[Husker] Green Bay or Pittsburg

[Mike Nolan]

> I think Joe Buck is the finest broadcaster in all of sports...with the 
> possible exception of Bob Costas.  Of course, I live near St Louis, so I'm 
> probably biased towards them both.
 
I'll take Pam Ward over virtually any of the pro announcers.

> Troy Aikman is normally very good, but I thought he had a bad night for the 
> Super Bowl.  He made several mistakes (I can't think of them right now, but 
> it seems like he called the wrong player on several occasions).  He also 
> seemed to dote on both QBs...no surprise there, though, given his 
> background.  That said, he's still better than anyone doing college games.

I thought both announcers were full of themselves during the game.
Any game where you're that AWARE of who the announcers are is being poorly 
called.  (Musberger remains the worst at this.)  

I counted at least three times where they spent the time between
plays praising each other's commentary rather than reviewing the 
previous play, when it was pretty obvious from the crowd noise that 
the stadium screens were showing the play and the crowd was unhappy about 
something, sure would have been nice to know what.

All in all, a farily typical game for Fox Sports, which is not
the best at doing football.  Considering the number of cameras they
must have had, their instant replay coverage was dismal.  

As to the officials, I thought they missed several calls,
notably an egregious hold on Green Bay's first drive that might have 
caused the drive to stall out, hence my earlier comment about
the officials making (or not making) calls that may have affected 
the outcome of the game.  Even the announcers saw that one.  

I also saw a few cases where it was pretty close to pass interference.

And that celebration penalty was just silly.  The NCAA celebration
rule is stupid (ask Kansas State), I didn't realize the NFL rules were 
nearly as silly.

However, I thought the officials got the key calls right in the 4th quarter.  
And it was a far closer game than one might exect when one team gives
up that many points on turnovers including a pick-six.

Big Ben was not having his best day, if it hadn't been for Mendenhall,
I think the game would have been a blowout, I hope he's not getting 
blamed for the loss because of his fumble.  

And the better team won.
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Mike Nolan