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Darrell Bevell’s Wikipedia page altered (Photo)

Jan 19, 2014; Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell (right) talks to head coach Pete Carroll (left) and quarterback Russell Wilson (3) during the first half of the 2013 NFC Championship football game against the San Francisco 49ers at CenturyLink Field. The Seahawks defeated the 49ers 23-17. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 19, 2014; Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell (right) talks to head coach Pete Carroll (left) and quarterback Russell Wilson (3) during the first half of the 2013 NFC Championship football game against the San Francisco 49ers at CenturyLink Field. The Seahawks defeated the 49ers 23-17. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Disgruntled fan responds to late-game play call by Seahawks Offensive Coordinator Darrell Bevell by changing his Wikipedia page

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Likely delighting the many fans who yelled “what a moron!” and various obscenities at their television sets in the waning moments of last night’s Super Bowl, someone altered the Wikipedia page of Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell last night.

With 26 seconds to go in the game, and the ball at New England’s one yard line, Seattle ran a slant pass play, resulting in a Russell Wilson interception and a Super Bowl loss. Many fans were irate at the play call, and one took it upon his or herself to update Bevell’s page, as Charlotte Observer columnist Scott Fowler showed on his Twitter:

While it must have taken a real computer whiz to “hack” a website that anyone can alter, the hacker was not enough of a whiz to know that it was actually Seattle head coach Pete Carroll who took the blame for the fateful play call.

“I made the decision,” Carroll told ESPN. “I said, ‘Throw the ball,’ and we went with the play that we thought would give us a chance to get in the end zone.”

The Wikipedia “hacker” is far from alone in questioning the play call, as it was second down, and Seattle not only had two timeouts, but one of the NFL’s very best running backs in Marshawn Lynch. No amount of Patriots players, Skittles, or cameramen could possibly have kept Lynch out of the end zone on consecutive plays with a yard to go, but Bevell and Carroll had other ideas, ideas, which most likely cost them the game.

Even with Carroll’s admission of guilt, though, blame will likely continue to fall on Bevell, and his Wikipedia page may not be safe for quite some time.

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