No words can describe the disappointment. The Seahawks went to the Super Bowl, but you know what - 30 other teams did not. This is a great accomplishment!
Sadly, the worst part is the poor officiating that we witnessed, made even worse by it becoming a national topic (see the extended entry). All and all - I am damn proud of MY Seattle Seahawks, and I will continue to support them. Next year - Miami, Super Bowl XLI, Hawks WIN!
GO HAWKS!
Kansas City Star
"What crime-ridden, boarded-building, automotive-industry-ravaged, snowy Detroit couldn’t do, an NFL officiating crew pulled off with relative ease in front of plenty of bored-silly football fans inside beautiful Ford Field."
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/13801320.htm
Washington Post
"And when Seattle wasn't bungling, the referees were."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/05/AR2006020501241_2.html
ESPN
"Well, the Steelers can call it even now, as the officials who performed well enough throughout the season to earn the privilege of working Super Bowl XL performed Sunday as though they were trying to make it up to the Steelers by giving them the game -- not just any game, but the biggest game."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs05/columns/story?columnist=smith_michael&id=2320683&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos2
Fox Sports
"This is what it has come to: Announcers comparing the bad calls happening before them to the bad calls from earlier rounds of the playoffs. Is this really what the NFL wants?"
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5310192
Boston Sports.net
"Looks like it wasn’t only the home crowd that was pro-Steelers at Ford Field."
http://www.patsfans.com/bob/display_story.php?story_id=2933