I actually thought about Lynch and him being the MVP part and I wonder if he would have actually wanted that himself? All the attention and whatnot for someone who is the MVP might have been too much for him, I mean, you saw how Malcolm Smith was carted around out there and put on display for everyone to gawk at and admire... I don't think Lynch really wanted that.
I'm not suggesting Lynch would not have tried to score had they given him the ball. I'm just wondering if that's why Lynch, when asked about it, said something to the effect that it's football and a team sport and he was, in essence, saying he was fine with the call and not getting the handoff.
I still voted "No" though on this, because I really don't think it was the worst call ever in a Super Bowl nor do I think it was a planned conspiracy, I actually think it was statistically the best call to make at the time to pass it, and had a rookie undrafted CB not made a ballsy decision to jump a route, Lockette would have walked into the endzone untouched...
But, I do think there is some validity to the fact that everyone (Goodell, Russell, and most higher ups and media types, even including Lynch himself) deep down probably wanting Russell to be the game-winner MVP, Disney parade having, poster child of the NFL and not a quiet, shy, reserved, hard-ass, thuggish ruggish, black dude like Lynch.
Just my two pesos ...