Super Bowl post-game smack

Current mood:jubilant

And to think, I was about to write about how Seattle needs to stop whining about the refs because a) they wouldn't even have known to complain if the nfc-biased announcers and commentators hadn't brought it up b) the pass interference was a push-off (or did the receiver just happen to have a hand on the defender, who happened to decide that the best thing he could do would be to hop backwards, away from the ball, just as D-Jack broke for the ball) c) after a suspect holding call on pittsburgh, ward made a superb catch; after a suspect holding call on seattle, hasselbeck threw an int d) the hasselbeck block penalty was a truly bad call, but nonconsequential, as the randle el td pass would have worked whether they had 40 yards or 80 yards to go. was it a good game? no, not like the past few super bowls have been. seattle made one big play, and the steelers made three, and neither side was consistent enough to have anything else really matter. also, seattle's coaching was pretty much crap. they completely mismanaged the clock at the end of both halves. they tried for too many long field goals. they opted to pass 50 times instead of handing off more to alexander who was running just fine on that left side. pittsburgh had better coaching. offense: ben couldn't throw, so they let someone else try (result: td). defense: seattle may have gotten a nice pile of yards and TOP, but when they're 5 of 17 on 3rd down and their only td came off a 76 yard int return, well this is the time when you remind yourself that this isn't fantasy football, and yards and catches and 40-49 yd field goals aren't worth extra points. All that said, I was mostly impressed with Hasselbeck, Alexander, and the Seahawk's O-line. They have a better chance at being back in the big game next year than Pittsburgh does. And yes, that's something of a cut on the NFC, but that's also a lot of respecting. Or at least as much respect as I'll give 11 point losers. oh, and don't talk to me about injuries, because if you'd seen the way Polumalu had played in any of the other playoff games, you'd know he wasn't nearly 100 percent.