Who thinks that the calls in the Super Bowl were terrible?
148240
The calls were awful!  Get better refs NFL :)
1002537
It's about time somebody asks this!!  I watched that game as if I were studying a map- it was pure, unadulterated bullsh*t how the refs completely sided with the Steelers as if they were getting their wood off by ignoring penalties and such!!  Never have I been so disgraced and ashamed of the National Football League!  The Seahawks played a damn superb game and deserved to win!!!
163793
Probably not, I hope they send all those referees who made the call in the XL Super Bowl back to the minor league like baseball. They should send them back to NFL Europe or Candadian Football.
1109697
YES i agree with u the officiating is the worst ever at any competition ( i think)
90815
I am so sick of answering this question \n\nOK for the last time....\n\nA push is a defender fully extending his arm to gain an advantage over the defender. Jackson's arm was fully extended....Good Call bad timing\n\nVideo Replay must provide UNDISPUTIBLE evidence to overturn a on-feild ruling. What made that play stand was the fact that although you "know" where the ball was, you still can not determine wether he was over or not before the hit....\nGood Call\n\nNow the below the waist thing....\nBad Call\n\nBut what about Jeramy Stevens "not fumble" or the fact that Rothlisberger was blocked in the back on the int. return. Or Shaun Alexander not showing up, Poor Clock management at the close of the game and 1st half, Hasselback throwing 2 passes out of bounds (inside the 20), allowing Big Ben the time to throw a 60 yd pass to Hines Ward, the 2 missed tackles on the longest run in Super Bowl history......And last but not least Josh Brown missed 2 FG's. \n\nSo don't blame the refs.\nBlame the Team.
153789
I think the refs are just very biased. I don't think they deserve to be ranked as high as they are. They are over ranked but you have to go with what the polls say. I wish there was a way to change it!!!!!!!!!
88897
I think the game definitely could have been different (could, not would, there is no way to know).  There were at least three bum calls in my opinion.  Ben's touchdown was not a touchdown.  He was stopped in the air and down before he not so slyly moved the ball over the line (which was out of his posession at the time), though I can see not overturning it since it was not a slam dunk to see.  However, the supposed offensive pass interference that negated a Seahawks touchdown was not cool and neither was the super idiotic illegal blocking call on Hasselbeck where he was obviously tackling.
979115
Yeah. Tony Kornheiser blows. Way annoying. Sunday Night Football with Al Michaels and Madden is way better. That's what MNF is supposed to be.
118287
I despise the Steelers, I think Bradshaw, Swann, and Stallworth were all massively overrated. I think they've won more than one superbowl off of a bad call.
1106047
I understand coaches being very biased towards their own team, but he was infuriated on some clear cut calls.  I don't see the US as being horribly bad (although I don't like them), however I think he brings them down.
80438
Unfair isn't the right word. They were horrible and a disgrace to officiating everywhere. Anyone who had half a mind would know that.
164451
No. I think there were some bad calls, namely: \n\n1. The Seahawks push that was not a push - would have been a touchdown.\n2. The Steelers touchdown that didn't actually pass the line\n\nI was rooting for the Steelers but even I thought this was unfair. Would it have made a difference in the 11-point spread? I don't know. But I can understand if some Seattle fans are really pissed right now.
905881
I agree that it's excessive. Jacobs' and Horn's were sweet (Horn actually called his kids because they couldn't come to the game).\n\nAnd I didn't watch all of the Dallas game so I didn't even see the TO thing (of course no one will talk about it because the media likes bad-guys and sad stories)\n\nAlso, it is very hypocritical.  A few weeks ago, Ronde Barber gets an interception and just does some little gesture, and just because a team mate half heartedly did it with him, they got penalized for team-celebration (Giants team-celebrate things all the time).  And they still allow the Lambeau Leap, likely because it's historical, yet that could actually stand a chance of hurting the players or fans (by insane fan injury or being crushed respectivley)  While simple little uses of the ball as a prop are penalized and fined. (I hate the penalization more than the fine, the $$ is nothing to most guys).
714962
It's the first time in history that not 1, not 2, but all 3 broadcasters suck. I can stomach Tirico, I guess, but Kornheiser and especially that moran Joe Theisman are possible the worst pair in the history of sports broadcasting. MNF is f*in up.
443278
First off Ill have to say this was one of the worst officiated Super Bowls Ive ever seen, but a conspiracy.....Uhh I dont know. Seattle didnt help themselves by letting Pittsburgh get a 3rd and long early in the game. They also kicked themselves in the butt by letting Willie Parker run vertially untouched into the end zone at the beginning of the secong half. So Seattle fans, you must also point the finger at your beloved Seahawks too. Plus Im sure the Steelers felt the refs redeemed themselves after the blew that call in Indianapolis.
686993
I admit there were a few questionable calls. But after the league reviewed the game it was made public that all the calls were CORRECT and within the NFL rules! The refs couldn't hold Holgrems hand and tell him how to manage the clock. I suppose MLB was also fixed by the umpires the year the Mariners won so many games and didn't go far in the playoffs!
784681
I think everyone agrees that it sucks. Not everyone has the NFL network so the majority of the nation can't see the game. I think it's pathetic how the NFL is just getting richer while most fans can't watch. I'm glad my team, the Dolphins, were on CBS and not playing tonight. If the NFL continues to do this some of the other channels may have something to say about it.