obviously i wasn't right there. i am just watching on tv like everybody else. but the coverage is great these days and the camera gets right in there...
thanks for reminding me about this important discussion topic that I've been debating all day, between my two ear holes...
the majority of NFL fans perceive what only those 3-4 mega entertainment corps decide to broadcast on our TVs (or mobile devices!). the Steelers VS Bengals WC game was an all-time embarrassment EVEN when considering the heavily edited footage ONLY. sure, the Announcers clued us in to some of the more notable "extra curricular" embarassments - like when the trashier Bengals fans hurled trash at an injured Big Ben being carted off the field - but our friendly "journalists" left out many important, game-altering fights, altercations, etc (and perhaps more importantly, the specifics of those aforementioned events)
however, we can thank social media for keeping us truly up-to-date. I have seen a lot of fan-posted Vines n shit that more accurately present that disgusting game of football played last weekend. and again, despite my bias, there were prolly just as many Steelers offenders as Bengals offenders...
the most notable vines from that WC Game:
1) Steelers Line Coach and former H/C Mike Munzchak getting into a sideline altercation with a Bengals CB. sure, the Cinci CB runs pretty hard into the coach, but the coach kinda pulls his arm down and then slightly
pulls the CB's hair... WTF? at the very least, the Bengals got a 15 yrd penalty in their favor for this, but the cameras never showed
2) Burfit's 3rd quarter vicious sack on Big Ben that took BB out of the game. this sack looked rough, but not illegal. however, I have seen a heaps of Vines showing a diff camera angle that showed Tez at the end of his sack, belly-to-belly on BB, but then Tez like spun around on his belly while simultaneously driving his knees into BB's hurt shoulder, multiple times
3) Pacman Jones 15 yard penalty... so A. Brown is concussed and being helped off the field by trainers and LB Coach Porter, for some reason Tez has his hand on Brown's shoulder as he's being escorted away, he said something, cuz then LB Coach Porter says something... then like 5 more Bengals rush Porter/concussed Brown, and then you can see Pacman run up to the pile from 10 yards away and try to swing on Porter... some say he kinda barely touched the ref and that's a no-no
4) no ESPN cameras showed just how much trash was being hurtled at BB as he was being carted off the field... even the Steelrers fan in my laughed a bit, although if I was BB I would have thrown up the double-fingers
long-ass post, and I could actually scour the net and find these if there's any controversy
sorry for the long post, I'm passionate about football