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- Talking about the Super Bowl XLVII assignment controversy on @TheBeatOfSports -- thebeatofsports.com for live link • 12 hours ago
- The standard bearer for longest FG for over 40 yrs, Tom Dempsey, struggling to hang onto memories nyti.ms/111z32e • 23 hours ago
- Summary of posts on the Super Bowl referee assignment controversy: refs.ws/SR • 23 hours ago
- 12 words on the PA announcer's cue card and he still mangles the Most Player Valuable award? • 23 hours ago
- If you are around at 10:15 am Eastern tomorrow, I'll be on 740 The Game/Orlando. Live link on our site. • 1 day ago
- Also, Rich Reels, at the game as an alternate, is entering retirement • 1 day ago
- SJ 39 Don Carlsen says "aloha 'oe" after this game, ending a 24-yr career (yes, since 1989!) • 1 day ago
- Unabated to the end zone?! • 1 day ago
- Andrew Luck apparently distracted by putting his hands under another man's butt • 1 day ago
- By the way, the Pro Bowl-specific rules: refs.ws/2R • 1 day ago
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Tag Archives: Bill Leavy
Super Bowl officials on field for divisionals?
Jerome Boger is rumored to have a Super Bowl crew that may not have super credentials. Continue reading
Our playoff predicitions: Steratore ranks high, Wild Cards include Hochuli, Corrente
We have chosen our assignments for the referee position only, not the entire crew. This year, all officials are assigned on individual merit, and not by the cumulative rank of the crew (see our post for the full playoff assignment criteria). Gene Steratore, considered by us to be one of the frontrunners in postseason assignments, conducts the coin flip at the Rams-Bills game in Buffalo. Continue reading
HL Hayward injured in Bills-Patriots game
Head linesman George Hayward had to leave Sunday’s Bills-Patriots game with an injury near the end of the third quarter. We asked the league when our own Mark Schultz noticed that one official was missing in one of the … Continue reading
Leavy hits Steelers with 3 questionable calls
A series of calls in the second quarter by Bill Leavy’s crew were questionable at best. Non-restrictive pass interference. A deep incomplete pass was flagged for defensive pass interference, despite a lack of contact that restricted the wide receiver. The … Continue reading
Anatomy of a replay gone wrong
NFC Divisional Playoff: Giants at Packers 1st Quarter | 1:46 | Giants 10-3 | Packers ball | 1st & 10 @ NYG 39 | video (at 1:21) We are going to deconstruct the big call from Sunday’s NFC divisional playoff … Continue reading