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Since there was no game last week, here are the UNOFFICIAL 12SS Blogger Awards for the weeks leading up to Super Bowl XL:
Moonlight Graham Award - goes to "accidental tourist" Jerramy Stevens, whose benign comments about Jerome Bettis riled up Steeler linebacker Joey Porter, and we presented by the media as an unabashed guarntee. Mr. Stevens definitely stepped out of obscurity this week.
Alan's D.O.G. - well, there may not have been a game last week, but there certainly was one critical and near tragic drive. This award goes to the trip from the Seahawks hotel for the first media event, where the van carrying Matt, Shaun, Walt, Mack and a few other key Seahawks players was struck by a security parking gate as the driver attempted to "piggyback" through with the van ahead of him. Key Stats: 1 play, 40 feet, nobody injured, van totaled!
Mon-KEYS Banana Peel Award - Seeing as the host city is Detriot, it shouldn't be a surprise that we have another automobile-related award. This week's award goes to the heads-up security personnel who noticed the hood on Coach Holmgren's vehicle had been tampered with, and wisely alerted the bomb squad, who thankfully found no threat.
Citizen K Likes This - While alba really wants to make a comment related to credentialed media personality Melyssa Ford here, I know that Citizen K is highbrow, and far above such sophomoric humor. No, Isaiah Kacyvenski is what CitK Likes, for his response to the Joey Porter situation. When prompted by NFL Total Access Anchor Rich Eisen that as a Harvad Graduate, Kaz was best suited to enter a war of words with the Steeler linebacker, since he probably knows some really big ones, Kaz replied, "why waste big words on someone who can't understand them?"
This One's on Check - Given the magnitude of this event, the number of transplants parading around Detroit in Black and Gold, and the way the media has been fluffing our opponent for 14 days, one bottle, glass or jigger will not do the trick this week, so here's a whole truck-load of consolation due to arrive around 10:00pm Eastern, to help the Steeler faithful, and media brainess, to drown their sorrows while watching the World Champion Seattle Seahawks parade around with the Lombardi Trophy.
ESPN Football Analyst and Seattle native John Clayton had to be rushed to the hospital just after midnight with an unidentified and rare medical condition. While details of his illness are sketchy, speculation has run rampant since several prominent veteranarians and zookeepers have been called in to consult with specialists at Detroit's Mercy General where he is listed in critical condition. One person close to the situation, who commented on the condition of anonymity, confirmed that after suffering intenstinal discomfort in the wee hours of the morning, accompanied by a severe case of constipation, all of the sudden monkeys began flying out of Mr. Clayton's sphincter! Officials are emploring anyone who may have any idea what may have caused such a unique and unexplained condition to step forward. When reached at his home South Alaska, 12 Seahawks Street creator and blog contributor Bluefoot responded with a terse "no comment!"GO SEAHAWKS!!!
Um... OK. Let's try: Seattle played a really poor game, and for most of it didn't show a whole lot of passion. They moved the ball fairly well between the 20s, but couldn't get the tough scores. The missed FGs killed them, even though they were long shots at 50 and 54 yards. Without that awesome INT return to set up the one TD, I'm not sure Seattle was capable of keeping up with Pittsburgh today. And that really sucked, because I didn't want to see Pittsburgh win. It's a tough loss for Seattle, but let's refrain from exaggerations like saying the referees were heavily involved in the outcome. There were some poor calls, but nothing that that bottled up the Seattle offense as well as they did on their own.
ReplyDeletePosted by TrickyBuddha
im guessing you didnt watch the game...anyone who saw that can not possibly deny with a straight face
ReplyDeletereplay the game yourself, and pay more attention
this could be the most controversial game in NFL history
Seattle is used to screwjobs, but my God...i cant believe this game
Seattle lost this game because of dropped passes, and failure to puch the ball into the end zone when they got near the red zone.
ReplyDeleteThey killed themselves with stupid penalties.
Having said that, the refs CERTAINLY didn't do us ANY favors. That really was a horribly called game, absolutely terrible.
Although I don't think the refs "cost" us the game, they certainly didn't help.
But niether did a holding penalty that brought the ball back from the three, or several very close passes to Darrel Jackson that were JSUT out of bounds.
Seattle missed on the opportunities they had, and the refs made it worse. That's how I see it.
Tricky your a smart guy so tell me something.
ReplyDeleteWas Darrel Jackson TD an offensive pass interference. He barely touched the CB and if u really look at it the CB touched Jackson twice before Jackson touched him. What happened to the 5 yard touch rule. Really that should have been a TD
Ben Roethlisburger was down by contact the ball didn't cross the line then he moves it over the line and they call it a TD. What the hell. How is that a TD. They reviewed it are the refs blind. Tricky can u say that Roethlisburger honestly scored that TD.Be unbiased u saw it, i saw it, America saw it apparently the refs didn't
We complete a pass and it 1st and goalthen they call it back for holding when all Locklear did was push a linemen. He didn't hold anyone. That should have been Alexander time and u know what happens when it is Alexander time.
Really the refs screwed the hell out of us.If it was Washington and they called that would u be sayin the same.
U add 4 points to us for D-Jacks, take away 4 points from Pit for that Phantom TD by Ben and add an extra 3-7 points for the 1st and goal situation and the score woul have been. 17-17 or 21-17 either way the game would have been closer and probably in the Seahawks favor.
Posted by meezy
I agree with Monkey. He worded it quite well, too, so I'll quote him:
ReplyDelete"Although I don't think the refs "cost" us the game, they certainly didn't help."
Regarding Jackson's TD that was called back, I don't think it was a push-off, but he did leverage his positioning. I would *not* have called a foul. That was too touchy. Regardless, Jackson didn't even need to do that; Jackson could have made that catch as easily without any contact (he had him beat easily).
Regarding Roethlisberger's TD, it was close. I think the ball crossed the line. The refs initially did, as well. Upon review, it was (with the angle) difficult to gauge. You stick with the call you made if you can't clearly overturn it.
Who is to say Pitt would not have scored the very next play?
The biggest travesty was the Stevens catch at the door-to-the-endzone that was called back by holding. That was a weak hold, if you can even call it that. But Seattle didn't overcome that penalty. They let it beat them.
People, all of these calls are things that routinely occur in games all season long. If you can't overcome a missed play here and there, if you can't compensate for those instances of bad luck, then you're not going to go very far. Seattle didn't have much problem dealing with it all year long judging from their wins. And they continued to overcome in the play-offs. But when it mattered most, they didn't do it.
What happened? Don't blame the refs. Look within. Blaming the refs is weak. I'm not saying I haven't done it. A certain 2-pt conversion attempt by TB against the 'Skins comes to mind. But you never lose a play by one game. It's a series of events all game long. One play is something to look at, but why did that one play become so critical? Because of prior failings, perhaps?
OK, a TD throw was called back. Do it again on the next play. Don't let it defeat you.
"Although I don't think the refs "cost" us the game, they certainly didn't help."
Suck it up. It was a tough game versus a tough team. Get better. Get there next year - if you can. ;) And be ready for it.