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Robert Littal Presents The Infamous BlackSportsOnline: Santonio Holmes Controversial Touchdown Catch From Ben Roethlisberger..You Make The Call
FanIQ Blog: Santonio Holmes Controversial Game Winning Touchdown Catch, Pittsburgh Steelers Vs Baltimore Ravens
The Sporting Blog: Sucked Into the NFL's Black Hole, Week 15
Santonio Holmes Controversial Touchdown Catch From Ben Roethlisberger..You Make The Call
Robert Littal Presents The Infamous BlackSportsOnline —
Here is the thing about replay. You have to have indisputable evidence to overturn a call on the field. The call on the field was down at the 1 yard line. Now you tell me do you see indisputable evidence?
I have watch the play at least 20 times and I still can not tell you if the ball cross the Goaline at the time he got both feet on the ground. From the blimp angle it appears the ball is touching the Goaline. From the sideline angle it appears more clear that it isn't.
So in that regards if you have two angles (actually there was about 4 angles) showing two different things the call ...
Santonio Holmes Controversial Game Winning Touchdown Catch, Pittsburgh Steelers Vs Baltimore Ravens
FanIQ Blog —
The end of the Steelers' 13-9 win over the Ravens had a bit of controversy, as Santonio Holmes scored the winning touchdown on this play. Holmes made the catch on 3rd and goal and both of his feet were in the end zone, but it appeared as though the ball never actually crossed the goal line.
If someone makes a catch and goes out of bounds, the catch is good, no matter where the ball is when it is caught. As long as the player's feet are in bounds, the ball is considered in bounds as well. So is that how it works?
But if someone's feet aren't in the end zone but the ball crosses the ...
Sucked Into the NFL's Black Hole, Week 15
The Sporting Blog —
Everything on this planet is soon going to disappear into a massive black hole. Each Monday, we’ll present those football-related elements that have already been swallowed into the abyss.
The Players Deciding the AFC North. I feel like it was a touchdown, certainly many others (most of whom are likely wearing purple urban camo and downing Natty Boh right now) would disagree. Either way, it was the wrong decision in the Steelers-Ravens game for referee Walt Coleman to overturn the ruling on the field that Santonio Holmes caught the ball out of the endzone. ...
Don’t You Have To Break The Plane?
Intentional Foul —
Perception is a funny thing. Just ask the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers. One side sees fourth and short while the other sees game-winning touchdown. Who’s right? Naturally, the Pittsburgh media sees touchdown:
Few regular-season games will rank above the one they played yesterday at M&T Bank Stadium, when the Steelers’ No. 26-ranked offense scored the only touchdown of the game with 43 seconds left to end a 92-yard drive against the league’s No. 2 defense to pull out a 13-9 victory and win the AFC North Division title and a ...
NFL Backs Walt Coleman, Agrees There Was 'Indisuptable Evidence' That Steelers Scored
FanHouse —
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: Ravens, Steelers, AFC North, NFL Fans, NFL Referees Maybe this season is no different than the others, but it sure seems like NFL officials are in the middle of more controversial calls than I can remember. It all started in Week 2 with Ed Hochuli gifting the Broncos a win over the Chargers. In Week 11, Scott Green screwed degenerate gamblers out of millions. And yesterday, it was Walt Coleman's turn. You certainly know the story by now -- late in the game, ...
DSRTSV! 12/15/08
The Bad News Bloggers —
In case you haven't seen it, or want to watch it again, here's Santonio Holmes controversial game winning Touchdown. And I actually do agree with Petey on this one. Its probably a TD, but since it was ruled a spot on the (roughly) 6 inch line in should not have been overturned. ...
Questionable Call Upheld
The Steel Curtain —
The touchdown catch by Santonio Holmes against the Ravens last Sunday, which won the game for the Steelers, has been the buzz of the NFL. Not because of the way Roethlisberger had to scramble to buy time to find Holmes and certainly not because it was a spectacular catch. Instead, this catch has come under much scrutiny because it was initially ruled about a half yard short of the goal line and not a touchdown. Since the play occurred inside two minutes, the officials called for a booth review.
According to the rules, there has to be indisputable evidence to overturn the call on the field. After referee Walt Coleman completed his ...
Could High-Tech Footballs Solve Our Woes?
FirstCuts —
Everyone remember this play from Sunday?
OK, whether you agree it was a touchdown, we might have technology on the way that would definitively tell us whether a football actually broke the goal line.
Dr. Priya Narasimhan is working on a project with ...
Alright, Time to Hear About This All Week!
Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball —
For those that don’t remember, here’s the much disputed play a few weeks ago, and what will surely be the topic of discussion for the ESPN heads over the next week. Was it touchdown? Was it not a touchdown? Does anyone really care?
Anyway, enjoy the clip. One thing that won’t be lacking this week is trash talking back and forth between Heinz Ward and every other Baltimore defensive player.
AFC Championship Game Preview
Not From Bristol —
This year’s AFC Championship game on Sunday is a Rod Marinelli dream matchup. The Pittsburgh Steelers host the Baltimore Ravens, bringing together the two best defenses in the entire NFL. It’s always entertaining when teams face each other for a third time in one season (an occurance that can only come to fruition during the playoffs), but this clash ...
