Truemors
is reporting from
Member
NP Rank:
NP Rank:
Santonio Holmes Catch At Super Bowl XLIII One For the Ages
Share:
by Jon Azpiri | February 2, 2009 at 12:05 pm
9375 views | 2 Recommendations | 20 comments
This year, Pittburgh's Santonio Holmes made an incredible catch to give the Steelers a 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals. For the second year in a row, the Super Bowl was decided by a spectacular touchdown reception. Last year, it was Plaxico Burress of the Giants.
With less than a minutes left in the game and the Steelers down 23-20, Steelers quarterback threw a pass to Holmes in the corner of the end zone. Holmes had to make a spectacular catch for the touchdown. He beat out three defenders as he dove for the ball and just barely managed to keep both feet inbounds.
The catch capped off a great game for Holmes. He finished with nine receptions for 141 yards.
Holmes has come off a topsy-turvy year. In 2006, Holmes was arrested for marijuana possession. Earlier this year, a nude photo him in the shower was posted on the internet. During Super Bowl Week, he revealed to reporters that he was a drug dealer when he was younger.
Videos
Photos
Advertisement
NowPublic on Facebook
What is NowPublic?
NowPublic lets people work together to cover news events around the world.
Crowd Power
shareski
Moose Jaw, Canada
Jon Azpiri
Vancouver, Canada
Related Stories
Recommendations (2)
Anonymous users (2)
Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (20)
at 10:24 on February 3rd, 2009
Nowhere on the internet or across the country can you show me a picture of Santonio Holmes in possession of the ball and both feet on the ground. Assuming the right toe touching behind the left toe does not count. Cardinal rule of refereeing is "to call something you cannot/did not see". They did - to push the game over the 47 points. Someone please show me a photo of both toes clearly touching the ground!!!
at 23:51 on February 10th, 2009
i got two pictures
at 17:50 on February 18th, 2009
http://www.scoresreport.com/tag/santonio-holmes-super-bowl-pictures/
take a look for yourself
at 00:10 on February 21st, 2009
You are crazy and sound like a Seattle fan possibly still bitter over Super bowl 40. So sorry,
at 09:03 on February 22nd, 2009
http://www.azcentral.com/closeup/articles/0203spt-closeupholmestd.html
at 15:02 on August 13th, 2009
I am an Arizona fan and I found the replay from overhead that settled my feelings on the subject. I agree there is not one picture that will show BOTH feet down. I know the arguements and can counter any because at no one time were both feet on the ground. However, the rule is not that both feet have to be down but that two feet come down in bounds. If you watch the overhead replay, you will see the catch be made, his right foot comes down as he pivots, then the left foot comes down as hit right lifts. When he hits the ground, he has control of the ball. Any other play in any other game at any other point on the field, this is a catch. Doubt what you like. I had swore, until this moment, that this was not actually a catch but it does not matter now. I have now changed my perspective. I absolutely hate it but it WAS a catch and these are the facts.
at 17:15 on February 3rd, 2009
that picture does not exist my friend...this smells funny...
at 20:10 on February 11th, 2009
And, my flaming idiot friend, I got three pictures for you.
Frankly, I have come to the end of instant reply in the NFL. It is becoming so technical and so trivial I am losing interest. If a running back loses the ball a nanosecond after his knee touches, to me it is a fumble. I don't care if that knee touched a nanosecond before fumbling - he fumbled. Same goes for toes touching within centimeters of the out-of-bounds marker - as long as he in not "out-of-bounds" it is a catch. It is only you cry-babies who try to over-analyze this crap, especially jealous Steelers haters who lost too much money on the Cardinals, like this fool.
If you want to really over-analyze a play in the Super Bowl, take a real real good look at Fitzgerald's first touchdown. In my opinion it is a touchdown but it is by far more questionable than Holmes' game winning catch, which was not questionable.
It appears Fitzgerald does bobble the ball on his foreman as he is it hit, kind of gets control, then the ball hits the turf and bounces back into his stomach, then of course, he rolls over showing the ref he has control and it is a touchdown. Again, I feel it is a touchdown but to you biased fools you do not want to believe it.
As I just stated I believe this is a touchdown but out of all the plays this is the one that should be a topic of discussion.
In closing, to all your Cardinals fans, I hate the Cardinals only because of the owner - Bidwell. He brought the hearts of all St. Louis fans not because of economics but because of greed. I will never root for the Cardinals but your team has a good thing going. The Cardinals need a running game and some reinforcement on defense, which is not quite there.
The Steelers are a well organized franchise and compete almost on a yearly basis - the Cardinals rarely compete. You Steelers haters should respect that franchise and hope such stability will follow this splendid season you had.
Frankly, I do not care if you ever win another game but don't try and create trivail bs reasons for your loss - please, just quit crying.
at 08:04 on February 5th, 2009
go here:
http://www.scoresreport.com/2009/02/04/did-santonio-holmes-really-get-two-feet-down/
or here:
http://www.steelersdepot.com/blog/2009/02/picture-of-santonio-holmes-with-2-two-feet-down-for-touchdown/
at 00:17 on February 6th, 2009
I got my 2009 SuperBowl jerseys from www.sport-Jerseys.biz
at 05:50 on February 13th, 2009
http://www.tritin-multimedia.com/tritin-films-archive/feet.jpg
at 09:40 on February 16th, 2009
santonio holmes is a beast! that catch was godly! nobody will ever outcatch him in all of history of catches in the SUPERBOWL!!
ALL DAY BABY!
at 09:42 on February 16th, 2009
That catch was godly! nobody will ever outcatch him in the history of the superbowl when it comes to catching a football!
ALL DAY BABY
at 23:35 on February 26th, 2009
WOW. Steeler fans always talk about how much everybody is hating on them.... fact of the matter Holmes did have both feet inbounds, he did have possesion of the ball, just not all at the same time!! The steelers are like the patriots, CHEATERS. They should never of made it to the superbowl cause if the calls were made CORRECT, they would have lost to baltimore.GO RAVENS. Plus what is this bs about Kurt Warners pass being a fumble? Are you serious? Sometimes i wonder if the NFL fixes games to a certain extent.
at 14:12 on March 26th, 2009
No touchdown. I get sports illustrated and on one of the covers it shows Holmes with his left foot on the ground only. On page 33 it shows Holmes with both feet on the ground but only has 3 fingers on the ball. A catch only counts if the ball grasps the ball with his thumb.Holmes did not. 23-20 Arizona wins.
at 15:41 on April 3rd, 2009
go here guys
http://www.steelersdepot.com/blog/2009/02/picture-of-santonio-holmes-with-2-two-feet-down-for-touchdown/
If you watch the play he was in the air when he caught the ball so if his feet ever touched he was in and these pictures clearly show that he had his feet down.
By the way the Steelers still had two plays and 25 seconds left to go before the game was over so to say that the Cardinals win if the call goes the other was is wrong
The pictures in the Arizona paper that started all this start too late to show his feet being down, why not just show him lying on the ground and say he didn't make the catch
at 15:48 on April 3rd, 2009
Here is another one
http://deadspin.com/photogallery/SantonioHolmesCatch/1006778943
at 19:33 on May 7th, 2009
yeah thats a good catch i had to take million looks at it
at 19:37 on May 7th, 2009
thats a catch
at 19:38 on May 7th, 2009
thanks for clearing that up for me with those pictures!