There were 3 really bad calls/noncalls last night.  The bad call was the running into the kicker penalty which was bs.  The bad noncalls were the late hit on Flacco and Ed Reed being way offsides on the 2 pt conversion.  2 of the 3 benefitted SF so even if you think the last call in the endzone was terrible it's hard for me to see how anyone thinks the officiating favored one team.

In response to Muzwell's comment:

Akers flopped.  That was oscar worthy imo.

The point of that rule is to ensure safety of a kicker who, because, of the kicking motion, has no way to protect himself. When a rusher comes into the kickers space making contact inevitable, you cannot have referees making judgements on how bad the contact threatened the health of the kicker or whether the contact was a flop. Putting judgement into the call just makes it mre subject to bias-based errors on calls.

In response to seattlepat70's comment:

The point of that rule is to ensure safety of a kicker who, because, of the kicking motion, has no way to protect himself. When a rusher comes into the kickers space making contact inevitable, you cannot have referees making judgements on how bad the contact threatened the health of the kicker or whether the contact was a flop. Putting judgement into the call just makes it mre subject to bias-based errors on calls.

Contact wasn't inevitable.  Akers started falling before the Ravens player even got to him.  He fell into the guy.  It was a flop.  Punters do it all the time and it doesn't get called.

Didn't watch much of the game, so I don't really have an opinion on the officiating. I am generally in favor of the "Let 'em play" mentality. As any Pats fan knows, sometimes it giveth (St. Louis) and sometimes it taketh away (New Jersey), so the best thing to do is not put yourself in a situation where you're hoping the zebras will bail you out.

My beef is with Phil Simms.

Generally, I think Simms is pretty good, but does anybody besides me get sick of listening to him rave exuberantly at whatever decision the officials make. There he was again at the end of the game going on and on about what a "perfect no call" the holding -- and it was holding -- was.

You can bet your boots and mittens that if they'd thrown the flag there, he would have been jumping up and down about how you simply "have to throw the flag in that situation."

Look . . .   I get that the networks control the league and guys like Simms and Nance are mere mouthpieces who spew the company line and smile while they collect their checks . . .   but every once in a while a little genuine objectivity would be nice.

Other than that, I have no strong feelings on the subject.

Didn't watch much of the game, so I don't really have an opinion on the officiating. I am generally in favor of the "Let 'em play" mentality. As any Pats fan knows, sometimes it giveth (St. Louis) and sometimes it taketh away (New Jersey), so the best thing to do is not put yourself in a situation where you're hoping the zebras will bail you out.

My beef is with Phil Simms.

Generally, I think Simms is pretty good, but does anybody besides me get sick of listening to him rave exuberantly at whatever decision the officials make. There he was again at the end of the game going on and on about what a "perfect no call" the holding -- and it was holding -- was.

You can bet your boots and mittens that if they'd thrown the flag there, he would have been jumping up and down about how you simply "have to throw the flag in that situation."

Look . . .   I get that the networks control the league and guys like Simms and Nance are mere mouthpieces who spew the company line and smile while they collect their checks . . .   but every once in a while a little genuine objectivity would be nice.

Other than that, I have no strong feelings on the subject.

"Probably the worst officiated SB since SB 40 when Seattle had like 10 mystery penalties called on them. Normally, the SB is the cleanest called game all year."

I find this hard to believe. Both Pats Super Bows were far worse than this yeras officiating.

r u bleeping nuts!  Did you watch the game or not?  Do you really think the Raven thugs would have won that game if it had been properly ref'd????