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That is ScaryIf you don't know, I live in Seattle. On the way to a halloween party this weekend I saw a guy in a referee's costume only this one had black and yellow stripes and had SOLD as the name. He was mocking the Steelers alleged buying of the Super Bowl evidenced by the suspect officiating. This would have been clever had I not heard any semblance of a joke similar to this before and it wasn't NINE MONTHS after the game.I've been telling people when they bring it up, and they still bring it up, that officiating is l2 on the top ten reasons you lost that game; behind a multitude of things including but not limited to: play calling, clock managements, tight ends that can't catch, and punters who can't drop one inside the twenty. To blame the loss soley on the officials is a disservice to anyone who thinks or wants to think intelligently about football. Bad calls are like clutch hits in baseball, you remember them because they had such a profound effect on the direction of the game, but they game is pretty well settled in whatever else happened on the field during the other two hours and fifty-five minutes. So imagine my surprise when Dan Freaking Rooney starts complaining about officials after last Sunday's Atlanta game. The most respected and admired football personality East of the Mississippi complaining about officiating. What an embarassment to all the Steeler fans out there. I'm having a hard enough time defending the Steelers based on their play on the field, I don't need you complicating the matters with comments off of it. Leave it to the rookie, Santonia Holmes to get it right when discussing what he thought might have been pass interference against the Raiders: The ref didn't make ta call and you have to live with it," Holmes said. "We had plenty of opportunities before that, too, to get in the end zone. One call really doesn't determine a game."A big hoopla was made about Holmes during all his indescretions between the draft and training camp, plus now with all the muffed punts, but after hearing this, at least the kid seems to get it. posted by Rory at 7:49 PM | |
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