Posted by Jed Lewison on Mon Feb 4, 2008 at 4:49 AM Pacific

Did officials screw up the Superbowl, again?

By my reckoning, officials gave the New York Giants an extra 18 seconds in game clock they never should have had yesterday. They also probably called an official time out when they shouldn't have.

As a result, Eli Manning faced far less clock pressure than he would have otherwise. We'll never know for sure how that impacted the game, but it was probably major.

As a Seattle Seahawks fan, my heart goes out to the New England Patriot fans who will always wonder if bungling by the referees cost them a chance at a perfect season.

After the jump, I've posted some slides to show where I think the officials screwed up.

Also, here's a YouTube video that does a decent job of showing what I'm talking about (it's a little too hard to read the time on the clock, though):

Did officials screw up the Superbowl, again?

By my reckoning, officials gave the New York Giants an extra 18 seconds in game clock they never should have had yesterday. They also probably called an official time out when they shouldn't have.

As a result, Eli Manning faced far less clock pressure than he would have otherwise. We'll never know for sure how that impacted the game, but it was probably major.

As a Seattle Seahawks fan, my heart goes out to the New England Patriot fans who will always wonder if bungling by the referees cost them a chance at a perfect season.

After the jump, I've posted some slides to show where I think the officials screwed up.

Also, here's a YouTube video that does a decent job of showing what I'm talking about (it's a little too hard to read the time on the clock, though):

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