Pittsburgh Steelers - Champions (or are they really)

Pittsburgh wins Super Bowl XL 21 - 10 over Seattle. That's what the headlines will read tomorrow. But were they really the champions? Now I know I will probably get completely bashed for this but here goes. If you watched the game your answer will probably be different than the headlines. There were so many missed calls, bad calls and just plain poor officiating. For this to take place in a Championship game is indeed shameful. And the go ahead TD given to the Steelers in the first half was just the start of the poor calls that were to be made throughout the game.

Now I know what you are going to say..."don't be a poor looser, your team lost and your just mad". Wrong answer, number one, I didn't have a team in the Super Bowl. I was neither for the Steelers or the Seahawks. I watched the game as a fan of the sport of football and that is all. But the way this game was called is just outrageous. I have seen better officiating in high school games by officials that had never refereed a game before. It is a sad thing to think that a game of this magnitude was decided by officials, not the players. There should be an investigation into the officials, for surely this was not the best that the league could offer up. Take away the TD given to Pittsburgh, add the TD and pass reception to the one yard line for the Seahawks to go ahead in the third, and add the TD that was taken away for the "offensive pass interference" that didn't happen and the Seahawks were the real winners. Add the holding calls, and the blocks below the waste against Pittsburgh that weren't called and the out come of this game is different.

There is always some bad calls by officials in games, but this one was entrenched with them. Congrats to the Steelers for a "good" game and celebrate while you can. As for those that really watched the game in an unbiased status, the outcome is seen in a much different light. OK, Steeler fans give it your best shot.