Comments on: Jimmy Smith: I didn’t interfere, Michael Crabtree ran into me

By: stuartscottslefteye

stuartscottslefteye — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:07:10 +0000

Let’s face it…if the SuperDump doesn’t lose power the game isn’t even close.

By: whiteyj69

whiteyj69 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:12:14 +0000

I agree with the no-call on this play. I have a beef with was the no-call on blatant helmet-to-helmet collision on the previous play. 9 out of 10 times it gets called, especially with the NFL trying to crack down on helmet to helmet. Should have been half the distance to the goal, and a new set of downs for the .

Regardless, the refs were sloppy all game, and the Ravens definitely lucked out in the end, but the game shouldn’t have been that close in the first place.

By: hor2012

hor2012 — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:35:38 +0000

You know all you fans that want to talk about putting * next to superbowl victories should really get over yourselves. If that call had gone the other way and the niners would have scored then none of you niners fans would have a issue at all. You lost and for the record I’m not a Ravens fan. And, I agree with the previous post. It’s not like you had stopped the Ravens all game long. I doubtvery seriously you would have kept them from driving the length of the field on you. So, get over it. The Ravens are the Superbowl champions, plain and simple. And, there’s not a damn thing your whinning about it can change. So, reload and make another run at it next year.

By: swagger52

swagger52 — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 04:34:23 +0000

East Coast bias..and St. Louis is not West Coast.
You are trying to say that St. Louis should be included with East Coast bias? hahaha. I live in St. Louis. Wow, that is a whopper. San Francisco home of the whopper and whiners.

By: shadeforourbattle

shadeforourbattle — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:58:06 +0000

@4d9erdynasty

1st quarter with 00:23 left. 2nd and 13 from the San Fran 37. Flacco passes incomplete deep right to 82-T.Smith. On that play Phil Simms tells the audience that T.Smith was illegally contacted downfield and shows the video evidence of it also showing the video evidence of when the ball was in the air and the SF DB was grabbing T.Smith’s jersey and arm barring him, impeding and interfering with T.Smith’s ability to catch the ball that landed about a yard in front of him in the endzone. Were you upset that the refs did not call the penalty on this play. 1st and goal at the 2 would have been the result of the PI or the illegal contact would have given the a 1st down at the 32 of SF. Did that make your blood boil that the Ravens were forced to punt the ball instead of having the refs enforce the rules because “when it was time to make the correct call they swallowed there whistle?” Did it make your blood boil when Joe Flacco was annihilated when he was out of bounds on the 3rd and 2 play from the SF 20 yard line with 4:28 left in the 4th quarter and the refs should have called that penalty which would have given the Ravens 1st and goal at about the 5 and the 49er’s only had 2 timeouts left? I bet it made you mad and annoyed as a hound-dog with a really bad case of worms because “when it was time to make the correct call they swallowed there whistle.” Or does it only count when the refs miss calls on your team?

By: lostsok

lostsok — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:43:40 +0000

That was perhaps the worst officiated Super Bowl I’ve seen, and I haven’t missed a Super Bowl since Dallas/Pittsburgh in the 70s.

From not ejecting Williams for pushing the ref in the first to, arguably, the final play…it was bad call after no call from kickoff to gun.

That said: BOTH teams were either victims or beneficiaries at different times.

The REAL reason San Fran lost is coaching. The wasted two timeouts that could have made a difference…and they threw fade passes against a gassed defense instead of running Rice or Kaepernick when it mattered.

As to the final play, it could not be PI unless it was on Crabtree (he initiated contact), and it can’t be defensive holding on an uncatchable pass.

It was a horrible call by Hairball. Pure and simple.

By: 4d9erdynasty

4d9erdynasty — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:01:36 +0000

Not to mention the 2 ravens that grabbed bruce miller and mugged him opening up jacoby jones return costing niners 7 points.

By: kev86

kev86 — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:37:17 +0000

Off setting penalties would have worked better.

By: 4d9erdynasty

4d9erdynasty — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:34:20 +0000

The funny thing is i hear all these people saying it was the right call. the guy was holding his jersey with both hands while walking with him. even if i wasnt a niner fan it was pretty blatant to me. i have not seen one person on tv from nfl network to espn that thought it was a good no call. only niner haters and raven fans disagree. the drive before they for sure called a PI on culliver on a 3 and 9 that resulted in a FG that put the game to a 5 point lead. when it was time to make the correct call they swallowed there whistle. east coast bias.

By: filthymcnasty1

filthymcnasty1 — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:52:04 +0000

I previously thought the Niners choked in the clutch, but fortunately Harbaugh and all his apologists are here to make excuses for what happened. So I no longer believe what I saw with my own two eyes when the Niners choked in the clutch, and now believe the 49er fairy tale version.

By: killitandeatit

killitandeatit — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:34:21 +0000

Looking at the entire body of work by these officials ,during the ultimate sporting event ,the Super Bowl,it is clearly a complete failure. There is without question an East Coast bias in sports. I guess because you have the NFL H.Q. and ESPN along with the networks everything revolves around the East Coast. This is another example of the Sea Hawk / Steeler S.B. Let us not forget how the Raiders were jobbed by the tuck rule on that snowy New England night. It will be interesting to see if another West Coast NFL team ever gets a fair shot at the Lombardi Trophy. St. Louis is not West Coast,just in case you are wondering.

By: xli2006

xli2006 — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:16:46 +0000

100%, without question, undeniably Defensive Holding. It was a catchable ball, he was grabbed to stop his progress, he was about a step and a half short of the pass and was held for what would have been that amount of time needed to make the play.

It’s just up to the Ref on whether or not to call it, which he didn’t. The Ref blew the call.

By: peopletrains

peopletrains — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:02:47 +0000

Crabtree tried running over Smith, Smith held Crabtree. The right call was no call at all. There would have been zero fairness in offsetting penalties. Really, 4th and Goal AGAIN for the Niners? Yeah, that’s fair.

By: orndorf2

orndorf2 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:49:24 +0000

The refs really missed all of the intentional holding on the safety play near the end of the game. Otherwise, as a Saints fan I couldn’t care any less than you guys cared about bounty gate…. Later suckas!!!

By: frankyvito

frankyvito — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:41:50 +0000

Lemme get this straight. You stood directly in front of a receiver you fully intended to jam who’s job you know it is to run straight ahead so that counts as “his fault?” Then you admit you held him past the 5 yards, which is illegal, but it shouldn’t count because he hit you first, which IS legal? Cool story, bro. Look, Jerry Rice fumbled against the Packers back in the day. Bad call. Not the reason they lost. But it happened. That was defensive holding. Not the reason they lost. But it happened.

By: domezo

domezo — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:12:56 +0000

no doubt in my mind that should have drawn a flag! but it didnt so lewis gets to retire with a another ring and a stabbed corpse….i mean what?!

By: tek9er

tek9er — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:53:30 +0000

@shadeforourbattle: Bro I think you forgot a couple, like Ed Reed jumping offsides, the guy that pushed the ref, or the blatant holding during the safety, I mean c’mon no flags on that one? really?? And i’m pretty positive there’s a couple more “non-calls” i’m forgetting. Not only were the Niners penalized more in the game, the Ravens were NOT penalized when it counted the most! ie: the run-back, the safety, with the Crabtree hold being the cherry on top. My problem isn’t so much with the outcome; regardless of what the “experts” were saying there was always a 50/50 chance we’d win or lose, my issue is that the refs were not consistent and did a crap job officiating during the biggest game of the season, especially during the most pivotal points in the game, with every non-call seemingly all going against the Niners. And now to add insult to injury Ravens fans and players a like are all acting like nothing happened!? Ok whatever then. The Ratbirds won congrats to them, but like judge Judy says, just don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining!

By: Nostrils10

Nostrils10 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:31:19 +0000

“The refs kept the flags in their pocket and I don’t have a problem with it. That’s football.”

and yeah I agree with that, but keep it consistent… because if that’s football, then that 3rd down PI on culliver where the ravens whole sideline was whining was some phantom bs… let them play like men and im ok, but call one ticky tack call and let another go, thats some bs… I’d rather them let more contact go, so we can stop seeing these players stop finishing plays and just crying..

thats why i respect Dwight Freeney & Robert Mathis… those (undersized) badasses are always punkin tackles and getting held, but instead of throwing their hands up like “wheres the flag” they just play through it.. and even after the play, don’t look back for one, just move to the next play… thats how you play the game

it just happens too often… stop with this soft crap let the MEN play

By: Nostrils10

Nostrils10 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:26:40 +0000

all I’m bothered by are the people saying “he couldn’t have caught it”… I hate both teams, love to see Harbaugh crying tbh, but if you honestly think that without the contact he couldn’t have caught it.. you’re tripping, and i’m almost positive you are someone who has never played the game, just view the angles from the tv….especially with how many toe dragging catches are made today.

other than that shut up, all of you…. and Ravens fans are so cute on here, so defensive… Like i said i hate both teams but you know damn well you got away with one, and yall are the biggest whiners so dont come with this “suck it haters” stuff, win like a man and lose like a man….

oh and YOU ARENT ON THE TEAM (ravenator), this weenie acts like he did something to win the game

By: sharks123

sharks123 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:22:30 +0000

Raven’s didn’t hit anyone in the mouth. They threw down the field on the weakass secondary.

By: pencilmonkeymagic

pencilmonkeymagic — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:43:46 +0000

Replay the game! Oh, wait…

By: shadeforourbattle

shadeforourbattle — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:37:05 +0000

Lets run down the list of no calls that the refs did not make from the start of the game to the end.
(1) The refs blew the call when Smith was pass interfered in the first half by the 49er’s when the ball landed in the endzone. Ravens punt instead of having 1st and goal at the 2.
(2) The fight. One raven is punching the 49er lineman on the ground, causing his helmet to come off. #49 is punching the helmet off of the Ravens DB. #75 dives into the pile after the play is dead, spearing the player with his helmet and punching him. The Raven DB pushes the ref. All 4 players by rule should be ejected.
(3) The ref’s blew the call by not calling holding on the Jone’s kickoff TD. It was funny watching the 49er player be grabbed, picked up off of the ground and carried like a toddler and the refs call no penalty.
(4) Kap’s touchdown run was such an obvious hold on the Defensive lineman by the 49er offensive linemen, but no call.
(5) The refs blew the call when the 49er secondary player launched himself into the pile doing his best impression of the great John Lynch for the Bucs after the whistle blew the play dead and speared Ray Rice with his helmet. Ray Rice was yelling at the ref who was standing right there to call the penalty, but the ref did not. I guess helmet to helmet contact and traumatic brain injuries aren’t such a worry for the NFL in the Super Bowl.
(5) The refs blew the call by calling a penalty on Aker’s flop. Wasn’t even touched. Got a 2nd try and nailed the FG.
(7) The refs blew the call on Gore’s touchdown as #77 pulls and grabs ahold of both of Suggs shoulder pads, turns him and sings a sweet song to him. Also on that play Ngata was chopped blocked that the refs missed and that caused Ngata to leave the game.
(6) The refs blew the call on Roughing the passer when Joe Flacco was hit out of bounds. 1st and goal at the 3 if that penalty is called.
(8) The refs blew the call on Crabtree. That was defensive holding. Rules are rules. No extenuating circumstances.

The refs kept the flags in their pocket and I don’t have a problem with it. That’s football. And guess what. There a probably many more blown calls, but I think it is good for football when only 7 penalities are called and the players determine the game (20 yards of penalties 15:obvious roughing passer/5:running into kicker for the Ravens and 33 yards of penalties 4:obvious face mask/5:illegal formation/10:offsides/14:pass interference for the 49er’s). Why do you fortywhiners have a problem with it? Why do you fortywhiners say such unfounded things as the game was given to the Ravens? Why do you fortywhiners not address all of the non calls? One non call is not the sum total of the game. Be men and not act like spoiled little entitled kids. Life aint’ fair, as witnessed by this football game where calls were missed as well as a more perspective lending reality in our world that needs St. Judes’ Children’s Hospital and Walter Reed.

By: edgarpoe3

edgarpoe3 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:30:59 +0000

So…do people enjoy watching the Super Bowl or do they watch the game so they have something to argue about?

By: msalvash

msalvash — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:15:20 +0000

@bengalstink…the “fix” is when the lights when out!! or you and your 9ers would have been in for a long long night!!!

By: ravenmuscle

ravenmuscle — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:14:46 +0000

Ravens will REPEAT in New York.

By: bostonbias

bostonbias — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:05:14 +0000

Was it Def holding on the last call.

Vote

thumbs up is yes it was holding

thumbs down is no it was not holding

By: tek9er

tek9er — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:56:59 +0000

I love this, “If it wasn’t for the power outage it would’ve been a blowout” line Ratbird fans keep using, as if the Niners haven’t been coming from behind throughout the playoffs! This game was proof that you just can’t gameplan for bad officiating.

By: amoses74

amoses74 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:52:29 +0000

when reading these posts….. Ravens fans are just as obnoxious as their beloved players.

By: xavierd3

xavierd3 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:50:00 +0000

On the “no-call” in the Falcons game your allow contact inside 5yds

By: amoses74

amoses74 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:48:19 +0000

What is he supposed to say??? Looks to me like you had both hands grabbing jersey before he ever touched your helmet. Another dumb athlete recreating history.