This game is fixed!

[zulater]

Goodell gave the order for the Giants to win this one for a feel good recovery story.

[katmandu]

Goodell gave the order for the Giants to win this one for a feel good recovery story.

NO JOKE !!!!!

Four MAJOR BLOWN CALLS (1st 25 minutes of the game) by the REFS ?????

MAJOR BULLSHIT !!!!!!​

[T&B fan]

next there going to just give them 7 points for shits and giggles

[Edman]

Not gonna lie. This game stinks something fierce.

The Steelers can't let it get to them. They have to keep fighting. Sitting back and whining isn't going to help.

It just makes winning all the more sweeter.

[Animal Mother]

What are you guys Seahawks/Cardinals/Bengals fans?

Actually there were 5: pass interference, clark hit, non-TD, non-fumble, block in the back

[ALLD]

You have no evidence. Just because the refs called a phantom helmet to helmet hit on Ryan Clark and then called a fumble an incomplete forward pass to spot the Giants two TDs?

[steel9guy]

This is the worst I've ever seen!!!

[ALLD]

If I was a Giant I would feel ashamed.

[mark0933]

Can we get the replacement officials back?????

[zulater]

You have no evidence. Just because the refs called a phantom helmet to helmet hit on Ryan Clark and then called a fumble an incomplete forward pass to spot the Giants two TDs?

And a 40 yard interference call on a ball that was perfectly defensed.

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They're allowed to call penalties against the Giants?

[fansince'76]

I'm not gonna bitch like a Seahawks fan. Just gotta fight through it. We've done it before.

[Steeldude]

The game isn't fixed. The Steelers' O-line sucks.

[fansince'76]

The game isn't fixed. The Steelers' O-line sucks.

Doesn't exactly explain the horseshit penalties on our defense that gave the Giants a free TD, but whatever...

[Craic]

Geez . . . I think I AM on a Seahawk board right now.

Yes, there's been some really bad calls. A phantom PI, a back personal foul penalty, a missed clipping.

But the ball WAS MOVING in Ben's hands before it started moving forward. That's a fumble. It doesn't matter that he pushed the ball forward, it's still a fumble. The second PI was a good call - Lewis wasn't looking back at the ball when he hit the WR. It was a brilliant WR play.

Let's keep our head about this people. Yes, some bad calls, but bad calls doesn't = fixed.

[st33lersguy]

The Giants better forfeit this game out of integrity and I better hear the sports media go nuts demanding new refs the way they demanded the regular refs back after the PAckers-Seasucks game.

[fansince'76]

But the ball WAS MOVING in Ben's hands before it started moving forward. That's a fumble. It doesn't matter that he pushed the ball forward, it's still a fumble.

Yep. It was a fumble in SB XLIII and it was a fumble in this game. I am pissed off about the phantom PI and the phantom unnecessary roughness, though.

[ALLD]

The ball moving slightly in Ben's hand still falls under the tuck rule. It was a bad incomplete pass and a bad call. If it was Brady they would have given the ball back and maybe a few extra yards.

[Count Steeler]

We're only down by 4 and we get the ball first in the 2nd half. This game is not over.

[Craic]

The game isn't fixed. The Steelers' O-line sucks.

Nevermind the fact that their going up against two of the best DL men in the NFL. Nevermind the fact that they're dominating the line in the Run game. Never mind that the rookie at Right Tackle has been worked over one time, and only one time in the half by one of the most dominating DL's in the league, or that said RT has sealed off holes on his side between him and the TE that has sprung the RB for at least two or three good runs.

No, this line is no better than the line last year, or the year before, or even the year before that. Of course that's the answer!

[ALLD]

The media is like MSNBC and CBS, they are based in NY so they will not make a big deal out of the calls either.

[Edman]

Geez . . . I think I AM on a Seahawk board right now.

Yes, there's been some really bad calls. A phantom PI, a back personal foul penalty, a missed clipping.

But the ball WAS MOVING in Ben's hands before it started moving forward. That's a fumble. It doesn't matter that he pushed the ball forward, it's still a fumble. The second PI was a good call - Lewis wasn't looking back at the ball when he hit the WR. It was a brilliant WR play.

Let's keep our head about this people. Yes, some bad calls, but bad calls doesn't = fixed.

The Hawks & Fans were right to complain about XL. That game wasn't officiated well.

What they were not right is blaming their loss strictly on the officiating. The Hawks really sucked that game and didn't fight through it.

There's acknowledging where something stinks, and then there's just making excuses because you can't play. The refs in this game are garbage, Preach. That's all there is to it. If the Steelers lose this game, it isn't because of the officials, it was because they couldn't fight above the officiating. Bad calls or not, they still have a job to do, and that's to play and win.

That doesn't excuse the horrid farce going on right now. The officiating is terrible.

[Craic]

Yep. It was a fumble in SB XLIII and it was a fumble in this game. I am pissed off about the phantom PI and the phantom unnecessary roughness, though.

The phantom PI is was gets my goat the worst. The Unnecessary Roughness penalty was a very bad call, but it's something that we're going to have deal with until the refs see that Clark has learned how to hit legally. He's brought that on himself. If there's any question, he'll get the flag until he proves that he is consistently hitting clean now. Like I said, a bad ball, but that's something that you reap what you've sown, and he's sown that call for years with headshots.

[fansince'76]

Gotta wonder if Clark will get fined/suspended for the bogus penalty, though...

[JayC]

even cowher is in on the fix. since when is a QB's arm going forward not a pass. the ball moved but he still had it otherwise it wouldn't have went 5 yards down the field before it hit the ground

[st33lersguy]

Average uneducated steeler hater: "This is just to make up for all the games the refs fixed for the steeler"

[Count Steeler]

Yep. It was a fumble in SB XLIII and it was a fumble in this game. I am pissed off about the phantom PI and the phantom unnecessary roughness, though.

Fine, but are the refs the only ones that did not see the block in the back on Miller?

[SCSTILLER]

If I was a Giant I would feel ashamed.

A friend of mine who is a die hard, from NYC, Giants fan texted me and said this game was fixed for the Giants. He stated that the way the first half was called that there is no other explanation. Take it for what it is

[ALLD]

Cowher said the fumble was a fumble, but disagreed on Clark's PF. I say Cowher is wrong because Ben never lost control and got it past the scrimmage line by a mile. He wasn't bobbling it and it didn't slide out. That is the very reason why the tuck rule was put in place. Now if it is selectively enforced, that is a different ball game.

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Gotta wonder if Clark will get fined/suspended for the bogus penalty, though...

If he gets fined can he pay with Monopoly money?

[Craic]

The Hawks & Fans were right to complain about XL. That game wasn't officiated well.

What they were not right is blaming their loss strictly on the officiating. The Hawks really sucked that game and didn't fight through it.

There's acknowledging where something stinks, and then there's just making excuses because you can't play. The refs in this game are garbage, Preach. That's all there is to it.

Re-read the OP - or the thread title. Do YOU think the game is fixed? Cause the OP sure does.

And honestly, there's been two bad calls. Very bad calls, but that's it. The others looked bad, but in hindsight, were the right calls. And as I said, Clark's hit was very clean - but he isn't going to get the benefit of the doubt until he proves that he consistently hits cleanly. See my last post under "You reap what you've sown."

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Fine, but are the refs the only ones that did not see the block in the back on Miller?

On runbacks like that, those blocks often happen. It's pretty common, actually. Remember the same thing happening on Harrison's runback in the SB.

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even cowher is in on the fix. since when is a QB's arm going forward not a pass. the ball moved but he still had it otherwise it wouldn't have went 5 yards down the field before it hit the ground

Nope. I can completely let go of the ball and push it five yard down the field. The question is, did he have CONTROL of the ball. The answer is "no." He lost control before his arm went forward. After that, it doesn't matter where the ball ended up.

[fansince'76]

Re-read the OP - or the thread title. Do YOU think the game is fixed? Cause the OP sure does.

DA GIANTS PAYED DA REFS!!!