Superbowl: A Compilation of Holdings

Sucks to have a bloody anus, eh?

yeah. They should have called holding on Exhibit A, and awarded the Niners a Safety. Was clearly the difference in the game.

Yes there were some questionable calls, but that is not why the 49ers lost the game.

The slow start (I hate this recent trend), inability to cover Boldin on 3rd downs, and abandoning the run in goal line situations had much more of an impact than a few missed calls.

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That was a pretty bad holding on that punt, but what would have been different if they threw the flag? Answer....Nothing. Still would have been a safety. So this doesn't change anything. Not even the clock.

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they were probably even instructed to hold/tackle/ do whatever the can to not let the 9ers hit the punter...a penalty is still just a safety which is what they wanted anyway, and the clock is the same either way

if they dont hold they can either a) hit the punter quicker allowing less time to run off and b) could cause a fumble or something else disastrous from happening

pretty smart move by the Ravens honestly

That was great coaching- I was telling my brother that they should take the safety and everyone should hold on that play.

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Considering I have no dog in this fight, no.

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Genius call by John Harbaugh to tell all 10 blockers to tackle the defenders. Holding in the endzone is a safety but that was Koch's intention anyway. The holds allowed a couple more seconds to tick off. Genius

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it is genius...but thinking about it it does bring up a valid point of how the hell did the refs not throw a flag?

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it is genius...but thinking about it it does bring up a valid point of how the hell did the refs not throw a flag?

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Yeah. But the way the game was called, I'm not all that surprised.

I was sitting in 612 and saw a few of the holds.