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Tuesday, Jan. 15 on The John Murphy Show, WGR 550/Buffalo (podcast, go to 1:04:00 mark)Whistle tweets
- New post: Former NFL official Barnes reflects on his career refs.ws/2Q • 4 hours ago
- Pro Bowl is trending. Perfect time to remind you that your referee will be Ed Hochuli on his 1st Hawaiian assignment • 1 day ago
- New, strong leadership in officiating dept & indep from football ops execs will improve things. Not wagering on either. • 1 day ago
- Jerome Boger will do fine, though. SB is (w/ few notable exceptions) usually very routine, no envelope-pushing by players • 1 day ago
- NFL did point out 1 change: individual assignments, not by crew. NFLRA requested that in CBA, NFL agreed • 1 day ago
- If the top 5 officials at the position are SB qualified and have previous SB experience, THEN they will allow repeat assigns • 1 day ago
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Images of the Conference Championships
Pictures of the officials from the Conference Championship games as captured by team photographers. Click on any photo for an larger version and the slide show.
Live blog: Ravens at Patriots
Today’s crew is headed by Bill Leavy. We are live blogging the calls and the officials for the game. Continue reading
NFL fixed grades for desired Super Bowl ref
It is believed in officiating circles that the Super Bowl assignment was a predetermined result and that his performance grades were fixed to attain that result. Continue reading
Images from the Divisional Playoffs
We ran into a technical problem earlier in the week, but we still wanted to present some images of the officials as captured by the team photographers. Click on any photo to see the slideshow.
Jerome Boger confirmed for Super Bowl
Jerome Boger will head to New Orleans lead the officiating crew for Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3. We have confirmed the assignment that was first reported by us as rumor on Dec. 30. The entire officiating staff was told … Continue reading