View topic - Did you notice the calls going our way?

[Coke Oven Profile]

I can't recall all of the details but it seemed that the ref's were cheating on our side...for a change. Some of those challenges that GB lost, I think, were rigged.

[PSUPERCY Profile]

I agree that was a fumble and not an incomplete pass. However, they never call holding for James Harrison. Never, even when it's blatant and obvious.

[No l Gravity l Profile]

That challenge was fishy. However, how many penalties did we have on our game winning drive alone? Starks is putrid. We also had quite a few in the 4th quarter. Remember the Mendy touchdown that was brought back on that Heath Miller interference? Ticky-tack call.

[Coke Oven Profile]

Yeah, but I was surprised to see some of the ticky tack calls going against the other guys. Got kinda used to them going against us. Musta had something to do with the Vegas betting odds.

[Jeemie Profile]

Yeah, but I was surprised to see some of the ticky tack calls going against the other guys. Got kinda used to them going against us. Musta had something to do with the Vegas betting odds.

Maybe you missed the ticky-tack OPI call on Heath Miller on the screen TD to Mendy that was called back (although I could see why the penalty was called).

Or the absolutely HORRENDOUS holding call on Max Starks on the final drive.

[Coke Oven Profile]

No, I didn't miss those calls. But those happen to us all of the time. It's just that I rarely see the refs calling them against our opposition, so frequently. The call on Ben where he had the ball stripped and on the challenge the refs said his arm was going forward in a passing motion, I'm sorry that was blatant.

[Field General Ben Profile]

I thought there were bad calls on both sides of the ball. You wanna give the refs credit for the Steelers win yesterday, fine. I'll give it to Big Ben who stood tall all day and had his best game ever.

[NJSteel27 Profile]

I agree that was a fumble and not an incomplete pass. However, they never call holding for James Harrison. Never, even when it's blatant and obvious.

If you put it all in perspective with all the other calls that occur in the league, this one was actually the easiest to say Ben's arm was moving forward...........from the angles they showed, his arm was cocked backward, he still had possession of the ball and only lost possession after his throwing motion started in a forward direction. Therefore, it is an even better example of the (Marsha)Brady-rule.

If, however, you are going to harp on that one isolated instance as a representation of a call "going the Steelers way", you should then analyze ALL the calls that don't go the Steelers way, especially with the constant manhandling of James Harrison as a prime example. Use your energy to criticize the referees for NOT calling at least 6 holding calls whenever Harrison rushes the QB. It is so blatant, I cannot believe the NFL competition committee, rules committee or any of the other bogus NFL committees has not made an attempt to justify the matter. Harrison is being taken down, horse-collared and other actions that remind me of moves only seen on Ultimate Fighting, yet we still do not get the calls that are obvious infractions.

[Coke Oven Profile]

You fucking guys can't read. Your English comprehension stinks. What the fuck else is wrong with your brains?

[blackngoldB Profile]

There should've been a holding call on the 82 yd td. Harrison got held awfully blatant.