Official Super Bowl Thread?!

[vince]

That's a hell of a shot there. However, based on how his feet and legs were configured at the moment he caught the ball, it appears to me that picture is from well after he established control of the ball.

He had already turned his body and was helf-way to the ground at that point. While there isn't anything that definitively shows it was a legal catch (except the referrees), he could very well have had both feet down with control of the ball prior to that shot.

[mraynrand]

Both feet were clearly down - as witnessed by the second umpire on the grassy knoll.

[Bossman641]

I agree with Vince, I think that picture is from pretty late in the catch process. When he caught the ball his body was turned more toward Roethlisberger. There's no doubt in my mind that was a catch.

[KYPack]

Holmes blew it.

He should have written "Pepsi" on the bottom of his left shoe and 'Cola' on the bottom of the other one.

He'd be a billionaire right now.

[Harlan Huckleby]

well maybe holmes didn't have both feet down.

pft, has a pic up showing his feet and the right foot is clearly off the ground. the problem is, we don't know where in the catch that pic was taken

i thought for sure after watching the replays that he was in, now maybe i doubt that

I thought the right foot was off the turf just watching the replays on TV. Its really pretty obvious looking at that still photo.

I'm surprised the announced to even mention that as an issue. They just got caught-up in the drama, I guess, wanted to believe.

[red]

i think the pic that i posted from pft came well after the catch was made and he had both feet down

look at my picture and in the top left corner you'll see a black shoe

now look at the picture vince posted, thats the moment the catch was made, and as you can see the zona player wasn't close enough yet to have his left shoe in the other frame

[swede]

Check out this week's SI. There is a photograph taken from a point directly behind Holmes' back that shows both feet clearly down.

No controversy here other than such caused by the usual goofs that work to prove a point rather than work to find the truth.

[Bossman641]

Check out this week's SI. There is a photograph taken from a point directly behind Holmes' back that shows both feet clearly down.

No controversy here other than such caused by the usual goofs that work to prove a point rather than work to find the truth.

Yep there are a couple great photos in SI this week.

[vince]

Wow Swede, you got better eyes than I do. I can't tell for sure that his foot is down there... Although it would appear that he would have been able to tap his right foot from that position...