Super Bowl Reflection

It's been a few hours since the Super Bowl ended, and I'm finally coming to terms with what happened. No matter how much I hate the Steelers I can't deny that it was a good game all around.

My biggest gripes are...

The officiating: they invented a penalty for "running over the holder" which honestly looked like in committing the "penalty" Wilson did more to save the holder from harm than if he hadn't, so who knows what that is about. Also, why not review the final fumble? Whatever argument you have against me on this, even if you think it was a fumble, there's NO reason to NOT review it. It's the Super Bowl, don't you want to be 100% certain that's the right call? And if you do think it was a fumble, having that ruling confirmed only gives you more ammo in the coming firestorm over the bad officiating.

The violence: James Harrison committed assault, battery and possibly attempted murder and yet the Steelers only got assessed about a half-yard in penalties. Please, before the Harrison hero-worship gets out of hand for the INT-TD, can somebody mail him a bill for $15,000 (maybe more). Millions of people around the world including young children watched Harrison assault Arizona's Francisco, who didn't so much as push Harrison back. He should've been ejected from the game, but it's too late now.

In my mind, the play of the game was Fitzgerald's touchdown to take the lead. The pure joy of the moment as he ran probably faster than he's ever ran before straight into the endzone and just kept running, holding his arms out in celebration all the way back to the Arizona sideline. Watching that replay over and over was the highlight of the night. Of course, all of those good feelings were crushed in the ~2:30 that followed but still a great moment.