100% plagiarized from another site and 100% accurate
20 reasons Seattle should blame themselves Not the Refs
********************************************************************************
1. The Refs didn’t give up The longest TD run in Superbowl history ..................................... Seattle did.
2. The Refs didn't bite on a 43 yard trick play for a Touchdown............................................. Seattle did.
3. The Refs didn’t miss TWO Field goals...........................................................................
.... Seattle did.
4. The Refs didn’t drop 4 very catchable balls in KEY SITUATIONS....................the TE from Seattle did.
5. When he finally caught a pass, he took 3 steps, was hit & clearly fumbled. But the refs ruled it
incomplete. Who got a huge break from the refs there?........................................................ Seattle did.
6. The Refs didn't carelessly let the 1st half clock go from 48 seconds to 13 before finally
running their next play............................................................................
............................... Seattle did.
7. Now, 13 seconds left, 3rd down, who foolishly heaved it deep to the End Zone incomplete, rather than
a shorter play & timeout to set up a closer than 54 yd FG try which then missed by 2 feet?.......Seattle did.
8. Who bone headedly did it AGAIN in the 2nd half, this time 3rd down, 50 yds from a FG,
bombing to the End Zone incomplete, forcing a 50 yd FG try which again barely missed?.........Seattle did
9. Who kept failing to pin Pitt deep by repeatedly punting it deep into the End Zone, giving Pitt
the ball at the 20, thus losing the game of field position & 1 drive that ended in a Pitt TD?...........Seattle did.
10. 3rd & 28, Pitt's QB MAKES a play, scrambling & completing a 37 yard pass to Seattle 's 2 yd line.
11. 3rd & 18, Seahawks QB misreads Pitt's zone defense, in FG range & throws an INT at Pitt's 5 yd line.
12. On 3rd downs, Pitt made plays, like the one above, QB runs, a nifty shovel pass, a fingertip catch, etc.
13. On 3rd downs, Sea. was only 5 for 17 with dropped passes, going deep on 3rd & short, and an INT, etc.
Seattle, You're lucky it wasn't a blowout. Pittsburgh helped keep you in the game.
14. With a Pitt WR wide open in the endzone for a TD that would've put Pitt up 21-3, yep 21-3 in
the 3rd qtr, who caught a break on a gift-wrapped INT from Pitt QB Big Ben?............................. Seattle did.
15. On the above play, who got another break from the refs when Seattle's #94 blatantly blocked
Pitt QB Ben Roethlisberger from behind and no flag was thrown?........................................Seattle did.
16. Who caught a break when Pitt WR Ward dropped an easy TD in the endzone?.................... Seattle did.
17. Who caught a break when Pitt CB Taylor dropped an easy INT early in the game?................ Seattle did.
18. Late in the game, needing a TD & FG in no particular order, and currently in easy FG range on
4th down, who foolishly ignored the FG & went deep, losing the ball & game on downs?.. Seattle did.
19. Who outrushed Seattle & contained their star RB enough to force several 3rd downs?......Pittsburgh
20. Seattle...the sum total of all the above = . . . . . . NO EXCUSES !!!
The refs clearly missed some obvious calls on both sides of the ball but to blame them for the outcome is simply foolish. There were many plays that had much greater impact than the ones singled out to defer blame to the refs rather than the Seahawks performance. Here is another far more rational take on the game:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/ref-tak...stakes-too-hard
Nice counterpoint to the crybaby seahawks fans.
Whatever helps you sleep at night.
