Is that the most tainted sports championship you've witnessed?

[sb1]

At best it was a ticky tack call that probably gets called in a week 4 game but never in a Super Bowl until last night... and it had a much bigger impact on the outcome.

 

[BTTA]

They would have kicked it right where they were and don't forget the kicker already missed one, say he gets it, Eagles have about a minute and half with two TO's and they would have a great shot of at least tying the game.

Yup, you are right, didn't realize it was third down. That assumes the hold is allowed, per the offending player's wishes, and thus denies the Chiefs that TD which he would have caught had he been able to run that route and Mahomes timing not screwed up.

 

[Bella*chick]

This crying about the Chiefs is exactly what the other fanbases used to say about the Patriots, the guy admitted he held.

SO WHAT.

Is there some award for Most Magnanimous Fanbase or something that you’re going for? Let them feel what it’s like to be defending a SB win for once. This has plenty of headlines so it’s just Patsfans talking.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

If I'm a Chiefs fan, this Super Bowl is made 10x sweeter by everyone else's salty tears. When the Patriots win super Bowls I want them to win in the most controversial way possible just for that reason alone

 

[jah]

SO WHAT.

Is there some award for Most Magnanimous Fanbase or something that you’re going for? Let them feel what it’s like to be defending a SB win for once. This has plenty of headlines so it’s just Patsfans talking.

You're basically saying "so what" to the people who are already saying "so what".

 

[crawhammer]

Mahomes had a good game, he wasn't "heroic", and the Eagles defense was pathetic in the second half but they got the stop they needed at the end. Except the refs wiped out the stop and gifted the Chiefs a first down. It was an atrocious call at best or an intentional act by the ref at worst. Either way, it's a disgrace in my book. Hurts had the one major ****up but he was otherwise great in this game. He should have had one more shot at tying or winning the game (very high percentage he at least ties the game) and the refs snatched it away. Chiefs fan and Philly haters are naturally fluffing it off as nothing but we all saw the same 25 replays and not one justified the flag.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

I was trying to watch Kelce to see what he was doing, and he didn't look dominant while blocking. I felt he walked thru a couple routes. The dude is a player, 100%, but he's no Rob Gronkowski.

Kelce admitted that he's absolutely not the player he used to be. That's why he's considering retirement.

 

[Bella*chick]

You're basically saying "so what" to the people who are already saying "so what".

Its a meta world and we’re all living in it.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

During replays, John Jenkins’ flag looked iffy at best, and I said so. There are times where the definitive angle takes time to find, and we never saw it on TV. This call looked like it was going to be the focus of the post game, but James Bradberry admitted that he was guilty of the foul.

There are all sorts of angles on TV that made Jenkins’ call look marginal. But only one angle mattered. Jenkins angle. He used all of his mechanics training and judgement developed over his years of officiating and he stepped up and made the call needed.

When the player flagged admitted that the official was right, that’s a good call. Kudos to Jenkins!

5 officiating items from Super Bowl LVII | Football Zebras

Here are five officiating story lines that jumped out during Super Bowl LVII.

www.footballzebras.com

 

[UrbanCowboy]

You're basically saying "so what" to the people who are already saying "so what".

So what?

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

This thread got linked on Chiefs Planet. Now we just look like the other 31 fanbases when we were a dynasty.

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

This is not a good look, IMO. Other teams are going to win, other teams get breaks from officiating. Pats would not have beaten the Raiders if not for the Tuck Rule. This looks like sour grapes in my opinion. We are bigger than this, by a lot.

This thread was terrible

 

[Crazy World of Troy Brown]

This game showed you the importance of O-Line. Except it was the Chiefs. Running the ball in the 2nd half was the difference. Mahomes only had 93 passing yards in 2nd half. 2 Big first down scrambles by Mahomes in 2nd half, don't get enough credit.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

Most tainted?

Black Sox Scandal - Wikipedia

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I think that wins.

Landis was an ass.

But this comes in second to Stupor Bowel XI.

I witnessed that debacle on television on December 18, 1976. That year, it was the de facto league championship game.

I neither saw nor heard of anything even close, ever, before or since. The only ones at Oakland Alameda County Coliseum more desperate as the minutes ticked away in the fourth quarter than the Frauders and their fans were the officials, led by Dreith.

The broadcast tape has long since been conveniently lost; the other three divisional games preserved.

It's too bad two unforgivable things have to taint an otherwise very nice man, but Ben Dreith's 'close personal friend' John Madden enabled a headhunting self-named 'assassin' for years, along with crybabying about one correctly called game ending play. Well, they worked.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

This game showed you the importance of O-Line. Except it was the Chiefs. Running the ball in the 2nd half was the difference. Mahomes only had 93 passing yards in 2nd half. 2 Big first down scrambles by Mahomes in 2nd half, don't get enough credit.

Elway-like. In more ways than one, not good.

 

[Crazy World of Troy Brown]

Heard today KC had the most Rookie snaps in the NFL this year. Meaning they are a young team on the field. Mike Greenberg said it.

 

[italian pat patriot]

Worst ever imho was and still is : Pittsburgh Seattle

Super Bowl XL

 

[sb1]

Worst ever imho was and still is : Pittsburgh Seattle

Super Bowl XL

Four years later, Bill Leavy apologizes to Seahawks

A trip to Seahawks camp on Friday gave referee Bill Leavy a chance to get something off his chest that he's probably wanted to say for a while.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

Has any ref apologized to the losing team in a Super Bowl other than this game?

 

[GaryfromTO]

Hate seeing a game decided by a boarderline call. Was it a hold. yeah, was it any more gregarious than what was going on all game, no. The ball was uncatchable, and it had no bearing on the play.
We were robbed of seeing if the Chiefs make the FG. Could the Eagles answer back and force OT or score a winning drive. We'll never know and that is the saddest part when referees inteject themselves in big moments.

The standard of officiating has certainly changed over the years, and I'm not sure if that's for the better.
Still hard to believe this was not a hold back in Super Bowl XLII

 

[Steve102]

Hate seeing a game decided by a boarderline call. Was it a hold. yeah, was it any more gregarious than what was going on all game, no. The ball was uncatchable, and it had no bearing on the play.
We were robbed of seeing if the Chiefs make the FG. Could the Eagles answer back and force OT or score a winning drive. We'll never know and that is the saddest part when referees inteject themselves in big moments.

The standard of officiating has certainly changed over the years, and I'm not sure if that's for the better.
Still hard to believe this was not a hold back in Super Bowl XLII

Officiating sucks at pretty much every level from youth football on up. It is what it is. This win is not tainted, asterisked or any other BS. Unfortunate for the reasons you mention, but not unusual or unheard of. Nothing nefarious at play, either.