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Am I the only one to think that int return fell 1 inch short of the endzone?

Tough call on who to give the MVP too...probably Holmes.  That 40 yarder and the 6 yarder were both incredible (or so I've read).

Refs have already decided who should win.

That was a pretty darn entertaining Super Bowl, and really, that's all I ask.

Comcast apologizes for Ariz. porn interruption during Super Bowl

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- A cable television provider apologized Monday to Tucson-area customers over a 30-second porn interruption during the Super Bowl.

Philadelphia-based Comcast said it was conducting a thorough investigation "and will aggressively pursue all leads until we come to resolution." In separate statements, the company said it was "mortified" and "appalled" by the interruption.

"Our initial investigation suggests this was an isolated malicious act," Jennifer Khoury, Comcast's vice president for corporate communications, said.

The company said only customers in the Tucson area receiving the standard definition feed -- not high definition -- were affected.

Comcast has some 80,000 customers in unincorporated portions of Pima County, Marana and Oro Valley, but a company spokeswoman, Kelle Maslyn, declined to say how many standard definition customers there are or how many of those customers may have been watching the game.

Late Monday, Khoury said Comcast had decided to offer any Tucson customer who gets the standard definition service a $10 credit. The affected customers can receive the credit by calling a special telephone number or a Comcast call center, and are entitled to the money whether or not they watched the Super Bowl.

"The Super bowl is a family viewing event ... We can't undo what happened, but we remain deeply sorry for the impact this situation has had on our customers," Khoury said.

She said the credit was intended to "demonstrate to our customers, and to the Tucson community, how seriously we take this situation."

Tucson media outlets reported that they received calls from irate viewers about the pornographic material, which aired just after the Arizona Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald scored on a long touchdown reception during the final minutes of the game.

In Washington, Federal Communications Commission spokesman David Fiske said he was not aware of any complaints having been filed with the FCC as of Monday afternoon.

"At this point we just have no information," he said. If the agency receives complaints, review procedures will be followed.

"Every case concerning enforcement or indecency is fact-specific," he said, and added, "we can't ever speculate."

Khoury also said it was too soon to discuss a number of unanswered issues, ranging from how and why the incident occurred to what the source was and how the company's security system was breached.

Other questions include whether the interruption could have emanated from any broadcast provided for on-demand customers and whether any employees of the company might face discipline, depending on the investigation's outcome.

Fiske could not say whether the FCC potentially could impose a fine or other disciplinary action. "It depends on what the facts are," he said.

Referees were absolutely awful the entire game, on both sides.  The Cardinals got it a little worse.  Also, I can't believe the last play of the game wasn't reviewed.

I thought the refs did a great job with the game. None of the replay calls were wrong - and the ones that were in question really could have gone either way but just weren't conclusive. They actually DID review that last play by Warner and called it a fumble, and again, I could have seen that one go either way as well.

My opinion is going to be very unpopular here...

Football at the NFL level is a game that moves REALLY FUCKING FAST.  The fact that these refs make the correct call even half of the time is a pretty amazing example of their ability.  So... take a fast game, add a bajillion viewers second guessing you under an electron microscope, and you'll have barely a glimpse at what it's like to do the job of a ref. 

If you want to eliminate the role of the refs, do what my old coach always told us in college: Play well enough to take the refs out of the equation. 

It seems logical that professional referees would be paid as well as professional sport players. This is not the case. A typical referee makes between $2,000-4,000 per NFL game. Remember that this is a seasonal sport that is only played from September to December. Many referees officiate as a part-time job. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median salary for a referee was $29,850 in 2007.

If you want to eliminate the role of the refs, do what my old coach always told us in college: Play well enough to take the refs out of the equation. 

The Warner fumble at the end, otoh, they missed the call. No way you can tell me they did a thorough review before they let Pittsburgh snap the ball either. Basic easy reviews take 5 minutes at least, but they can bang out a change of possession call with 30 seconds left in a 4 point Super Bowl in 40 seconds? Bullshit.

  I propose this: if the ball doesn't pass the line of scrimmage (or touch a legal receiver before hitting the ground), it's a fumble.  Sure it makes wildly misthrown screen passes more dangerous, but the "was it going forward? was it re-tucked? oh may god it looks like one pixel may have moved slightly parallel to the line of scrimmage before coming completely out? but did he have full control of the ball at that point blah blah blah" nonsense that seems to happen way too often.

This is a Billion dollar industry, and they can't bother to have full time, committed referees?  Bullshit.

Maybe some, but I still think there are too many bang-bang plays in the NFL to expect them to get everything right on the field.

Which is what replay is supposed to help, getting it right. The NFL seriously needs professional refs.