Super Bowl XLIII (43) Crew

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Originally Posted by TussAgee11

Saw a thing on HBO sports before the SB about Michaels. Someone who was being interviewed (Ebersol maybe) said Al had a great knowledge of the rules. I don't think its great, its not bad for an announcer though.

But he kicked one in the SB, on the play at the end of the half, he kept proclaiming it was either a TD or the half was over. AZ had a penalty after the change of possession. Pitt got the ball with clean hands, and had the TD not stood, would have gotten an untimed down from some spot on the field (wherever the infraction was +15/H.o.D.). Correct?

I know I was screaming at my TV.

I thought I heard McAuley say the penalty was before the change of possession. If that's true, Pittsburgh still got the ball with clean hands so they could decline the penalty and keep the ball. But if they accepted the penalty, it would have been enforced from the previous spot and the down replayed. What I heard the announcers say was the penalty was against Arizona and even though they were the offense at the beginning of the play, they became the defense after the COP (they never specifically indicated if the foul was before or after COP). They kept going on and on about how the half can't end on a defensive penalty and I was screaming that it doesn't matter who the foul is on. If accepted (in most cases), you have one untimed down. It's just very unusual for the defense to accept a penalty to give the offense one more chance to score.

I've got the game on DVR so I need to go back and watch to hear what McAuley had to say again. Does anyone know for sure if the penalty was before or after the COP?