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

[carolinaRRREF]

Definition of poor job of officiating:

When the calls made are not made consistently and adversely affect the outcome of the game.

You're good at pulling numbers off the internet, but you're missing the entire point. There was only one non-illegal procedure call on the Steelers. If you believe that they only committed a single foul, then great for you, but the reality is there were probably 100 calls that COULD have been made, that could just as easily be scrutinized and validated by you, but they WEREN'T. If they HAD been, then you have a consistently called game. They weren't. The calls weren't consistent, and one team got the benefit of the doubt while the other didn't. Luckily, I had money on the Steelers, so it worked for me. I was still embarassed by the officiating in the game, the response of the NFL, and the response of the people here.

This is the reason people don't life refs. Every call is correct if it meets the obscure words in the rulebook, with no regard for the spirit of the rule or the reason the officials are there to begin with -- to make sure the game is played on an even playing field. Certain officials unfortunately believe that they run the show and can't stand it when people say they (or their heros) make mistakes.

As a result, instead of watching what could have been an exciting, classic Super Bowl, we saw a crappy game and afterwards everybody is focused on the officials. That's unfortunate, but will happen again and again if officials like some of those here don't take a step back and see things for what they are.