Changing The Past: Trying To Strip The Steelers Of Their Super Bowl Win (Like NCAA Did To USC)

Thanks in advance Jess.

I would not really feel good about that SB win if Pitt vacated it and we got it.. It would have an asterisk by it and it wouldn’t feel real

1) Harrison ran out of bounds on his interception-TD run
2) Santonio Holmes’ second foot never touched, but even if it did:
3) The Ref’s should’ve called a penalty on Santonio Holmes’ for excessive celebration. He used the ball as a prop, which is an immediate 15 yard penalty. The Ref’s were too busy talking about the Touchdown, though

^^ Here’s a link about the excessive celebration penalty that should’ve been called, if you don’t believe me
4) Kurt Warner’s hand was in forward motion on the “fumble”. The same thing happened to Sam Bradford against us last season, and the Ref’s let it go
5) I decided to look it up right now, and I’ve been reading that a lot of people think James Harrison should’ve been ejected after his cheap shot at Aaron Francisco in the 4th Quarter

If all the correct calls had been made, there would’ve been 35 seconds left, we would’ve had 2 timeouts left, and Kurt Warner and Fitz would’ve had 15 extra yards to play around with. That could’ve made a HUGE difference.

It was an exciting Superbowl, but the Ref’s that officiated the Seahawks vs. Steelers Superbowl admitted that they screwed up. Maybe the Ref’s in Superbowl 43 will do the same.

just made me vomit in my mouth a little.

Even if it did, it might have been by a few centimeters which is almost impossible for the refs to see. The officiating may have played a minimum role in our loss but the ones who did play the biggest role was our Defense and D-coordinator at the time. It was the most important drive of their careers and they messed up big time in stopping Ben and his offense from scoring.

despite the officiating! It still hurts. I went to the game and when we scored to go ahead in the 4th we thought it was all over. Duh!

Had they called it incomplete, the review would not have overturned it. It was that close. But I haven’t seen anything to show it IS a catch.

The Super Bowl MVP for the Steelers last two wins should be the men in stripes. Put Zebra stripes on the rings. Hard enough to beat the Steelers on a level playing field, but having 5-6 questionable calls that would easily change the outcome of the game…very hard to overcome the momentum swing. East coast refs officiating a game that they probably were childhood Steeler fans growing-up. Lets add one more highway robbery with David Stern did too the Suns against the Spurs…kidding me!!! I rarely watch the NBA in strike of the the bad calls and bad judgement. I don’t mind my team losing in a fair fight, but don’t make it so obvious next time. NBA has a black eye with the cheating ref.

Aaron Francisco.

Everyone in the nation knew Big Ben would go to Holmes. If I remembered correctly, it was thrown to Holmes in the back of the end zone the first time and he dropped it. Aaron Francisco missed the assignment. Then Roethlisberger went right back to Holmes. Touchdown.