The Super bowl that took place yesterday was absolutely appalling. The Arizona Cardinals got what I call, shafted.
The refs may as well have gotten the ring because they were the ones who directed the entire game. Allow me to explain. Warner throws an incomplete pass, or at least he almost does. They call it a fumble. However, upon further review, they decide to call it an incomplete pass. I’m glad they corrected themselves. Still, in the last five seconds, Warner throws another incomplete pass. It was obvious, even more so than the last one. Still, the refs decide to call it a fumble. Cardinals lose.
Were these referees even paying attention? After a field goal kick, one of the Cardinals defensive line accidentally takes a tumble into the placeholder. Clearly, as shown in the replay, he tripped and fell over him. However, they call unnecessary roughness and the steelers get First and Goal. The Cardinals held it down though. Even though the Steelers were granted First and Goal, they still ended up having to kick a field goal anyway. Everyone talks about the magnificent Steelers defense, but the Cardinals played as clutch as ever yesterday. Here’s my main problem with the unnecessary roughness call. Harrison, the Steelers Defensive player of the years, runs a one hundred yard return after catching an interception to make a touchdown. He sets a Super bowl record. I thought that was awesome. It seemed like a great play. However, he is a master of cheap shots and unnecessary roughness. He practically beat up, pushed and punched one of the Cardinals players, for no reason. The Cardinal’s player didn’t even fight back. John Madden even said that Harrison deserved to be thrown from the game. Usually, I don’t pay too much attention to what Madden says, but I fully agreed with this.
One of the many final straws that I had to put up with throughout the game also included a holding penalty on the Steelers. Guess what though? The penalty only pushed them half a yard back. That’s why I couldn’t have been happier when the Cardinals got the safety on them. It was much deserved.
Why does football even have so many strange rules? The clock is stopped and reset on various situations. This relates to why each football game is over three hours long. Refs have holding and unnecessary roughness calls. It’s football. It’s a rough sport. Although, what Harrison pulled definitely crossed the line. I am from Texas and don’t have a die hard investment in either of the teams. My chief deciding factor of who I would root for all spurred from my love of the movie Jerry Maguire and Cuba Gooding Jr. as Rod Tidwell. In fact, Larry Fitzgerald was the Rod Tidwell of the game. Easily the best receiver in the NFL. There was also a little unnecessary roughness on him too, but the refs actually made the right call and penalized the Steelers 15 yards.
I can no longer stomach sitting down to watch an NFL game. Too much of the outcome relies on the referees and 15 minute slow-mow reviews of who did what. Basically, the cardinals played one hell of an exciting game. Rothlisberger did a great job too, maybe more so than Warner, but it is what it is. From now on I’ll just have to stick to College ball.
