SUPER BOWL XL

WELL I WASNT REAL THRILLED ABOUT THE STEELERS PLAYING THE SEAHAWKS, BUT I WATCHED ANYWAY AS I DO EVERY YEAR. I HAVE WATCHED EVERY SUPER BOWL SINCE THE BEARS AND NEW ENGLAND PLAYED 20 YEARS AGO. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN THE WORST ONE YET. GRANTED THERE WERE WORSE GAMES, SUCH AS THE GIANTS AND RAVENS OF A FEW YEARS BACK, AND THEN A FEW OTHER BLOW OUTS, BUT I WAS THE LEAST EXCITED EVER ABOUT THIS ONE. OVERALL THE GAME WAS SLOPPY. I APPRECIATE 2 GOOD DEFENSES AND I DONT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH LOW SCORING GAMES, BUT THIS WAS UGLY. OVERALL I THOUGHT THAT MATT HASSLEBACK PLAYED A GREAT GAME. HE HAD THE ONE BAD THROW FOR A PICK, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, HE PLAYED WELL. I HAVENT SEEN HIM PLAY MUCH, SO I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. THE REFS DID A VERY POOR JOB IN THIS ONE. BEFORE YOU GET PISSED OFF AT ME STEELER FANS LET ME FINISH. THE SEAHAWKS STILL HADO OPPORTUNITIES TO WIN AND THEY DIDNT CASH IN SO I AM NOT SAYING THE REFS DECIDED THE OUTCOME. IT ALMOST SEEMED AS IF EVERYONE WANTED THE STEELERS TO WIN, BUT I DONT THINK THE REFS WERE PAID TO LET THEM WIN. FIRST OFF BIG BEN WAS NOT IN. AL MICHAELS AND JOHN MADDEN KEPT SAYING THAT THE BALL HAS TO JUST BE ON SOME PART OF THE LINE, BUT THAT IS BULL. I HAVE SEEN THE BALL SPOTTED ON THAT LINE. THE BALL HAS TO CROSS THE PLAIN AND IT NEVER DID. THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SCORED ON 4TH DOWN ANYWAY, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. THE OFFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE WAS A JOKE AND HALF. SHOULD HAVE BEEN 6 FOR THEM AT THAT POINT. THE CALL ON HASSLEBACK TRYING TO MAKE A TACKLE WAS THE WORST CALL I HAVE EVER SEEN. WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD HE BE TRYING TO ILLEGALLY HIT A BLOCKER WHEN HE NEEDS TO TACKLE THE RETURN MAN. THAT WAS RIDICULOUS. ANYWAY, SEAHAWK FANS WILL COMPLAIN AND MIKE HOLMGREN WILL COMPLAIN, BUT WHAT IN THE WORLD WERE YOU THINKING COACH? NICE 2 MINUTE DRILL AT THE END OF THE HALF. I REALIZE YOUR STYLE OF OFFENSE IS TO RUN THE BALL AND HIT THE SHORT SCREENS AND HITCHES, BUT WHEN YOU NEED TO GET THE DOWN THE FIELD IN A HURRY, YOU NEED TO THROW THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD. WHY WOULD YOU ALSO NOT SPIKE THE BALL AND KICK A FIELD GOAL AT THE END? GRANTED YOU MAY MISS THE FIELD GOAL, BUT WHAT IS THE POINT OF GETTING IN THE END ZONE IF THERE IS NO TIME LEFT? YOU HAVE BEEN IN 2 OTHER SUPER BOWLS RIGHT? YOUR KILLIN ME MAN. ANYWAY THERE IS MY VENT ABOUT THE SUPER BOWL. THERE WERE A FEW GOOD COMMERCIALS, BUT THE OPENING AND THE HALF TIME SHOW WERE HORRIBLE. OH AND BY THE WAY, DID ANYONE KNOW THAT JEROME BETTIS WAS FROM THE DETROIT AREA?