Terrific Super Bowl officiating

Robert Weintraub is dead wrong. And so are all the other conspiracy theorists about the Super Bowl. Lets look at what he has to say:

"Four critical calls stood out. A rinky-dink offensive pass interference flag wiped out an early touchdown pass from Matt Hasselbeck to Darrell Jackson, forcing Seattle to settle for three instead of seven."

That was not "rinky-dink," that was blatant pass interference. Furthermore, Jackson was dumb, dumb, dumb for pushing off like that. Completely unnecessary. All he had to do was cut the other way and make the catch. The refs got the call right.

"When Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger lunged for the goal line near the end of the first half, replays indicated a close play but a clear stop by the Seahawks."

Nope. The tip of the ball crossed the front of the white line. That was a touchdown. The refs got the call right.

"Then came the pivotal double shot that ended all hope for Seattle. With the Seahawks trailing 14-10, a phantom holding call negated a completion that would have given Seattle first and goal at the one yard line."

That wasn't a "phantom holding call." That was an accurate holding call. The refs got it right.

"Three plays later, Hasselbeck was picked off by Ike Taylor, a mistake he partially made up for by tackling the Steelers CB. Sadly for Seattle, tackling now brings a 15-yard penalty—the zebras somehow called Hasselbeck for a "block below the waist." The last call set up Pittsburgh for the clinching score."

This is the only one that he might be right on, it's close but I might concede him this point. Still, Pittsburgh would have scored on that drive anyway. And even if they didn't they would have won.

Seattle was poorly coached by the whiny Mike Holmgren (did you see him at halftime?) and they played like crap for large stretches. No way they would have deserved to win.