Wonder why sweet hasn't posted this article....

[BLBisinnocent]

NFL ref admits mistakes

RENTON, Wash. -- NFL referee Bill Leavy acknowledged he made mistakes in the Seattle Seahawks' 2006 Super Bowl loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The veteran official began an annual training-camp rules interpretation session with the Seattle media after practice on Friday by bringing up the subject without being asked.


"It was a tough thing for me. I kicked two calls in the fourth quarter and I impacted the game, and as an official you never want to do that," said the veteran of 15 NFL seasons and two Super Bowls.

"It left me with a lot of sleepless nights, and I think about it constantly," Leavy said of the game in February 2006. "I'll go to my grave wishing that I'd been better."

Several calls went against the Seahawks in their 21-10 loss to the Steelers. It was Seattle's only Super Bowl appearance.

This week is the first time since that game Leavy has been in Seattle with the Seahawks. He and a mini-crew arrived Thursday to help with the team's practices and give it a rules presentation.

Leavy didn't specify which plays he "kicked" that day in Detroit.

Early in the fourth quarter, tackle Sean Locklear was called for holding on a pass completion that would have put the Seahawks at the Pittsburgh 1, in position for the go-ahead touchdown. After the penalty, Matt Hasselbeck threw an interception, and then was called for a low block on a play that ended with him tackling Pittsburgh's Ike Taylor on the defensive back's return.

The penalty moved the Steelers from their 29 to the 44. Pittsburgh used its better field position to score the clinching touchdown four plays later.

The next day, then-Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren told fans at a civic gathering at Qwest Field, "I knew it was going to be tough going up against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I didn't know we were going to have to play the guys in the striped shirts, as well."

Holmgren, now a top executive with the Cleveland Browns, has since said he's gotten over that game.

But Leavy hasn't.

"I know that I did my best at that time, but it wasn't good enough," said the retired police officer and firefighter in San Jose, Calif., who became an NFL referee in 2001. "When we make mistakes, you got to step up and own them. It's something that all officials have to deal with, but unfortunately when you have to deal with it in the Super Bowl it's difficult."

When high-profile referee Ed Hochuli visited the Seahawks' training camp in the months after that Super Bowl, he and his crew took good-natured ribbing from players.

"The Super Bowl was one of those games where it seemed the big calls went against Seattle," Hochuli said in August 2006. "And that was just fortuitous -- bad fortuitous for Seattle.

"The league felt, actually, that the Super Bowl was well officiated. Now, that doesn't mean there were no mistakes. There are always mistakes, but it was a well-officiated game."

[Bisket]

Seahawks didn't deserve to be champs anyway......

[Bozzie]

fuk it....

champs in my mind

[QuadzillaXXX]

i'm sure that invisible trophy looks great lol

[Bozzie]

Originally Posted by QuadzillaXXX

i'm sure that invisible trophy looks great lol

yep.... got in my invisible trophy case along with my 2010 Seattle Sonics world champions mini banner and my 1996 M's world series champs cup from burger king.





This is the way you get if you're a seattle fan.. it's been rough for the last 25 years.
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[LordCC]

If they wont reverse a no hitter when it was clearly one, then his admission is great, but wont change anything either.

[QuadzillaXXX]

Originally Posted by bozzie

yep.... got in my invisible trophy case along with my 2010 Seattle Sonics world champions mini banner and my 1996 M's world series champs cup from burger king.





This is the way you get if you're a seattle fan.. it's been rough for the last 25 years.
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just be happy with the fact that you don't live in pittsburgh

[CANDY-MAN]

Originally Posted by LordCC

If they wont reverse a no hitter when it was clearly one, then his admission is great, but wont change anything either.

Yep that is the truth.

[Sweetleaf22]

I didnt think Bill Leavy allowed a 75-yard touchdown run to Willie Parker. I didnt think Bill Leavy allowed a 43-yard touchdown pass to Antwaan Randle-El? I didn't think so.

You want bad calls get out the 2001 AFC Championship tape, the Steelers were robbed against New England, Cowher ran out of challenges. Go back to 2006 playoff game Stteler vs Colts, when Troy intercepted Peyton Manning but the call was overturned. Terrible call, but the Steelers were good enough to overcome it in the end. Seahawk cheese..