Updated Feb 5, 2013 - 10:16 am
49ers' last Super Bowl shot wasn't pass interference
Despite Jim Harbaugh's histrionics and desperate pleading, 710 ESPN's Brock Huard and Mike Salk agree the referees made the right decision in not calling pass interference on the 49ers' final shot in the Super Bowl.
Harbaugh insisted Baltimore cornerback Jimmy Smith held receiver Michael Crabtree as quarterback Colin Kaepernick heaved a last ditch effort over the back corner of the endzone.
But Brock and Salk both say in today's video that unless there is incontrovertible evidence or a flagrant foul that clearly impacted the play, the referee should be deciding the final outcome of the game. And both agree while there was some contact, it was far from egregious.
Brock and Salk were also critical of both the play call and the execution. Salk says the whole play looked "desperate" and argues Kaepernick should have called time out, while Brock criticizes Crabtree for running straight to the corner without making any kind of juke or other move to shake Smith.
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EmeraldCityHawkeye wrote...PI isn't the questionFebruary 4, 2013 12:34 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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irony wrote...not that call...February 4, 2013 5:21 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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irony wrote...besides. that's still holding.February 4, 2013 5:22 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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irony wrote...getting jobbed is getting jobbedFebruary 4, 2013 5:23 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Nolm N Sayn wrote...No flag on this playFebruary 4, 2013 9:45 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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MK wrote...Horrible PassFebruary 5, 2013 10:32 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Brock Huard has co-hosted the show since 2009. After earning Gatorade Player of the Year honors at Puyallup High School, Brock went on to a record-setting career at Washington and then spent six years in the NFL, including four with the Seahawks. Brock also works for ESPN as a college football analyst in the booth and the studio. He makes his home on the Eastside with his wife Molly and their three young children.
Danny O'Neil, the new co-host of "Brock and Danny", is the son of a logger, a graduate of the University of Washington and has been a working journalist in Seattle since 1999, first at newspapers and since 2012 at 710 ESPN Seattle. He is married to Sharon Pian Chan, associate opinions editor at The Seattle Times. They live on Capitol Hill with their wrinkled, smelly dog.
