From King5's Seahawks blog, Even Roethlisberger doubts his TD. I'm not trying to be a conspiracy theorist, but it's pretty damn sad when Roethlisberger publicly states that even he doesn't think he made a touchdown yet the officials upheld the ruling.

Not too mention the sports reporting world's outcry of poor refereeing (source here & here):

• Fox Sports: "I've been shrieking hysterically about the terrible officiating in the NFL and warning that some day the brutal calls were going to affect the outcome of the Super Bowl. That some day was Sunday."
• Houston Chronicle: "The NFL ought to be embarrassed about some of the mistakes in Super Bowl XL. They weren't just mistakes made in the flow of the game. They were huge, game-changing mistakes."
• Superbowl.com: (an official NFL site): "Jackson was whistled for offensive pass interference, and based on the contact, it's not a call you see that often."
• ESPN.com: "Here's what referee Bill Leavy's crew did, point blank: It robbed Seattle."
• Washington Post: "It would be irresponsible to say the officials were intentionally cheating Seattle. But the bad calls killed the Seahawks."
• Kansas City Star: "Pittsburgh’s one-for-the-thumb Super Bowl will be remembered as the game when physically overmatched referees and heads-buried NFL executives flipped non-Steelers fans an XL middle finger."
• Toronto Star: "The fact that calls were blown on the NFL's biggest stage was bad enough, the fact that almost every call went against the underdog Seahawks no doubt had Seattle conspiracy theorists throwing lattes at their TV sets."

I'll reiterate though...I still think the Seahawks didn't play as well as they could/should have, but it's obvious that the officiating is in serious question.

~tod

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