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Superbowl 2009
Patrick:
There was actually a flag on that play, if I remember correctly. 10 yard penalty, wasn't it?
I basically wanted to punch John Madden though. He was an amazing coach and led my team to many victories, and he even owns some property in my hometown, so I can't hate the guy. But man, he should never serve as a sports commentator ever. I seriously think he just puts stupid lines into a machine, and then he pulls a lever and it spits one of them out. "See, what you've got to do in this game in a situation like this is to get the ball down the field." OH JOHN WE COULD NEVER FUNCTION WITHOUT YOUR STUNNING GUIDANCE
WestEnder67:
What a game!
Sympathetic towards the Cards, as they did excellently to get back into it. Dockett and Rodgers-Cromartie (the rookie cornerback) were superb in defense. Fitzgerald and James were immense on offense, and LF's second touchdown was brilliantly executed to take advantage of Pittsburgh playing their safeties deep.
But the Steelers were just too good. On offense Big Ben was great in the first half - especially that crazy scramble dodging most of the Arizona D-line before offloading it to Holmes. Holmes himself was vital on that final drive. The defense was solid as always, particularly in the way that James Harrison took advantage of the flag-happy officials with his bull-rush tactics that drew Gandy into so many holding penalties.
The two highlights that swung me towards the Steelers were Harrison's pick and TD (needs no explanation) as well as LF's first TD. The reason for the second is that it was so comparable to Tyree's lucky reception last year and I'd hate to see any team - outwith the Patriots - win a game on something so jammy as that.
Arizona played well - no doubt about it - but the Steelers deserved their victory.
Inlander:
--- Quote from: Patrick on 01 Feb 2009, 21:44 ---There was actually a flag on that play, if I remember correctly. 10 yard penalty, wasn't it?
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But if there was a flag for what I was thinking of, it would have been against the team with the ball, and it would have been for interfering with a guy trying to make a tackle, so surely they wouldn't have let the touchdown stand?
Dazed:
Yeah, there probably should have been holding called on that return, but there really should be holding called on at least 2 people every play. It wasn't particularly egregious in that case.
--- Quote ---Dockett and Rodgers-Cromartie (the rookie cornerback) were superb in defense.
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Dockett was solid, Rodgers-Cromartie got torched by Santonio Holmes all night. I don't think you can really say a guy was superb when the receiver he was primarily covering gets 9 catches for 131 yards, a TD, and the Super Bowl MVP.
And good god, AZ defense, the penalties. What the christ.
Inlander:
--- Quote from: Dazed on 01 Feb 2009, 21:58 ---Yeah, there probably should have been holding called on that return, but there really should be holding called on at least 2 people every play. It wasn't particularly egregious in that case.
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Ah, okay. The Superbowl is the only game of American Football I ever watch (apart from anything else, it's the only game that's on free-to-air here) so I don't know the game well enough to know what the "turn-a-blind-eye" infringements are.
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