Super Bowl XL

I was hoping for a great game. What I got, a very mediocore game with some lousy calls, a sentimental victory and some very boring commercials. At least it wasn't a complete blowout. The Steelers victory is gut wrenching, mostly because I despise the Steelers. I hate Pittsburgh and love every one of their failures. Right now, I'm jealous. I wonder when the Browns will ever win or even play in the Super Bowl.

The game itself was okay. There wasn't anything special about the game. Even the commercials were tame and lacked spirit. Of course anyone outside of Steeler town will be talking about the refs and what seemed to be a string of calls that changed the game. Seattle can only blame theirselves for not finishing drives and getting into the endzone. They mismanaged the clock late in both havles. Statistacally, the Seahawks beat up the Steelers in most categories early on, but it's the scoeboard that counts. Matt Hasselbeck probably would have won the MVP award and was the best player on the field. Unfortunately, Seattle crumbled and handed the Steelers the game.

The bum calls: offensive pass interference, come on. The defensive back was beat and only after he whined, did the ref throw the flag. Please, the receive barely touched him. The call kept Seattle out of the endzone. After that, Big Ben's touchdown dive was clearly not a touchdown. Roethlisberger made on attempt to get the ball over the goal line and it showed. Even after a replay, the refs stilled considered it a touchdown with no explanation. I'm sure Leavy is an outstanding referee, but the best refs at least give an explaination for their call, especially after a replay of key plays. Then there's the mysterious holding penalty. Come on, if that was holding, then you might as well call holding on every play. Seattle would have had the ball on the two, instead, Hasselbeck threw an interception and then was called for a low block. Um, he was tackling the guy you intercepted his pass. What were these refs watching?

Though, Seattle's receivers ran too many routes near the sidelines, making it difficult to catch the ball inbounds and Jerramy Stevens (I think that's how you spell his first name. I know he spells it differently than the normal Jeremy) dropped a some key passes. He did redeem himself by catching the touchdown and the pass which was called back by the invisible holding call. But with the trash talking he did early in the week, he should have caught them all.

Needless to say, I was disappointed in Seattle but mostly about the game. It was hardly interesting to watch and nothing really dramatic happened. Just another average game.