Governor Swann, you have thirty seconds for rebuttal
Work is crazy busy, but I've been meaning to throw in my two cents on the outcome of the big game.
First: I wish it had been a cleaner game, both in terms of play execution and officiating.
Seattle played better than Pittsburgh about 75% of the time--fortunately for the Steelers, their 25% came at all the moments when success mattered the most. Yeah, the refs made some questionable calls. There will be no final word on the Roethlisberger touchdown, but they would have gone for it on 4th and 1...and Pittsburgh had the best Red Zone TD percentage in the league. Pass interference calling that touchdown back was a reach, sure.
But if anyone thinks Seattle would have won that game if a few calls had gone the other way, just look at the rest of their plan execution. Jerramy Stevens dropped so many balls it became a running gag on the ESPN talk shows Monday. Clock management = atrocious. Shaun Alexander, league MVP, was a non-factor. About the only Seahawks consistently doing their job well throughout the game were the offensive line. They gave their stars opportunities, and their stars failed them.
Pittsburgh, meanwhile, couldn't get going most of the time. Plenty of 3-and-outs. Roethlisberger ended the game with a 22 passer rating, lowest ever for a winning Super Bowl QB. What passer rating doesn't account for, however, is clutch play, game management, and anything involving rushing. Many factors were critical in Pittsburgh's win, among them Big Ben's scrambling and clutch 3rd down conversions when they mattered most, i.e. the 3rd and 23 (or whatever) when he completed to Ward at Seattle's 2 to set up his rushing TD.
Compare the referees' so-called bias against Seattle with the bias against Pittsburgh during the divisional game. They called back an interception which should have sealed the game up with an 11-point lead. But rather than bitch and deflate, the Steelers continued to try their damndest to hold on to their win (although I'm not sure what Bettis was thinking with that one-handed carry). Seattle, meanwhile, when facing adversity, lost all morale. Possibly that may have been due to the 80% Steeler Nation makeup in the stadium.
So ends my rant as to why the Steelers showed why they deserved to win, and Seattle showed why they didn't. While I'm at it, drinking to excess and acting the fool at a college party does not constitute douchebaggery, especially for someone 23 years old fer chrissake. Not that this will shut up any naysayers, like Bill Simmons, who admitted he was thinking through the whole game, "Man, my Patriots would have killed either of these teams."
Yes, Mr. Simmons, that is probably true. The Pats are built to win Super Bowls. Too bad they weren't built to win divisional playoff games. Better luck next year, and in the meantime, STFU. Enjoy the ring ceremony. Ahh, I'm just ribbin' ya. I still like you. Seriously though, you're a jerk. Heh, I'm just joking. You're great.
First: I wish it had been a cleaner game, both in terms of play execution and officiating.
Seattle played better than Pittsburgh about 75% of the time--fortunately for the Steelers, their 25% came at all the moments when success mattered the most. Yeah, the refs made some questionable calls. There will be no final word on the Roethlisberger touchdown, but they would have gone for it on 4th and 1...and Pittsburgh had the best Red Zone TD percentage in the league. Pass interference calling that touchdown back was a reach, sure.
But if anyone thinks Seattle would have won that game if a few calls had gone the other way, just look at the rest of their plan execution. Jerramy Stevens dropped so many balls it became a running gag on the ESPN talk shows Monday. Clock management = atrocious. Shaun Alexander, league MVP, was a non-factor. About the only Seahawks consistently doing their job well throughout the game were the offensive line. They gave their stars opportunities, and their stars failed them.
Pittsburgh, meanwhile, couldn't get going most of the time. Plenty of 3-and-outs. Roethlisberger ended the game with a 22 passer rating, lowest ever for a winning Super Bowl QB. What passer rating doesn't account for, however, is clutch play, game management, and anything involving rushing. Many factors were critical in Pittsburgh's win, among them Big Ben's scrambling and clutch 3rd down conversions when they mattered most, i.e. the 3rd and 23 (or whatever) when he completed to Ward at Seattle's 2 to set up his rushing TD.
Compare the referees' so-called bias against Seattle with the bias against Pittsburgh during the divisional game. They called back an interception which should have sealed the game up with an 11-point lead. But rather than bitch and deflate, the Steelers continued to try their damndest to hold on to their win (although I'm not sure what Bettis was thinking with that one-handed carry). Seattle, meanwhile, when facing adversity, lost all morale. Possibly that may have been due to the 80% Steeler Nation makeup in the stadium.
So ends my rant as to why the Steelers showed why they deserved to win, and Seattle showed why they didn't. While I'm at it, drinking to excess and acting the fool at a college party does not constitute douchebaggery, especially for someone 23 years old fer chrissake. Not that this will shut up any naysayers, like Bill Simmons, who admitted he was thinking through the whole game, "Man, my Patriots would have killed either of these teams."
Yes, Mr. Simmons, that is probably true. The Pats are built to win Super Bowls. Too bad they weren't built to win divisional playoff games. Better luck next year, and in the meantime, STFU. Enjoy the ring ceremony. Ahh, I'm just ribbin' ya. I still like you. Seriously though, you're a jerk. Heh, I'm just joking. You're great.
posted by Face of Spades at 10:21 AM
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he will never be governor swann ... Fast Eddie forever!
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