The Effects of the Officials in Super Bowl XL Using Win Probabilities

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Published: May 3, 2009

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... way the refs were going, I wouldn’t have trusted them in overtime,” and that they were “[taking] the game away from us”?

If you answered anyone from the Seattle Seahawks, try again. The answer is former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joey Porter, who said that after the officials overturned Troy Polamalu’s fourth-quarter interception against Indianapolis in the AFC Divisional Round.

The NFL must have heard his message.

Three weeks later, the Seahawks were not only facing the Steelers in Super Bowl XL, but also Bill Leavy and the rest of the officiating crew. In the biggest game on the biggest stage, the officials made so many questionable calls that benefited Pittsburgh, all they were missing was a Steelers’ helmet.

Seattle was called for seven penalties for 70 yards, and Pittsburgh was called three times for 20 yards.

Said Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren, “I didn’t know w...

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