Of course they are terrible. They are only the cream of the crop in a system that evaluates officials more closely than in any other pro sport. Probably none of the guys sitting at home wopuld have made that holding call right? Go away fanboy.

I knew I'd get a quick reply out of the "Defend at all costs" crowd. Of course none of you would ever admit that they might have missed a call.

So is that the only reason you posted this? To troll the board and get replies about it?

I personally think they've done a pretty good job so far. I thought the Roughing the Holder and one of the late hit calls were a little ticky-tacky, but I also think they got every challenge review correct. I'm also watching the game with people who just love to question and bash each call, hence is why I'm upstairs right now.

There have been calls missed tonight (as there are in EVERY game) but THAT hold was not one of them

And of course they don't review it when Warner's arm was going forward at the end of the game. Congrats to the Steelers on another gift of a Super Bowl courtesy of the NFL.

I know very little about officiating football. Also, in the interest of full disclosure, I had absolutely NO stake in this year's Super Bowl ("my team" wasn't playing...and I didn't bet).

With that said: I thought, as a neutral observer, that the officiating crew did an outstanding job tonight. You had two teams that did not play with any discipline and were "chippy". I thought the crew did a very good job, in what, I have to believe, was a difficult came to officiate.

Just my, "I'm a baseball umpire," opinion.

Actually it was reviewed in the booth
 

and word sent down that it was not a pass attempt.

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And another pic
 

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The only call that I saw that I disagreed with was the roughing the passer against the Cards. I think every holding call was exactly right, but I should point out that I didn't see a good portion of the second quarter. The roughing the holder seemed like a no-brainer.

I thought the ref's did a good job.. yes they are gonna miss some calls that is part of the game.

horrible officiating
 

not to mention there was holding on the 100 yd return by #26 of the steelers on Kurt Warner, grabbed his jersey and threw him down

Im sick of watching pittsburgh get all the calls, seems like everytime I watch their game they get all the breaks

I can't believe anyone would argue the roughing the holder call. It was blatant and it was right in front of the one guy who is watching for exactly that.

oh yeah and Im not a cardinals fan
 

caint wait to hear all of the excuses for your boys.

He's talking about the passer not the holder. The penalty he's talking about came before the holder penalty.

Edit: IMO, the crew did a good job.

I don't know what game you're watch rosebud, but that was probably one of the best officiated games of the season.
I thought the RTP call Walt mentioned was a little picky but overall they had a "super" game. Pittsburgh was not given anything and that is coming from someone who does not care for the Steelers.
I do though, care about the game and it was exciting, competitive and superbly officiated.