Bill Leavy to referee Seahawks at Steelers Sunday

It looks like Seahawks fans are getting an early start on their whining.

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Posted by Danny O'Neil

The same referee who officiated Seattle's controversial Super Bowl loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers has been assigned to Sunday's game when Seattle plays at Pittsburgh.

Referee Bill Leavy has been assigned to officiate Seattle's Week 2 game, which is at Pittsburgh. Leavy was the referee at Super Bowl XL, which included several controversial penalties.

Leavy admitted last year, in talking to Seattle-area reporters during training camp, that mistakes had been made.

"I kicked two calls in the fourth quarter, and I impacted the game," Leavy said to reporters last August. "And as an official, you never want to do that."

Specifically, those two calls were a penalty against tackle Sean Locklear for offensive holding, which nullified a pass to tight end Jerramy Stevens that would have put Seattle at the 1-yard line. The second came after an interception, and quarterback Matt Hasselbeck was penalized for an illegal low block on a play in which he actually made the tackle.

The NFL office assigns the officials to each game, and it's worth noting that in the three seasons Mike Holmgren coached the Seahawks after the Super Bowl, Leavy was never assigned a Seahawks game. Leavy has worked one Seahawks game since the Super Bowl.

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Really? Really?

Get over it already. Those two penalties didn't kill the game as much as throwing an INT when you were moving down the field did. Or maybe it was the fact that you let Willie Parker run 75 yards down the field for a TD.

Hey but don't let the actual play of the game hide the fact that you just want to bitch and moan because your team hasn't been the same since.

:baby bottle: Now shut up.

the only call he blew was the hassleback call. the other one was a clear hold

I think he was just trying to appease the seahawks, their coaches, front office, and the fans by making those comments. He just opened up a can of worms.

But I'll betcha they'll be loving it, if he blows a call that helps them.

In almost every game there's going to be some phantom calls and there's going be some non-calls that should have been called. That's part of the game. The good team overcomes it. The lesser team uses it as an excuse. How many times was Harrison held in that game?