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Originally Posted by BrianS

Actually a poll conducted by ESPN after the Super Bowl showed that 62% of fans thought officiating mistakes effected the outcome of Super Bowl XL. Given the legacies and demographics involved that would mean that even a bunch of people who were rooting for the Steelers knew the calls were bullshit.

Like I said previously, you have to be a real kool aid drinker to deny the facts in this case. Hopefully this super bowl outcome is determined by the players and not the officials.

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It's funny how you guys are still bitter about this. Let it go man.

Whether people agree that there were bad calls is different than saying there was corruption or someone was in the "tank". Bad calls are spread about the league, it's not "fair" but then life sucks.

No one forced Hasselbeck to throw an interception, or your guy to miss a field goal, or missed tackles and at least some of the calls against you guys were valid so take some responsibility for the loss.

Even still you guys made it into the playoffs with a losing record, how does that happen? So I'd say karma paid you back.

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Originally Posted by BrianS

Actually a poll conducted by ESPN after the Super Bowl showed that 62% of fans /STOP

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I stopped there because that is all the further I needed to read. It was a poll of people who probably dont even understand the calls in the first place and/or people who are emotionally attached to one of the teams or they hate one of the teams.

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Originally Posted by Gutshot John

To be sure Packers' fans are the only other fans in the NFL with which the Steeler Nation acknowledges parity.

I want the Steelers to win, but the Packers are worthy opponents and their fans are the second best fans in the NFL.

It would not break my heart to see them win.

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Saints fans top them all in the NFL probably followed by the Raiders.

That said I've been a Steelers fan since Terry Bradshaw was a starter and I'm from Baton Rouge where the love of the Saints is distinctly second to the LSU BAYOU BENGALS.

C'mon, Steelers!

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Originally Posted by Mjolnir

That said I've been a Steelers fan since Terry Bradshaw was a starter and I'm from Baton Rouge where the love of the Saints is distinctly second to the LSU BAYOU BENGALS.

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I've been a Steeler's hater since Terry Bradshaw. I saw the famous Lynn Swan touchdown pass in SB X live on TV as a kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9s-EFNz0i4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBcmc...eature=related

This one too: ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6yOxIN_EtM&feature=related

But for the sake of the AFC. Go Steelers!

I like the Saints, there are plenty of NOLA traditions I subscribe to and they wear the Black and Gold, they just don't have the tradition of football like Pittsburgh/GB.

They did get hosed this season.

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Originally Posted by Gutshot John

I like the Saints, there are plenty of NOLA traditions I subscribe to and they wear the Black and Gold, they just don't have the tradition of football like Pittsburgh/GB.

They did get hosed this season.

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The Saints' tradition is finding a new way to lose every weekend! Since Drew Brees things have been different, thank God. This year they had tons of injuries and an uncharacteristic defensive letdown that was reminiscent of decades past...

Geaux, Tigers!

LOL!

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Originally Posted by BrianS

Actually a poll conducted by ESPN after the Super Bowl showed that 62% of fans thought officiating mistakes effected the outcome of Super Bowl XL. Given the legacies and demographics involved that would mean that even a bunch of people who were rooting for the Steelers knew the calls were bullshit.

Like I said previously, you have to be a real kool aid drinker to deny the facts in this case. Hopefully this super bowl outcome is determined by the players and not the officials.

From your description of the game it is clear you don't even know which calls are in question and what kind of point swing they resulted in.



I don't hate the Steelers. I do hate the current challenge system and think the game needs to make greater use of the readily available technology that could be used to overturn bad calls that you end up seeing in almost every game.

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In every game a team has calls that go for them, and against them, some questionable, some not (in the eye of the beholder).

Its what you do in between, during, and after those calls that matter.

Seattle had every opportunity to win the game before, during, after the "calls" they didnt do it.

Stop blaming the refs.

The Steelers made the plays to win the game period.:p

Two current Steeler players called Rush and if things work out will be on his show today (4th of Feb) between 1400-1500. Rush won't release the names.

HERE WE STEELERS, HERE WE GO!!!

Going back to the original post. Who needs Steeler babies when you can have a baby Cheesehead

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...ad.wbay?hpt=C2

GO PACK!