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Comment on Scott Green to head Super Bowl crew by j j

j j — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:35:25 +0000

easily confirmed? no

Comment on Scott Green to head Super Bowl crew by Larry Schmidt

Larry Schmidt — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:41 +0000

I am glad Sean Payton asked for a review of the bum call made by HL John McGrath in yesterday’s Super Bowl game. How can McGrath be considered an elite NFL official when he misjudges a call from 3 feet away! Lance Moore’s catch and score for 2 points was a critical call that somehow McGrath blew. The replay easily confirmed the blown call by McGrath.

What makes his bum call even worse was that he was so demonstrative with the call. And from 3 feet away!

Send this guy back for more training.

Comment on Zebra Blog back from break by Lolkins

Lolkins — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:29:40 +0000

Uhh cool that you say that

Comment on 3 confusing calls in Sunday night game by Ron Manwiller

Ron Manwiller — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:07:28 +0000

If a flagrant face mask personal foul is committed against the running back after he fumbles the ball who has possession?

Thanks,

Ron

Comment on 3 confusing calls in Sunday night game by Ben Austro

Ben Austro — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:52:42 +0000

I think that Mike Pereira’s Official Review segment got overloaded with some compelling plays from the Eagles-Giants game. Usually he reviews four plays a week, and this week, the three we mentioned were under Official Review.

If I can catch a replay, I will see if I can get a post on it.

Comment on 3 confusing calls in Sunday night game by Keith Redding

Keith Redding — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:42:04 +0000

I am wondering why the Falcon interception of Brees was not covered this week. I am not saying it would have made the game but the play looked clean form my viewpoint it looked like the defender and reciever we’re both playing the ball, so why was this not removed. Also not to pile on but in the 1st NO ATL game Ryan was intercepted by Jabari Greer, on the replay you could clearly see that Greer hit Reciever White while the ball was in the air completely stopping White from running his route. just want to understand why these plays were not reviewed. thnaks

Comment on Week 14 open forum by Ben Austro

Ben Austro — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:15:20 +0000

Oh, most certainly. I’ll look at a few things from that game, like the incomplete/forward fumble by McNabb and the clock “issue” at the conclusion of the first half, where it looked like the Eagles had the ball with 2 seconds remaining.

Too tired to write something resembling English tonight, though.

Comment on Week 14 open forum by AJR

AJR — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:42:11 +0000

Close call with the Eli Manning fumble in the third quarter, I’m sure it’ll be on Official Review.

Comment on Week 13 open forum by Tony Alexander

Tony Alexander — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:51:34 +0000

There is much discussion circulating around the two “official” reviews in the Redskins/Saints game. Mike Florio’s blog at NBC Sports touches on it and the comments are interesting. Looked to me as if the league blew both calls, the game announcers were in agreement. Might be worth a look!

Comment on Jim Tunney on Hall of Fame long list, historically this is as far as it goes by Ben Austro

Ben Austro — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:48:03 +0000

Thanks, Gary. That was how it was spelled on the Hall of Fame website. Obviously there is no serious consideration for any official's enshrinement if they cannot get the spelling right. Obviously, someone must have known him personally, because he was an obscure umpire who did not establish any Hall of Fame credentials. Tunney, as expected, was dropped from consideration.