

 

[BGP]

Browns:

Getting Paul Brown away from the Buckeyes. Thankfully, OSU went with Woody Hayes instead of aggressively trying to get Brown back.

 

[DocNiner52]

In terms of Fantasy Football I certainly think I was lucky to win this week 16 Dynasty league superbowl matchup against this starting roster. I did pretty good during the season with won/loss record and winning my division. Sometimes you have to have a little luck in FF and I'm glad I did in week 16

His starting roster: My starting roster:

QB-Tony Romo QB-Marc Bulger

RB-LaDanian Tomlinson RB-Travis Henry

RB-Larry Johnson RB-Marion Barber

RB-Steven Jackson WR-Torry Holt

WR-Lee Evans WR-Marques Colston

TE-Ben Watson WR-Jericho Cotchery

TE-Jason Witten TE-Tony Scheffler

PK-Jeff Wilkins PK-Robbie Gould

DE-Mark Anderson DE-Jared Allen

DE-Jason Taylor DE-Chris Kelsay

LB-Lance Briggs LB-Donnie Edwards

LB-Keith Bulluck LB-Antonio Pierce

CB-DuntaRobinson S- Chris Hope

S-Kerry Rhodes S-Sean Jones

Final Score:

Him- 142.70

Me- 153.80

Since he had the 3 top rb's in his lineup all I can say is the fantasy gods were smiling on me that week