honestly, the only thing i can come up with is that the refs got together in the review booth, and the convo went something like this...
"soo who was the bigger dick, carroll or mccarthy?"
"mccarthy told me to fuck off twice."
"aright, lets give it to the seahawks."
obv kidding, but what the fuck? i was pulling for the seahawks, but that was the shittiest way to win. it was kind of fun/scary watching it with a 250+lb packer fan whose nickname is "smash". we had just gotten off work and were watching it at our restaurant bar. thought he was going to fuck me/it up.