Seattle Seahawks’ fans still can’t stop talking about the refs in Super Bowl 40. In another 30 years, they’ll still be complaining about the calls that didn’t go their way. Bleacher Report listed the six most controversial playoff moments since 2000 and named the refs’ calls, or non-calls, in Super Bowl XL between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seahawks as the third-most debated moment(s).
Here’s what author David Kenyon wrote:
“Super Bowl XL referee Bill Leavy admitted four years later that he “kicked two calls in the fourth quarter” of the Seattle Seahawks’ loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.