Okay, those three plays from the Super Bowl....

[JasonTX]

If players don't like our judgement, then they shouldn't do things that force us you use it. Players know it's illegal to push off. It doesn't matter how minor you think it is, that player knew for a fact that their was a .0004% chance or whatever the number was that was decided in this thread that a flag will be thrown. In a Super Bowl of all games I don't think I'd want to take a chance at pushing off, and if I did, I dang sure aren't going to do it in the end zone within 4 ft. of an official. I don't keep foul counts. Some teams more disciplined than others and better coached, so arriving at the point that things weren't consistent based upon the foul count is bogus. Sometimes a team doesn't foul but yet the other team is 10 fouls ahead of the other. Does that mean I'm not being consistent? I'm using the same judgment and holding each team to the same criteria. I'm sure not going to make up a bogus call just to make the foul count even.

[OverAndBack]

Originally posted by carolinaRRREF
Have you not seen the news, the internet, etc... all the surveys? Even the Pittsburgh newspaper had a poll asking if people thought the game was officiated fairly. Last I checked that was 51% NO. Nationwide, that number was 70-75%. But not here... oh no... 'cause your heros couldn't make mistakes.

Maybe if you keep saying that enough, it'll be true.

Doubt it.

How many times do I have to tell you this before it sinks in to your head? NFL officials aren't my heros, and they do make mistakes. I just don't think the plays that you're getting so high and mighty about were incorrectly called. If I thought they were, I'd tell you. Not that you'd listen.

So you're saying 70-75% of Americans think the Super Bowl wasn't officiated fairly? Where's that poll? Or are you just pulling numbers out of your *** again?

So if 91 million people watched the Super Bowl, you're telling me that about 66 million of them thought it was unfairly officiated? Where's that poll? Show me the surveys. Show me something. Show me anything other than that you're a bitter old f*** who doesn't like to be questioned.

[waltjp]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by carolinaRRREF

This is a good example of the bad attitude exhibited here. People calling people names and discounting "fanboys" and "so-called" experts just because they're not referees? Have you not seen the news, the internet, etc... all the surveys? Even the Pittsburgh newspaper had a poll asking if people thought the game was officiated fairly. Last I checked that was 51% NO. Nationwide, that number was 70-75%. But not here... oh no... 'cause your heros couldn't make mistakes.

Maybe the seats in the stands could be wired to allow the fans in attendance vote after watching replays on the scoreboard?

What you fail to acknowledge is that the officials working the game were rated highest at their position by the league. They rated highest because they called the game the way the league wants the game called. They called the super bowl the same way they called the rest of the season.

Officials cannot and should not officiate to please the players, the coaches, the fans or the media. They call what's in the books. If you don't like how the game is being called then change the rules but don't blame the people for enforcing the rules as written.