The Refs Did a Very Good Job in the Super Bowl

***RamOfDenmark*** · -02-04-2009

Originally Posted by AvengerRam

Running into the holder on FG attempt: Made the right call. He buried the guy.

I disagree on that one, the Arizona player was completely out of balance and did everything he could to avoid touching the holder even protecting him with his hands as best he could. Besides it happened late so it didn't affect the play at all. Would have been a good non-call.

Originally Posted by AvengerRam

Harrison run at end of half: Made the right call. He did get in.

That one is very close, I'm not sure the ball didn't touch the ground just outside the endzone it looked like it might have to me. Very tough one to judge. On the other hand does anyone know what the rules say about a player (Fitzgerald) running out of bounds and then entering the field again to tackle someone? Is that even allowed? If not that would make the discussion about whether the ball was in a moot point and it would be a touchdown regardless.

**AvengerRam** · -02-04-2009

Originally Posted by bigredman

Shouldn't this thread be called "I think the refs did a very good job in the Super Bowl"????

Um... no... because the phrase "very good job" is, by its nature, subjective. Thus, the fact that the statement is an opinion may easily be inferred without any additional qualifiers.

Thank you for your submission, BigNitpickyMan (and by that I am implying that you are both big, and a nitpicker).

**AvengerRam** · -02-04-2009

Originally Posted by UtterBlitz

So just to be clear than, you thought that the amount of penalties called against the Cardinals seemed fair and normal to you in light of the number of penalties they called on the Steelers.

I did not perceive any unwarranted disparity.

And you think that the amount of penalties seemed consistant with other SuperBowls?

Not necessarily. In the past, there have been Super Bowls in which the refs took a "let them play" approach (Rams/Patriots, for example). I think that approach is wrong. The refs should call the game according to the rules, and should never allow blatant personal fouls (of which there happened to be a lot in this game).