“…Think what’s happened here. Three straight plays from the Baltimore 5: Kaepernick, one of the most dangerous players in the sport, has not rushed. Gore hasn’t touched the ball. Three straight pass attempts to the same guy, Crabtree, and all three toward the right corner. Inexperienced right-handed quarterbacks are more comfortable throwing to their right. The Ravens’ defense was expecting passes, and passes to the right — just what San Francisco delivered.”

And about that non-call for dee holding –

…”Harbaugh/West thought defensive holding should have been called on the fourth-and-goal. It could have been, but Crabtree was pushing off too, and on the opposite side of the field, San Francisco receiver A.J. Jenkins pretty much threw his defender to the ground, which could have been flagged.”

And lastly –

…”Wasn’t it just two weeks ago that the Niners got away with some grabbing on Atlanta’s fourth-and-4 at the end? Don’t recall Harbaugh/West becoming hysterical about that call. Officials don’t want to decide games, especially playoff games. They should not allow more contact in the postseason than in the regular season, but the reality is, they do. A full-time professional coach should know this, and know it’s a reason why, on fourth-and-goal from the 5 to win the Super Bowl, a fade is a weak call.”

And, I saw at least two instances of roughing the passer by 49ers Dee that was not called, either. So, on balance, it is what it is. Not perfect, but very entertaining, and either team deserved to win it, and could have. Ravens won, end of story.

Would the lack of the calls changed the outcome? Who knows. We lost and it hurts! But a foul is a foul and no matter how big the stage is, you call it! This by far was the worst officiating in a Super Bowl.

The saddest part is we the fans suffer from it the most. It is our love and support for the game that funds it. From season tickets to buying merchandise.

Pretty sad though that Gore can get fined 10,500.00 for socks being to low, but someone who blatantly shoves a Ref gets “NOTHING” so my words to the NFL is: C’mon man

I congratulate the Ravens on their win and as A die hard Niner fan I hope it dont take another 18years to get back to the dance. “GO NINERS” What a great season…

So, I’m not surprised that you have nothing more intelligent to say and have to settle for “sour grapes”.

And the NFL should just fix that already since it’s a simple fix. If under 30 seconds to go in the game there is an offensive penalty on a safety the clock is reset to the time of the snap so no time is loss when it’s punted. That way teams aren’t going to hold and if they do they get punished for it.

Later in the game, Williams broke up a pass to Ted Ginn in the endzone when he shouldn’t even have been in the game. Let us not forget the hold by two separate players on Bruce Miller that allowed Jacoby Jones to run right through Miller’s gap responsibility on the 2nd half TD return. Look up the stills and replay on Google, it’s quite absurd. The refs did a lousy job, and I would’ve thought that even if the Niners had won.

“Offsides”

Exactly. Let’s not forget this game was a blowout until the mysterious power outage that completely changed momentum. San Fran fans should be thankful that the blackout helped prevent their team from being embarrassed.

Yet nearly every single NFL Analyst, former Ref, former player, etc. say that it was a great no call. Where are those quotes? In fact Crabtree had been pushing off all game. Just look at two plays earlier when he shoves Graham at the goal line. Please let it go. If it wasn’t for the power outage this was a blowout.

Exactly. Officiating changes as the game goes on, also.

Pay attention.

Also, Silver Linings Playbook = movie of the year