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pokoko on 04 February 2013
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theRepublic said:
pokoko said:
It was a really enjoyable game, minus the delay and the unintelligible half-time performance. I watched the CBS stream so I didn't get to see most of the new ads, though.

I kind of like both teams and I kind of hate both coaches so I really had no dog in this fight--except that I picked the Ravens to win the Super Bowl at the start of the year in my friend's annual prediction league. There was a lot of drama at the end, which was fun.

As for that play in the end zone, I agree with the no-call. The Raven's player was holding and the 49er's player was pushing off with his hand on the other guy's helmet. I don't see how you could have called a foul on one and not the other.

Mike Pereira (former VP of Officiating) agrees with you.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/mike-pereira-super-bowl-xlvii-calls-no-holding-on-crucial-play-020313

 

"Here was the situation: the 49ers had the ball, fourth-and-goal from the Baltimore 5-yard line with 1:50 left in the game. Baltimore led, 34-29.

Kaepernick lofted a pass to Michael Crabtree, who was being guarded by Jimmy Smith. Both players were hand fighting and when you look at this play in real time, there's not enough to call pass interference against either player. Smith had a quick grab and Crabtree had a quick push-off. Smith went down on the play and the pass fell incomplete.

Crabtree never complained and it's the type of play where a flag thrown against either team would have, in my mind, created more controversy than a decision not to throw the flag.

By the way, it couldn't be defensive holding because the pass was in the air when the contact occurred. It's either offensive pass interference or defensive pass interference.

It was not an obvious foul and until I looked at it in slow motion, it seemed like no foul at all. It's not a penalty I would want called if I were still VP of Officiating for the NFL."

 

Good to know.  Thanks for that.  As someone who was pretty close to impartial, I felt like that no-call was the right call.  Mike Pereira is as trust-worthy a source as I've seen.