Crabtree also made Jimmy Smith grab a hold of his jersey, too.

If he doesn’t initiate contact…and Smith reaches out and hold him…then it’s more obvious and visible and the call is probably made.

In ANY sport, players try to get away with doing whatever they can to prevent the other team from scoring. The key is to do it in a manner that the ref doesn’t notice. Because Crabtree engaged Smith and started the contact…it gave Smith the opportunity to slow him down without making it obvious to the ref. Great play!

I don’t agree that Jimmy Smith commited a penalty, but if you want to argue that way, then let us analize the Ravens drive before: On 3rd & 2, the 49ers should have been flagged for a Personal Foul (late hit out of bounds) on Flacco. This was a much clearer penalty that the supposed PI from Jimmy Smith.

What would have been the outcome had the refs seen the late hit out of bounds? The Ravens would have had a new set of downs. They might have scored 7 instead of 3, which in turn would have meant that the 49ers would have needed TWO instead of one possession to win the game, with LESS time.

I think Kim dodged a bullet there, and he should be fair to aknowledge it. Can’t have it both ways.

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How did they cheat? Where is your empirical evidence that can quantify/qualify your statement? Sounds like you are acting like a one year old just throwing his mac and cheese on the wall and seeing if any of it sticks. Hey, love how you 49er whiners gloss over the obvious illegal contact and then pass interference on Smith in the endzone in the second quarter. Conveniently you forget about that and don’t ever comment about it. Watch the replay on NFL network in real speed and then in slow mo it. It is hilarious. You get to hear Phil Simms comment exactly about this and you get to see the ref right next to the play watching Smith’s jersey being grabbed and being arm barred. For some reason he did not throw a flag. The 49er’s got away with one there, because that is 7 more points on the board because it is 1st and goal at the 2 if they call the penalty that you whiners have said needs to be called for all 60 minutes of the game. We have heard all of your rule quoting on the Crabtree play. We’re waiting to hear you talk about the rules on that play.

If you go back through each and every game SF played this season, you’ll find bad calls that helped the 49ers. It happens to every team, every week. That is why Jim should’ve kept his mouth shut. He should know better..because I guarantee that if this was reversed, Jim wouldn’t be so concerned about the officiating.

And the fact is that Crabtree was held. Period. While there is a lot of subjectivity regarding penalties on many plays, when the intended receiver isolated in man coverage on a 4th down play gets blatantly held/impeded as he tries to run his route, the refs HAVE to make that call. And by the way, the Roddy White play was not interference, and comparing it to the Crabtree mugging just serves to insult everyone’s intelligence. I know some of you want to muddy the water here, but let’s keep it real.

Can’t say I blame Jim. And if his protests result in the NFL making sure that the rules of the game are enforced for 60 minutes, then we should all be thankful.

The Ravens will always be known as the team that won by cheating. That’s why the insults directed at Jim Harbaugh are so pointed.

So… Is there in fact any website that’s about football or is this as close as it gets?

So I guess you really are mad that the referees did not throw the flag for pass interference in the second quarter when Smith was illegally contacted down field (Phil Simms commented about this during the play) and then grabbed Smith’s jersey and arm barred him as the ball was in the air and the ball landed in the end zone about a yard away from Smith. You, Jim Harbaugh and all of the other 49er whiner fans are madder than an old wet hen that the refs did not call pass interference and award Baltimore the ball first and goal at the 2, right? I am sure you are as upset as a constipated two year old that the Ravens did not get that call and had to punt, right? Hypocrite. Take off the biased glasses and understand this game was consistently called both ways. The refs did not call much of anything both ways.

Your argument is flawed in that Jim wanted a holding call, which is not affected by the ball being catchable or not. Pass interference is the only call that is nullified by the catchability of the ball.

He seemed to have been too obsessed with football or being the slaughterer to the point where he forgot that getting the ball to delanie Walker and Vernon Davis would help them!!! Ray Lewis was terrible in coverage and he never attacked Ray??

Dad: Hey John, how’d your team do?
John: Aw, we lost.
Dad: Gee, that’s too bad. How’d Jimmy’s team do?
John: They lost too.
Dad: Oh shi*.

One more thing. I cannot stand Jim Harbough and I don’t like the 49ers.

But I do like properly officiated games.

I know that the 9ers may have gotten away with one in Atlanta, but that has nothing to do with the poor officiating in the Super Bowl.