crispirons Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 before the playoffs started, the afc was favored by 11.5 pts over the nfc. everyone figured indy as a shoe in for the superbowl. i have to think the wiseguys came in on the underdog nfc with that bloated number. what they then got was a gem of a middle when the actual line came out at 3-4, which was hit. steelers -4 and nfc +11.5. as an ardent steeler fan, that was some crazy officiating that i witnessed. don't get me wrong, i like my team being on the right side of it, but it just seemed way too peculiar to me. the holding call on seattle may have been the worst one of em. is football getting as bad as boxing?? i sensed a deep fix watching that game, and i don't see how others could see it differently. at least from a gambling perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat2334 Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 before the playoffs started, the afc was favored by 11.5 pts over the nfc. everyone figured indy as a shoe in for the superbowl. i have to think the wiseguys came in on the underdog nfc with that bloated number. what they then got was a gem of a middle when the actual line came out at 3-4, which was hit. steelers -4 and nfc +11.5. as an ardent steeler fan, that was some crazy officiating that i witnessed. don't get me wrong, i like my team being on the right side of it, but it just seemed way too peculiar to me. the holding call on seattle may have been the worst one of em. is football getting as bad as boxing?? i sensed a deep fix watching that game, and i don't see how others could see it differently. at least from a gambling perspective. 1309606[/snapback] Exactly. Well said and I would like to think had it been reversed I would have enough football sense to admit it, and since Pitt did win the game, you all have the luxury to laugh it off. But yes, it all started with Poly's int against Indy for me- and to me these calls were so ridiculously ine-sided it is worth talking about. I would have had this reaction no matter who was playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackass Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 If it came out that there was some kind of scandal around the officiating and fixing the game i would be only mildly surprised. whereas if this had happened prior to this year, i would have been shocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedroz13 Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 before the playoffs started, the afc was favored by 11.5 pts over the nfc. everyone figured indy as a shoe in for the superbowl. i have to think the wiseguys came in on the underdog nfc with that bloated number. what they then got was a gem of a middle when the actual line came out at 3-4, which was hit. steelers -4 and nfc +11.5. as an ardent steeler fan, that was some crazy officiating that i witnessed. don't get me wrong, i like my team being on the right side of it, but it just seemed way too peculiar to me. the holding call on seattle may have been the worst one of em. is football getting as bad as boxing?? i sensed a deep fix watching that game, and i don't see how others could see it differently. at least from a gambling perspective. 1309606[/snapback] I think we ('we' being non-SEA and non-PITT fans) all appreciate a Steelers fan admitting that all calls went their way. It was absurd. The calls themselves people could deal with as long as some went against Pittsburgh. If you are going to call that BS hold on Locklear (cost SEA a TD basically), call it on Pitt too. They should have called a hold on Willie Parker's run if they are going to call a phantom hold on Locklear (is that the guy's name?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 I will be equally as shocked if Crispirons doesn't have a "mysterious disappearance" in the next few days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispirons Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 I will be equally as shocked if Crispirons doesn't have a "mysterious disappearance" in the next few days... 1309675[/snapback] got our internet hookup today. i'm back and have missed this place over the past few weeks. depending on my new job schedule, i should be here daily again. still wishing in my heart we could have been given a steelers-bears superbowl. i didn't get to comment on it, but why in the heck did the bears not triple team steve smith? he was the only one on that panther team capable of doing anything against them. the bears probably would have lost to seattle, but it would have been a better conference championship game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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