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  • Starlifter
    Legend
    • May 2008
    • 5078

    The Steelers never get bad calls......

    isn't that what all the haters say? I've been thinking about this since Sunday and it finally crystallized in my mind. The Steelers certainly do get their fair share of bad calls - the difference is they overcome and win the game more often than not and we subsequently forget about how they almost got screwed. Remember Troy's interception against the colts? what about in SB 43 to start the last drive and hartwig gets bullrushed as usual and the refs see it as a hold? If the roles were reversed sunday and the steelers got hosed on that call, who here thinks they DON'T drive into FG range with 2:26 to go and timeouts available? That's why the fins are losers. Instead of blaming themselves for 5 FG's, they blame the refs.

    The last time I can honestly recall the Steelers getting hosed and complaining about it - was phil lucket and JB's heads/tails call in overtime against detroit.

    Champions overcome. 6 lombardis says it all.
    2014 MNF EXEC CHAMPION!!!
  • Crash
    Legend
    • Apr 2009
    • 5008

    #2
    Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

    The Steelers had plenty of bad calls in the 2005 playoffs alone.

    Chad Johnson dropped ruled a catch, we overturned.

    They called Troy's INT a drop.

    Willie Parker fumble overturned.

    Three bad calls in one season (2000), all in three point losses, when we missed the playoffs by a game.

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    • MeetJoeGreene
      Hall of Famer
      • May 2008
      • 3221

      #3
      Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

      Cowher shoving a picture in a ref's pocket - too many men on the field.

      Many, many James Harrison non-holding calls.

      Many boady slams of Ben (no flag) that would have been roughing the passer on Marsha or Peyton.
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      • feltdizz
        Legend
        • May 2008
        • 27531

        #4
        Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

        2005 Colts game...

        The Troy INT is the worst call in the history of sports given the QB and the playoff atmosphere.

        AND

        Randle El was also interfered with on a long pass play... it was clear the refs knew if they called the game straight up we would have won by 21 points.
        Steelers 27
        Rats 16

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        • steeler_fan_in_t.o.
          Legend
          • May 2008
          • 10281

          #5
          Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

          Was it last year or the year before? I can't really remember the game or situation.

          Near the end of the game we are up and Troy recovers a fumble but it was ruled that there was an illegal forward pass. We win the game by less than a FG but don't cover the spread. Bad call against us doesn't cost the game.
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          • Oviedo
            Legend
            • May 2008
            • 23824

            #6
            Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

            There are so many uncalled holding penalties against our pas rushers that anyone thinking we get the benefit of the doubt from refs is a booger eating moron and saying that may be an insult to booger eating morons everywhere.

            We get nothing from the refs.
            "My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"

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            • MeetJoeGreene
              Hall of Famer
              • May 2008
              • 3221

              #7
              Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

              Originally posted by steeler_fan_in_t.o.
              Was it last year or the year before? I can't really remember the game or situation.

              Near the end of the game we are up and Troy recovers a fumble but it was ruled that there was an illegal forward pass. We win the game by less than a FG but don't cover the spread. Bad call against us doesn't cost the game.
              I think it was against San Diego. We won 11-10... I "thought" it was the year before (because Troy was out most of last year).
              Cleveland spelled backwards is DNA Level C
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              • feltdizz
                Legend
                • May 2008
                • 27531

                #8
                Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

                Originally posted by steeler_fan_in_t.o.
                Was it last year or the year before? I can't really remember the game or situation.

                Near the end of the game we are up and Troy recovers a fumble but it was ruled that there was an illegal forward pass. We win the game by less than a FG but don't cover the spread. Bad call against us doesn't cost the game.
                refs NEVER make calls that change the outcome of the game for Las Vegas..that would be a conspiracy.

                I told my wife after that TD that they would over turn it because of the spread. That was a crazy call.... they just nullified the TD and went home. I wonder if the league ever said anything about it or just looked the other way. It was clearly a TD.
                Steelers 27
                Rats 16

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                • steelernation77
                  Backup
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 343

                  #9
                  Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

                  Two PLAYOFF calls

                  4/02/08
                  "Mike Pereira, the NFL's head of officiating, admitted yesterday that his crew working the Steelers-Jaguars playoff game erred in not calling a holding penalty against Jacksonville on a crucial play that allowed the Jaguars to kick the winning field goal."
                  [url]http://www.postgazette.com/pg/08093/869712-66.stm[/url]


                  1/13/2003
                  "Joe Nedney will stick to kicking instead of comedy. The Tennessee Titans kicker has been apologizing for his attempt at humor when he said he might take up acting after drawing a penalty that let him atone for a miss with a game-winning field goal Saturday against Pittsburgh. "
                  [url]http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/titans/2003-01-13-nedney_x.htm[/url]

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                  • brothervad
                    Pro Bowler
                    • Dec 2008
                    • 1914

                    #10
                    Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

                    Human Nature suggests that people don't remember calls made against the winner. Case in point Super Bowl 40.

                    The whiners cried about the Pass Interference in the end zone...called it ticky tacky. Well I would suggest that the officials were being consistent on that day.

                    refer to the following Steeler drive in the 2nd quarter:

                    1st and 10 at SEA 22 (4:53) B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete to H.Ward.
                    2nd and 10 at SEA 22 (4:47) B.Roethlisberger pass to J.Bettis to SEA 17 for 5 yards (A.Dyson).
                    PENALTY on PIT-H.Miller, Offensive Pass Interference, 10 yards, enforced at SEA 22 - No Play. 2nd and 20 at SEA 32 (4:21) B.Roethlisberger sacked at SEA 40 for -8 yards (G.Wistrom).
                    3rd and 28 at SEA 40 (3:5 (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass to H.Ward to SEA 3 for 37 yards (M.Boulware).
                    Timeout #1 by SEA at 03:09.
                    1st and 3 at SEA 3 (3:09) J.Bettis right tackle to SEA 1 for 2 yards (R.Bernard).

                    Note that Heath had a PI called and the Steelers had a mountain of a 3rd down....difference was we converted on it...the Squabs did not.

                    But most of the non Pittsburgh fans seem to forget that call...because it did not impact us from scoring. Just the same the offiicials were being consistent. It just victims always look for excuses...great teams overcome the obstacles put in front of them.

                    brothervad

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                    • ikestops85
                      Hall of Famer
                      • Jun 2008
                      • 3724

                      #11
                      Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

                      Originally posted by MeetJoeGreene
                      Originally posted by steeler_fan_in_t.o.
                      Was it last year or the year before? I can't really remember the game or situation.

                      Near the end of the game we are up and Troy recovers a fumble but it was ruled that there was an illegal forward pass. We win the game by less than a FG but don't cover the spread. Bad call against us doesn't cost the game.
                      I think it was against San Diego. We won 11-10... I "thought" it was the year before (because Troy was out most of last year).
                      It was in 2008 and I remember it well. I was in Vegas watching the game at the Bellagio. People went nuts at the end of the game. I thought there was going to be a riot.
                      As many on this site think ... The Rooney's suck, Colbert sucks, Tomlin sucks, the coaches suck, and the players suck.

                      but Go Steelers!!!

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                      • skyhawk
                        Hall of Famer
                        • Dec 2008
                        • 3732

                        #12
                        Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

                        Originally posted by brothervad
                        Human Nature suggests that people don't remember calls made against the winner. Case in point Super Bowl 40.

                        The whiners cried about the Pass Interference in the end zone...called it ticky tacky. Well I would suggest that the officials were being consistent on that day.

                        refer to the following Steeler drive in the 2nd quarter:

                        1st and 10 at SEA 22 (4:53) B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete to H.Ward.
                        2nd and 10 at SEA 22 (4:47) B.Roethlisberger pass to J.Bettis to SEA 17 for 5 yards (A.Dyson).
                        PENALTY on PIT-H.Miller, Offensive Pass Interference, 10 yards, enforced at SEA 22 - No Play. 2nd and 20 at SEA 32 (4:21) B.Roethlisberger sacked at SEA 40 for -8 yards (G.Wistrom).
                        3rd and 28 at SEA 40 (3:5 (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass to H.Ward to SEA 3 for 37 yards (M.Boulware).
                        Timeout #1 by SEA at 03:09.
                        1st and 3 at SEA 3 (3:09) J.Bettis right tackle to SEA 1 for 2 yards (R.Bernard).

                        Note that Heath had a PI called and the Steelers had a mountain of a 3rd down....difference was we converted on it...the Squabs did not.

                        But most of the non Pittsburgh fans seem to forget that call...because it did not impact us from scoring. Just the same the offiicials were being consistent. It just victims always look for excuses...great teams overcome the obstacles put in front of them.

                        brothervad

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                        • stlrz d
                          Legend
                          • May 2008
                          • 9244

                          #13
                          Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

                          Sorry conspiracy theorists, but LT's "lateral" was the illegal forward pass.

                          [youtube:1lyu4bj7]FzY_pnmHg8o[/youtube:1lyu4bj7]

                          It was a great play by Troy, but LT ruined it earlier in the play.

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                          • Crash
                            Legend
                            • Apr 2009
                            • 5008

                            #14
                            Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

                            And the officials later admitted the TD should have stood.

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                            • hawaiiansteel
                              Legend
                              • May 2008
                              • 35649

                              #15
                              Re: The Steelers never get bad calls......

                              Disputed possession rule will likely stand

                              By Bob Cohn, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
                              Tuesday, October 26, 2010


                              It was an unusual call, but it held little that might lead to a rules change or even further review, Mike Pereira said yesterday.

                              "Cut and dried," the league's former vice-president of officiating said of the fourth-quarter call in the Steelers' 23-22 victory over Miami on Sunday that left the Dolphins and their fans seething.

                              "They took that game from us, man," linebacker Karlos Dansby said. A headline in the Palm Beach Post read, "Officials quit on the play, and Miami Dolphins are left in the lurch."

                              Some have claimed that Ben Roethlisberger's touchdown-turned-fumble that was never recovered -- allowing the Steelers to keep possession and kick the winning field goal -- will cause the NFL to alter the rule. "I can't see that happening," said Pereira, who is now a Fox analyst.

                              The essence of the call, he said, is that once the whistle blows, the lone determining factor is instant replay. And after Roethlisberger's touchdown was taken away, after replay showed that he fumbled before the ball crossed the goal line, replay could not determine who recovered the ball.

                              At least one Dolphins player claimed he heard an official shout, "White ball!" meaning that Miami, the team wearing white, had recovered. Roethlisberger, meanwhile, claimed that he fell on the ball.

                              Pereira said none of that matters.

                              What does matter is there has to be "absolutely clear, definitive evidence of a player with the ball," he said. "The whistle's been blown, the official is saying it's a touchdown, some of the players are giving up. The only consideration is if the ball is recovered by a single player."

                              Which, on the replay, it was not. There was a pile-up, a scrum. Inconclusive evidence. The Steelers kept the ball and Jeff Reed's field goal provided the winning margin.

                              The NFL reiterated the decision yesterday, saying that replay confirmed Roethlisberger's fumble, but "there was not a clear recovery by the defense."

                              In his pool report following the game, referee Gene Steratore said that to give the Dolphins the ball, "I have to have clear video evidence of the team recovering the fumble."

                              The key word here is "video."

                              "Let's say the officials did say 'White ball,' " Pereira said. "The only way you could get the ball to the Dolphins was to confirm it was a fumble and have video evidence (that they recovered). No regard to what the official might have said. You can only give that ball to Miami if it was on video.

                              "Video would have to show a recovery. If the official jumped into the pile and was in there for 30 seconds and came out with a bloody nose and saying the ball belonged to Miami, it would be irrelevant."

                              Pereira said once the play has been blown dead, "you stop officiating the action of the ball." He added, "You'd be opening more than a can of worms than it's worth" to go back to an official for further evidence after the replay has been viewed.

                              Asked if the NFL Competition Committee might talk about the rule during the offseason, Pereira said, "I'll say they'll discuss this for about three seconds. That will be the extent of it."

                              [url="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_706108.html"]http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsbu ... 06108.html[/url]

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