Pitts. Steelers win Superbowl

it's weird because people here see it a little different and are focused on some calls that were questionable made against the steelers. Personally I don't care. part of football is the refs so take them away and there would have been no game to play. I just wish the steelers made more of a name for themselves

Pittsburgh is pretty, but as a Browns fan they are the archenemy. I didn't watch the game. (Yes, I am fully aware that the Browns could never have won the Superbowl this year. I just like them)
Some of the fans over yonder (ahem!) got a little rowdy, but I can appreciate that. If Cleveland ever won anything I'm sure we would light a few things on fire too.
The Steelers fans here tend to overcompensate for being so outnumbered and act kinda like jerks sometimes, giving them a bad image, but I'm sure thats true of any team.

Congratulations and condolences, respectively.

Originally Posted by xocats

The Seahawks should have just given the trophy to the Steelers out front.
After all...the Seahawks live in one of the most beautiful cities in the country....Seattle.
Were do the Steelers live? Pittsburg?
No contest...let them have the stupid trophy.

I did enjoy the Stones half time show. They just keep on ticking.

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You know, Pittsburgh was voted #2 of 10 of the most beautiful places in the U.S. to visit not too long ago-but I guess you've never been there.
Yes there were some bad calls, but what about the bad plays? I guess there are alot of people that want to be media parrots, but how many really know much about the game?

Originally Posted by Me-n-my guys

You know, Pittsburgh was voted #2 of 10 of the most beautiful places in the U.S. to visit not too long ago-but I guess you've never been there.
Yes there were some bad calls, but what about the bad plays? I guess there are alot of people that want to be media parrots, but how many really know much about the game?

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AND it was voted the #1 most beautiful skyline at night which I have seen and it IS GORGEOUS!

Anyways, I think both teams could have played better but I think the Seahawks played sloppy and deserved some of the calls. There were some bad calls on either side but refs are human too and it's all part of the game. Seatte couldn't catch the ball and they played awful(not saying the Steelers plaed their best but much better and that's why we won). It wasn't just the refs so ya'll can't blame them. A good team will overcome hence the penalties. AND we shut down Shaun Alexander and you can't blame the refs there. Just my two cents and I think me-n-my-guys will back me up.

Originally Posted by annabelle33

I think that from watching it both teams kinda sucked, it was like a competition on who sucked worse. Not sucked I guess but very mediocre and not superbowl worthy. Sure there were a couple glimmers from each team, but for most part it was boring. The steelers seemed to be afraid to take chances (except the trick play) and the seahawks seemed to not be able to follow through on anything to score. Poor Ben, who is usually so cocky and sure of himself, looked terrified.

I think the calls made were interesting. The Ben thing I wouldn't have given him but I'm not a ref. It did look as if the ball may have broke the plane while he was in the air but how do you even determine that.. I guess there must not have been conclusive evidence to overturn the ruling on the field.

I'm glad the steelers won, but I would have liked to have a star, and a game that was really on. Instead it was just ho hum. I'm still proud but it kinda took away from it a bit.

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One more thing on THIS comment. I think Ben is one of the least cocky quarterbacks in the NFL. He is just the opposite. He never brags about his team being the best or about himself being the best(granted he is one of the best QBs). I have been a Steelers fan all my life and since Ben has been playing, in EVERY interview(trust me, I'm a HUGE fan of him) he has never once seemed cocky in any way, shape or form.

Steelers won it fair and square, no one can ever take that win away from them. No need to be defensive when your team is the World Champions.

Personally, I think they should get rid of all of the refs in the league and start over. This whole year has been plagued with horrible calls; calls that could have changed the outcome in any number of games. If that was the best of the best for the refs, frankly they shouldn't have made multiple blatent bad calls. If that's the best, the NFL needs higher standards.

Originally Posted by valanhb

Steelers won it fair and square, no one can ever take that win away from them. No need to be defensive when your team is the World Champions.

Personally, I think they should get rid of all of the refs in the league and start over. This whole year has been plagued with horrible calls; calls that could have changed the outcome in any number of games. If that was the best of the best for the refs, frankly they shouldn't have made multiple blatent bad calls. If that's the best, the NFL needs higher standards.

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Your post made no sense and frankly made me a little mad. First of all, I want to say that I live on the OTHER side of Washington. And for those who don't know this bit about Washington...it should really be split up into 2 seperate states...most people from the west side dislike east side people and vice versa. I have never been a Seattle "fan" because of all the animosity between the west and east side (FYI seattle gets all the tax money and the east side gets squat)
Anyways, you say the Steelers won "fair and square" yet you are stating that all of the refs should be gotten rid of because the whole year has been plagued with horrible calls that could change the outcome of the game. You are contridicting yourself. Sorry, but the Steelers did NOT win fair and square...the REFS won it for them. If it wasn't for those poor calls against Seattle and the one made FOR the Steelers (even my half blind great grandma could have seen that was NOT a touchdown) Seattle could have won..not by a lot but they could have won. Because of this controversy and common sense acknowledgment of bad calls I would not be admitting I was a Steelers fan.

I'm not going to get defensive but the Steelers STILL played better than the Seahawks despite the bad calls and deserved to win. We got crappy calls against us all through the playoffs and STILL prevailed over the Colts AND Broncos who were picked to win. It shows we were the better team not that the refs favored us. In the Superbowl, there were bad calls made on BOTH sides of the ball, not just against the Seahawks so how can you be honest by saying that we were favored? The Seahawks played very bad(not saying the Steelers were the best)but like I said, the good team WILL prevail despite bad refs, who ARE human too.

Bad calls, true, but any team worthy of a championship will overcome that and win anyway. Seattle just didn't have it this year. Take away all the bad calls and Pittsburgh still would have won. They won by 11, take away the touchdown and extra point, and they would have won by 4.

As someone mentioned, Pittsburgh survived a number of bad calls throughout the playoffs. Remember the interception that wasn't in the Indy game? The next day, everyone agreed it was a bad call. Pittsburgh still overcame that and won. Why? Because they are a great football team.

Originally Posted by preciousmom

Your post made no sense and frankly made me a little mad. First of all, I want to say that I live on the OTHER side of Washington. And for those who don't know this bit about Washington...it should really be split up into 2 seperate states...most people from the west side dislike east side people and vice versa. I have never been a Seattle "fan" because of all the animosity between the west and east side (FYI seattle gets all the tax money and the east side gets squat)
Anyways, you say the Steelers won "fair and square" yet you are stating that all of the refs should be gotten rid of because the whole year has been plagued with horrible calls that could change the outcome of the game. You are contridicting yourself. Sorry, but the Steelers did NOT win fair and square...the REFS won it for them. If it wasn't for those poor calls against Seattle and the one made FOR the Steelers (even my half blind great grandma could have seen that was NOT a touchdown) Seattle could have won..not by a lot but they could have won. Because of this controversy and common sense acknowledgment of bad calls I would not be admitting I was a Steelers fan.

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What I meant was that they won it by the rules. They didn't cheat to win. They didn't play dirty and purposely injure the star player of the other team. They can't control the calls the refs made, either for or against their team. But the refs just plain sucked all year, and something needs to be done about that.

I have to say this, too. I'm seeing sore losers and sore winners. Being a Broncos fan, I've been on both sides of winning and losing Super Bowls. Bottom line - Pittsburg won. Congratulations. Don't be too cocky. Seattle lost. Sorry. Better luck next year. Seattle got to the Big Game, which is something to be proud of regardless of the outcome of the game. They both played under the same conditions, with the same referees. One team had to win. Neither team had a great game, neither had a horrible game.

And regardless of the calls by the refs - Seattle had a very hard time converting their drives into points. 2 missed field goals, and how many red-zone drives with no points at the end? Not the way to win. And even if the refs had called the Rothlisberger TD correctly (no TD), chances are they would have scored on the next play - at least 3 points, if not 7. So there's a 10 point swing (with the TD that was called back on Seattle). They won by 11.

I would have never called the rothelisbuger td a td, however, upon replay, you can see that the ball did cross the plane while he was in the air, and then he tucked up to keep it so that when he landed the ball was behind the line. The rules of football state that when the ball crosses the crosses the plane while being controlled by a player who is inbounds its a td, regardless. So it barely crossed in midair and counted even though it wasn't pretty. I wish he had gotten a few more feet up so people would shut up about it already, but it didn't happen that way.

But seriously, I think that the Steelers deserved to win, but if seattle had stepped up their game to match the rest of the season they would have. whatever, it's over. better luck next yr.

First of all, I'm not going to single out anyone personally, but want to say that yes, some may get a little defensive when they hear someone ripping their home city.
For the sake of argument, let's take away the bad playcalling entirely & focus on a few other things..
Both sides dropped passes. Both quarterbacks threw interceptions.
A gadget play is still a legitimate play, & the Seattle defense fell for it, hook line & sinker! (even though Pittsburgh had already used it earlier in the year)
I guess everyone forgot that record breaking TD run by Willie Parker, runningback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And what about the poor clock management by Seattle when it mattered the most? The bad decisions?
Pittsburgh is famous for how they manage the clock in the 2nd half of the game.
Pittsburgh may not have played the best game in the world, I agree, but they were able to recover from their mistakes, execute the game plan & win the game.
We also got ripped off by the refs in the playoff game against the Colts, & it was our terrified quarterback who saved our season. Big Ben is a true player-how many other quarterbacks will you see plowing through a defensive line to make a play? Especially a high dollar franchise quarterback? That doesn't seem like terrified to me, that boy is too big to be terrified of anyone. Nervous? Of course. Wouldn't anyone be?

Originally Posted by Catkiki

I was rooting for the Steelers but only because Joey Porter is the hometown boy! He was a star at one of the local high schools

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Joey is the MAN!!!

Congratulations to the steelers!