kethnaab said:It was a hold. You can't grab a defensive player outside the arms and spin him halfway around and nearly rag him down. It was obviously a hold. Even the 20 or so Seahawks fans that I was stuck watching the game acknowledged that one on the replay. One of them even saw it BEFORE the pass was thrown.
first of all, the defender was offsides on that play and that wasn't called. then the so called holding penalty was called on the block against the guy that was offsides. if you have the game taped, look at that play and you'll see the pittsburgh defender was offsides.
the ball was past the line. Happened while Roeth was up in the air before he came down. TD. Even if the Steelers don't get that TD and kick a field goal, guess what? Final Score: Steelers 17, Seahawks 10. Oops.
well, the ball was not past the line. even roethlisburger admitted that. and that completely changes the game at that point, so you can't just say 17-10. oops. roethlisburger said they would have went for it on 4th down, so they either would have scored the touchdown or not had any points since they were not going to go for a field goal.
What the fuck? The league APOLOGIZED and already admitted that the call was wrong.
and i said that it was an interception, but the ref thought that polamolu did not make a football move after the catch, and that is a judgement call on his part.
the call was pretty consistent throughout the year. If you toss it up and the 2 players jump for it, if one gets his hand on the other, it's interference. If you use your body to block the other while going up for the ball, no interference.
i dont know about that. i've watched a lot of football, and that call is pretty rare on a play like that. yes, he made contact with the defender, but it was nothing major, and the espn announcers argued that a call on a play like that is very rare and ticky tacky