Upon further review

In assessing the whole "ball as a prop" issue with Santonio Holmes' touchdown we posited that the officials simply had not seen what Mr. Holmes did and that is why no penalty was called.

Now Mike Pereira, the outgoing supervisor of officials for the NFL, is weighing in on that (and other) issues ~ including the Kurt Warner fumble at the end of the game ~ from Super Bowl XLIII in this interview on the NFL Network.

The bottom line: The referees did not see Santonio Holmes use the ball as a prop, and Kurt Warner did fumble the football.