I think it's a little dramatic to simply boil the whole situation down to "Brady couldn't have done anything in 29 seconds!". The entire fourth quarter would have gone differently. I hope (and suspect) the game will stand, and not just because I like the Patriots, but because it was an uncalled mistake that was not in favor of either team.
It will definitely be interesting to see how this all turns out. I agree that it's a bit dramatic (and foolish) to look at the situation and say that the Pats would have simply had 29 seconds instead of 1:21 to score. Time would have played into previous decisions by both teams, and it's unlikely that everything would have gone exactly as it did if there was close to an extra minute to work with.

I can't decide if I'd rather see the game stand or not. On one hand, human perception/error is part of the game. I'm reminded of the 1982 Stanford/Cal game, where Cal ran a kickoff back for a touchdown with 4 seconds left...through the prematurely celebrating Stanford marching band. In both cases you have a fuckup outside of the players/coaches/refs clearly impacting the play of the game. It's unfortunate, but it happens.

Hmm. You know, when I started writing this post I had an 'on the other hand...' argument in my head. Now that argument doesn't make sense to me. Especially after considering the can o' worms that'd be opened by messing with the game after-the-fact, I hope they just let it go. Perhaps the NFL can sacrifice the clock operator's soul to Pittsburgh to appease the natives.