Super Bowl XLVIII Seahawks vs Broncos

[Mystic Merlin]

Stupid Pete.

 
Nope.

 

[NortheasternPJ]

Ian rappaport?

 

[Dollar]

Great challenge.  It's either gonna be a first down or maybe an inch short, but that's the kind of gutsy call you need against Denver.

 

[staz]

Does it matter if the ball touched out of bounds?

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Not a 1st down, but 4th and inches.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Have to challenge that but I doubt he gets it.

 
I mean, the ball is right next to the marker. How can he not get it?

 

[Buster Olney the Lonely]

I thought I was going blind with that garbage spot. Geez. Get it together.

 

[PayrodsFirstClutchHit]

So if they move the spot and they are still short of a 1st down, does Seattle lose the challenge?

 

[Ed Hillel]

Great challenge.  It's either gonna be a first down or maybe an inch short, but that's the kind of gutsy call you need against Denver.

 
No, they only overturn if it's a first. Otherwise, the ball is put back where it is.
 
Yes, it's stupid.

 

[wibi]

Does it matter if the ball touched out of bounds?

 
Ball touched in before it went out of bounds

 

[Dr. Gonzo]

Was that Clete Blakeman on the Seahawks sidelines?

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Great challenge.  It's either gonna be a first down or maybe an inch short, but that's the kind of gutsy call you need against Denver.

 
It's kind of gutsy but it seemed obvious, I'm more shocked that the sideline ref missed the spot by a whole yard

 

[Stitch01]

I thought I was going blind with that garbage spot. Geez. Get it together.

Same

Kicking here is horrible of he's short

 

[Boston Brawler]

Maserati running an ad?

 

[Investor 11]

So if they move the spot and they are still short of a 1st down, does Seattle lose the challenge?

No

Edit: apparently I'm wrong. Why aren't they correct in the challenge side the spot was wrong?

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

Best commercial so far goes to the awesome car. 
 
Go away Ford.

 

[shawnrbu]

Ball don't lie.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

What? How was that not a first down?

 

[McBride11]

A Maserati commercial??
 
And the Refs really F'd that spot up.
 
edit: is that new? The spot moved, but because it wasn't a first down, SEA loses the challenge?? I mean they won didn't they? The ball moved 2.5 feet.

 

[soxhop411]

BULLSHIT

 

[mascho]

The fuck?

 

[Ed Hillel]

That's terrible.

 

[Eck'sSneakyCheese]

BULLSHIT

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Oh that is horseshit

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Um, alright?

 

[fineyoungarm]

That's enough for me - I'm buying a Maserati.

 

[RoyHobbs]

What a pro-Denver load of bullshit.

 

[Jnai]

Wtf?

 

[shawnrbu]

Deja Vu of XL

 

[Dollar]

For some reason this year they stopped moving the ball then re-measuring, instead just saying after replay if it made it or not.  Pretty stupid if you ask me.

 

[Leather]

No. Fake it

 

[PseuFighter]

that's horseshit.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Wait, they did move the ball forward? Why are they kicking?

 

[mabrowndog]

So wait... Carroll was right that they fucked up the spot, yet he still loses a TO? Horseshit rule.

 

[Leather]

Oh fuck.

Fix is in.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Fucking refs. Gotta do something about this.

 

[ivanvamp]

I don't know how they lose the challenge. Why can't the challenge simply be, Look, I think he got closer than that, it was a bad spot? And then it turns out that yes, the spot was bad and thus the challenge was correct.

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

c'mon, go for it with Beastmode

 

[Eck'sSneakyCheese]

Refs are going to screw the Hawks? WTF????????

 

[Beomoose]

That's enough for me - I'm buying a Maserati.

Refs saw hat commercial and then all went out to buy Pintos.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

It wouldn't be a game in the NFL in 2013 without a big obvious blown call.

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

I still don't get the spot.  The replay showed the nose of the ball at least was on the marker. 

 

[FenwayFrenzy]

They shouldn't lose the challenge -- the challenge was the spot, not the first down itself.  Does that mean they didn't even move the ball an inch forward?

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Seattle just lost the game kicking here.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

Would've rather had a touchdown. But points are points.
 
Time for the defense to go to work.

 

[RoyHobbs]

Oh fuck.

Fix is in.

 
yup, they gotta see their "SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR" narrative all the way to its logical conclusion

 

[staz]

Mariners 5-0 over Rockies

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Seattle just lost the game kicking here.

 
Oh.

 

[Trlicek's Whip]

Win or lose, I'm saddened that safety snap isn't GIF'd yet.

 

[Stitch01]

Awful call, awful decision to kick. Standard NFL