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A gambler's nightmare

    by Sheil Kapadia
    Published 

I would have loved to be at a sports book in Vegas during the end of yesterday's Chargers-Steelers game.

The Steelers were a five-point favorite according to

. With five seconds left, San Diego's offense had time for one last play from its own 21-yard line, down 11-10.

hit

in the middle of the field, and the Chargers lateraled the ball a couple times before Steelers safety

broke the play up. Polamalu grabbed the ball and ran into the end zone for an apparent touchdown, which would have given Pittsburgh the cover and a 17-10 victory.

But as

would say, not so fast my friends. The officials flagged the Chargers for an illegal forward pass. Pittsburgh tried to decline the penalty, but it was ruled that the play would have been dead so declining wasn't an option. Final score: Steelers 11, Chargers 10. Even

and

were thoroughly confused.

Then fast-forward to today. Referee

admitted that

» READ MORE: the touchdown should have counted

.

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The video of the play is tacked on to the bottom of this post.