Who's got it better than fans? NOBODY!!!
As the Super Bowl came to a close, fans were treated to another fantastic game where the winner wasn't decided till the final drive.
Two hours prior to the end though, the Ravens looked like they were going to run away with the game and America's excitement. Jacoby Jones opened the second half with a Super Bowl record, 108 yard kick off return to push the score to 28-6. It felt that when he broke the goal line, he also broke the back of the 49ers' championship aspirations.
Yet, with Beyonce's lip syncing to songs and extravagant production apparently too much for the Super Dome's electrical system to handle. The "black out" provided time to breath. It gave the 49ers' 34 extra minutes to compose themselves, and refocus on making a run at the dream of being a champion.
The 49ers scored 17 points in just over four minutes, and turned the Super Bowl back into the compelling competition we as fans desire and deserve. And with just about four minutes left to go the 49ers trailed by five points and had 80 yards between them and a Super Bowl title.
The 49ers would come up five yards and a no-call on Jimmy Smith for holding away from the Lombardi trophy. The no-call itself isn't the thing that sticks in my side, it's the explanation for the the no-call. That a game as big game as the Super Bowl, shouldn't be decided on a close call by a ref late in the game.
Even though the refs swallowed their whistles on the decided play, doesn't mean that the refs didn't decide the game. The no-call carries just as much weight as a call would. The decision to not blow the whistle is still cloaked in the same amount of doubt as blowing the whistle would.
If the refs decided to "let the players play", then why call pass interference on Chris Culliver on a Ravens incomplete pass on third down? (Culliver's contact on Torrey Smith is no more egregious than Smith's on Crabtree) A drive that would later result in the Ravens final three points of the game. A three points that would force the 49ers to try for a TD on fourth and goal, as apposed to kicking the game tying field goal. Ironically, if the Culliver pass interference is no-called just like the final play. Then there is no need for the Crabtree and Smith controversy. Because the 49ers kick the field goal to tie the game, and either Flacco drives the field for a Ravens win in regulation or the game is decided is the Super Bowl's first overtime game.
It's not the no-call that irritates me. It's the lack of consistency in the calls. Football is famously known as a "game of inches". And in a game of inches, the level of Chris Culliver and Jimmy Smith's transgressions were equal, it's just a shame the calls weren't.
The 49ers scored 17 points in just over four minutes, and turned the Super Bowl back into the compelling competition we as fans desire and deserve. And with just about four minutes left to go the 49ers trailed by five points and had 80 yards between them and a Super Bowl title.
The 49ers would come up five yards and a no-call on Jimmy Smith for holding away from the Lombardi trophy. The no-call itself isn't the thing that sticks in my side, it's the explanation for the the no-call. That a game as big game as the Super Bowl, shouldn't be decided on a close call by a ref late in the game.
Even though the refs swallowed their whistles on the decided play, doesn't mean that the refs didn't decide the game. The no-call carries just as much weight as a call would. The decision to not blow the whistle is still cloaked in the same amount of doubt as blowing the whistle would.
If the refs decided to "let the players play", then why call pass interference on Chris Culliver on a Ravens incomplete pass on third down? (Culliver's contact on Torrey Smith is no more egregious than Smith's on Crabtree) A drive that would later result in the Ravens final three points of the game. A three points that would force the 49ers to try for a TD on fourth and goal, as apposed to kicking the game tying field goal. Ironically, if the Culliver pass interference is no-called just like the final play. Then there is no need for the Crabtree and Smith controversy. Because the 49ers kick the field goal to tie the game, and either Flacco drives the field for a Ravens win in regulation or the game is decided is the Super Bowl's first overtime game.
It's not the no-call that irritates me. It's the lack of consistency in the calls. Football is famously known as a "game of inches". And in a game of inches, the level of Chris Culliver and Jimmy Smith's transgressions were equal, it's just a shame the calls weren't.
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