Alas.

[sarea]

Boy am I glad I'm not into professional sports. I was rooting for the Seahawks because hey, at least they have some connection to me. The loss was disappointing to watch, but I'm sure for others around here, was heart wrenching. :( But like I said, I'm glad I didn't have much invested in the game, because if I'd had to watch what happened yesterday to a team I really cared about, I would have burst several blood vessels. Wow, some of those calls. Just, wow. Those refs had no business being so bloody visible in a game like that. It's times like these when you really have to wonder about shady/underhanded dealings that go on behind the scenes. O.o

Let's see what sports geeks experts at ESPN have to say:

This is the TOP STORY on the site currently. Quote: "Here's what referee Bill Leavy's crew did, point blank: It robbed Seattle."

This ESPN sports commentator doesn't even like the Seahawks and yet even he concludes that the officials were frauds. And goes on to say, "I'm not sure they (the Steelers) deserved to win this game."

From the peanut gallery, a poll: Were the Seahawks robbed/was the officiating bad? I was actually surprised by how many people answered YES. Either the Seahawks has more fans than I imagined, or people really are riled up by yesterday's game. Check it out, and vote yourself.

What was most enjoyable was being at romanticalgirl's Super Bowl party, eating the cheesy thingy appetizer and later, building my own chicken fajitas. Laura made so much that following any little Seahawks moment she was like, "Celebrate with FOOD!" Haha.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_____faith/]

I watched the game yesterday and didn't care who won -- but I don't think the officiating would've made that much of a difference, personally.

Oh sports, how debatable you are.

[corianderstem.livejournal.com]

Damn right there was robbery. Bah.

Hey, we need to hook up soon!

[gianfared.livejournal.com]

Yes, the officiating was lacking, but I don't think Seattle was robbed. No way. I'm just going to copy and paste what I wrote in another LJ:

I don't think Seattle played to the level they had the rest of this year. Besides, if they'd had gotten the TD that was taken from them, and Big Ben wouldn't have gotten the questionable TD (which would have been a field goal then) you'd have had a tied game.

I think you have to look at the coaching... The two minute drill that Seattle had at the end of the first half and at the end of the game was pretty pathetic. Mike Holmgren is supposed to be an offensive genius and his whole offense has been with him for years and years, yet they still didn't run a decent two minute drill. Horrible clock management is just wrong at this level.

I felt bad for Hasselbeck because he played his rear off. He's worked so hard for so long...

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