Super Bowl XL
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- mattyd0
i actually heard an interesting theory this morning. and it is what it is, a theory. so, i don't want anyone calling me out as this conspiracy nut or anything.
but, could it have been possible that the NFL did heavily lean on the refs to make calls in favor of pittsburg? when you think about it, the merchandise machine is a big cash cow for the NFL. if the seahawks win that super bowl, the memorabilia isn't going to sell anywhere near as well as it will in pittsburg.
it is always assumed that the NFL is going to bend over backwards for the mannings (for peyton and eli --allowing eli to completely boycott a team that was going to draft him). the NFL practically gift wrapped this super bowl for the colts at the beginning of the year. it was fairly obious from the onset that the NFL was looking for the 'peyton finally does it!' storyline. but, what they keep forgetting to factor into the equation is that peyton is a choker (he'll win one eventually, but after this year, one has to wonder). the steelers just came in and wiped their ass with the colts. back to the drawing board for the NFL. who to ride now? why not the cinderella team? hey, that jerome bettis hasn't won one has he? let's ride that!
there is definitely the fact that the seahawks lost it themselves. no doubt. the steelers didn't make enough mistakes to blow it. but, if that pass interference penalty isn't called, pitt is a little more demoralized. if that holding call isn't made, seattle is up by 4.
something just doesn't seem right, yknow?