Leavy talks about blown calls in SB XL... blah blah blah

[RW318]

Explain to me how he made the right call at the time when he openly admitted to making the wrong call at the time? A call so shitty they changed the rules so they could crucify refs who made a similar mistake.

Of course you will...calls influenced the game in the Steelers favor and the fans ran with it acting like Seattle was trash and the game was properly officiated. Both teams played like trash but the whistle went in a teams favor more than the other...and what do you know...that team took the title.

[HUNT4SEVEN]

Leavy made his comments Friday, during a rules interpretation session with the Seattle media, and brought up the sore subject without being asked. He didn't specify which plays he "kicked" that day in Detroit, but Seahawks fans still discuss two. He was in Seattle what do u expect him to say? If he was being so honest why didn't he disclose the 2 calls that he so called blew? I guess it's the ref's fault that Willie Parker made a record 75 yard run for a touch down, and it was the refs fault that, that bum qb thru a INT, and it was the refs fault that Seattle defense let Randle El throw a touch down on em also, Pittsburgh has had it's shared of getting dicked by the refs over the years also, get over it already...

[dawgs]

Leavy made his comments Friday, during a rules interpretation session with the Seattle media, and brought up the sore subject without being asked. He didn't specify which plays he "kicked" that day in Detroit, but Seahawks fans still discuss two. He was in Seattle what do u expect him to say? If he was being so honest why didn't he disclose the 2 calls that he so called blew? I guess it's the ref's fault that Willie Parker made a record 75 yard run for a touch down, and it was the refs fault that, that bum qb thru a INT, and it was the refs fault that Seattle defense let Randle El throw a touch down on em also, Pittsburgh has had it's shared of getting dicked by the refs over the years also, get over it already...

You just said he brought it up. So I would expect him not to bring it up lol.

[TEEMONT]

The Locklear call, really? It could have gone either way, just like every holding call in the NFL. The Hasselbeck block, well that shit didn't matter, he had already thrown the pick. Thats just Hasselbeck making more excuses. Was it a bad call? Not according to the rules. The same exact penalty was thrown on Hartings in the Colts game that playoffs for doing the same exact thing.

Would I whine if I was a Sehawks fan? Yeah.

[MattyVfromCT]

Explain to me how he made the right call at the time when he openly admitted to making the wrong call at the time? A call so shitty they changed the rules so they could crucify refs who made a similar mistake.

Of course you will...calls influenced the game in the Steelers favor and the fans ran with it acting like Seattle was trash and the game was properly officiated. Both teams played like trash but the whistle went in a teams favor more than the other...and what do you know...that team took the title.

sounds like somebody is butthurt that we have 1 more lombardi than the cowgirls. take your crying elsewhere.

as far as the 2 calls in the fourth, the hole was kinda iffy, but locklear did hook haggans' right arm and it did affect his movement. people can debate it all they want but watch the nfl gotw program for that game. even seattle's radio crew said "locklear got caught hooking the arm they will call that every time".

whether or not it was a "bad" call or not, that call did not make their center get blown up by hampton on the next play resulting in a sack. that call did not make them run the ball on 2nd and 25 WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLY STUPID CALL, ESPECIALLY AGAINST A DEFENSE WHO'S CALLING CARD IS STOPPING THE RUN. alexander gained 7. a lot of people cry about a so-called "horsecollar" tackle committed by peezy on that play but if people did a little research they would know that a horsecollar tackle did not include the back of the jersey or shoulder pads in 2005. they changed the rule in the spring owners meetings after that game for the 2006 season.

and finally the holding call did not make hasselbeck throw that godawful pick. he had a man open but threw the ballway over his head and almost appeared there was miscommunication on the route. the receiver might have ran the wrong route or hasselbeck floated it way too much. either way, he hits the wr, they have another shot at a td OR if they don't turn the ball over, they were within field goal range. they kick a field goal and they are only down by 1 point and that changes the game completely. that would put the pressure on us to score. i do agree that the "low block" on hasselbeck was an AWFUL call. BUT, that did not matter anyways because it was post possession. the int would still count even if they didn't call that. made a 15 yard difference but we still needed a first down before trying the randle el pass. and hines was so wide open anyways i dont think the 15 yards would have mattered

[Zachintosh66]

blah blah blah A lot of good this does now...

the biggest bad call ever is still the blown perfect game

[MattyVfromCT]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/traini...ory?id=5447132

updated with quotes from the steelers and seahawks

[RW318]

sounds like somebody is butthurt that we have 1 more lombardi than the cowgirls. take your crying elsewhere.

as far as the 2 calls in the fourth, the hole was kinda iffy, but locklear did hook haggans' right arm and it did affect his movement. people can debate it all they want but watch the nfl gotw program for that game. even seattle's radio crew said "locklear got caught hooking the arm they will call that every time".

whether or not it was a "bad" call or not, that call did not make their center get blown up by hampton on the next play resulting in a sack. that call did not make them run the ball on 2nd and 25 WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLY STUPID CALL, ESPECIALLY AGAINST A DEFENSE WHO'S CALLING CARD IS STOPPING THE RUN. alexander gained 7. a lot of people cry about a so-called "horsecollar" tackle committed by peezy on that play but if people did a little research they would know that a horsecollar tackle did not include the back of the jersey or shoulder pads in 2005. they changed the rule in the spring owners meetings after that game for the 2006 season.

and finally the holding call did not make hasselbeck throw that godawful pick. he had a man open but threw the ballway over his head and almost appeared there was miscommunication on the route. the receiver might have ran the wrong route or hasselbeck floated it way too much. either way, he hits the wr, they have another shot at a td OR if they don't turn the ball over, they were within field goal range. they kick a field goal and they are only down by 1 point and that changes the game completely. that would put the pressure on us to score. i do agree that the "low block" on hasselbeck was an AWFUL call. BUT, that did not matter anyways because it was post possession. the int would still count even if they didn't call that. made a 15 yard difference but we still needed a first down before trying the randle el pass. and hines was so wide open anyways i dont think the 15 yards would have mattered

How about....no? As I said you can bring up shit they did wrong....but when outside factors effect the end results of the game....the **** does that have to do with them? This guy pretty much said he ****ed Seattle over and gave the game to the Steelers. That's the facts without all the sugar coating that you've been living off of for years. He directly effected the game in the closing minutes (more of his own words)....obviously he made calls against one team that he shouldn't have.

Also the ref was obviously going by what he thought...when in reality his vantage point was ****ed and he SAW nothing. You don't ****ing think as an NFL ref...you see.

The Steelers made horrible ****ing plays as well....the ball bounced (or whistle blew...whatever) in their favor.

P.S.
15 yards could truly influence whether one play is called or another.....everyone knows that. Would you run a play action on your one yard line or are you more likely to do it on your own 15? (just an example)

[MattyVfromCT]

How about....no? As I said you can bring up shit they did wrong....but when outside factors effect the end results of the game....the **** does that have to do with them? This guy pretty much said he ****ed Seattle over and gave the game to the Steelers. That's the facts without all the sugar coating that you've been living off of for years. He directly effected the game in the closing minutes (more of his own words)....obviously he made calls against one team that he shouldn't have.

Also the ref was obviously going by what he thought...when in reality his vantage point was ****ed and he SAW nothing. You don't ****ing think as an NFL ref...you see.

The Steelers made horrible ****ing plays as well....the ball bounced (or whistle blew...whatever) in their favor.

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15 yards could truly influence whether one play is called or another.....everyone knows that. Would you run a play action on your one yard line or are you more likely to do it on your own 15? (just an example)

obviously you are butthurt. that's why you joined a steelers fansite to bitch about us. so let me get this straight? no team has even had a "bad" holding call on them? no team had even gotten a bad 15 yard penalty called against them? yeah those 2 calls really "won" the game for us. go watch the divisional round of the playoffs that year, the indy/pitt game in particular. the officiating in that game from beginning to end was so much worse than the super bowl and so much more lopsided in indy's favor. here's plenty of examples where officials have dicked us over in the past. ?[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuk01PIcUMQ[/MEDIA]

fact is there is bad officiating in every game in the history of pro football. to point to one or 2 calls from a 60 minute game and claim they are "THE reason" why a team lost is asinine. the only case i could agree is if it's a back and fourth game and a call right at the very end helped a team out. the seahawks had plenty of chances to win that game and failed. so many dropped passes, poor playcalling, godawful time management, 2 missed field goals, giving up the longest running td in super bowl history, letting hines get ridiculously wide open on the randle el gadget play, dropping half a dozen passes, etc. those calls did not lose the game for them and if you think otherwise you have your head up your ass.


oh and btw, your example in the p.s. was a stupid example. ike taylor took the ball out to the 29. that is significantly different than the 1 yard line. whether they had the ball at the 29 or 44, they still had room to do whatever play they wanted as opposed to being backed up on your 1 where it drastically limits what you can do

[RW318]

That's been the excuse Steelers fans used for the past few years...while everyone else knew something was wrong. "you're just butthurt...there's no proof....the head official even got on NFLN and said they were the right calls". You sound butthurt that you've been full of shit for the past couple of years.

Critical calls in critical moments...one very well could have resulted in a point swing and an immensely different game. Who the **** are you to say it didn't cost them the game? Didn't they get DEEP in Steeler territory when they got ****ed on the holding call? Memory could be off...but every drive they did good on a whistle brought them back (or stevens was being a bum...except when he got ****ed over by the holding call on his catch (again could be wrong)). Hmmmm.

It's not ****ing stupid because being near midfield opens up the ****ing playbook to everything compared to your own 29.

P.S.
I've been part of this site since 2006...and usually only post in the NFL section (except if someone compares raping women to fighting someone or dog fighting to defend an idol.).