Best case, he is incompetent.

Either way, I now know why that game was so hard to watch.

The Bucs knew…

The intent may be malicious, but you would have to go inside the heads of the players involved to prove that they know what they are saying is false. That includes Rice’s statement(s).

I think everyone would love to see this go to court except for Callahan, the Cowboys and the league office. If Callahan sues he’ll probably never work in the NFL again because it would be an invitation for lawyers to impugn the league generally, possibly bringing up other questionable games and federal investigations over the years.

We might even get to hear about those two Larry Brown interceptions again…

Spare me on this notion that he was incompetent and that the former coach of the Raiders now coaches the Bucs. Well if that was the case then why didn’t the Raiders defense know what the Bucs were doing.

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because the Bucs CHANGED all of there calls and audibles

That my friends was the problem. When your former head coach is the QB of your opponents scout team, you are in trouble.

And Callahan did not “throw” the game – Al Davis would have fired him on the spot (As it was Callahan was fired a year later).

Wrong. The allegations made by Tim Brown are a defamation of character. Waste of time or not, he can’t let this volatile character assassination go unheard.

Spare me on this notion that he was incompetent and that the former coach of the Raiders now coaches the Bucs. Well if that was the case then why didn’t the Raiders defense know what the Bucs were doing.

The two receivers said the game plan changed. Charlie Garner concurred. Rich Gannon said the game plan only changed because the Bucs were up 20 to 3 at the half, but he said the Bucs knew all the Raiders terminology, and the O line couldn’t make calls and they couldn’t run the no huddle. Now you hear John Lynch.

All of this can’t be incompetence, this man threw the game and that is a shame.

It was a weird game where one team knew everything that was coming. Even a mic’ed up Lynch walked off the field and stated something to the effect about how unreal the game was as they knew everything that was coming at them.

I don’t really cite that to Gruden knowing the playbook. I mean Mooch and Holmgren knew each other plays and their games weren’t lopsided as that Raiders vs Bucs Superbowl.

The football world deserved a much better Super Bowl than that farce. I’m not saying sabatoge occurred, but in terms of level of competition it was worse than a WWE professional wrestling match. That Superbowl was a joke.

The better team won, it’s that easy. Tampa Bay was the worst possible matchup for Oakland in the Super Bowl, it’s a stone cold fact. The Bucs had the Raiders former coach, who was just traded from Oakland, and the personnel of Oakland, from the skill players to the head coach played right into the Buccaneers hands. The players played the game and were outperformed. Simeon Rice, the real MVP of that Super Bowl absolutely abused the Raiders offensive line, regardless of the difference in weight/size. This story is turning into a joke, and the only people who think otherwise are deluded and bitter Raiders fans. You guys lost. Period. Indisputable fact. You weren’t as prepared as the Bucs and it cost you. There was no fix and really, when you read Brown’s quotes, he is almost pressed into saying the fix was in.

I never thought I’d say this, but at this point, I’m longing for some actual Harbaugh brother stories to move beyond a ten year old game in which Oakland was dominated on both sides of the ball. Just whine, baby.

Pathetic self serving effort

You: No, I’m pretty sure your tremendously successful franchise only has six rings.

Steeler Nation (in all of its glory): Wrong you are. See, every ring that we have conquered carries ten times the magnitude of another franchise’s.

You: That’s a ridiculous and a rather arrogant claim.

Steeler Nation (in all of its glory): Viewing history from afar, the Steelers are the most decorated professional football franchise since the birth of the Super Bowl era. We (Steeler Nation in all of its glory) have materialized ourselves into something beyond mortal standards; thus, the scope of our greatness multiplies to compensate this superiority.

You: I see now! There is no denying the Steelers’ immensity, and I’m starting to question why they aren’t getting much respect lately despite significant adversity from the league “string-pullers”.

Steeler Nation (in all of its glory): This is why we (Steeler Nation in all of its glory) have decided to leave this trivial league following the 2013-2014 season (and a final Lombardi capture – despite the league’s efforts to stop us) to begin our own magnificent association, free of corruption.

You: Great! I look forward to this marvelous football revolution. All hail the Steelers’ leadership in the face of football’s destruction from Goodell, agents, and lawyers.

Steeler Nation (in all of its glory): Good to see that you follow. You may leave now.

I don’t like sympathizing with Callahan, given his clear lack of head coaching acumen and given for whom he now works, but I’m on his side on this one. IMO the Raiduhs didn’t pursue the wrong strategy that day; they simply got their butts whipped by the best team in the league that year, a great team that could have continued its greatness had its coach been more concerned with coaching and less with his own celebrity.