After wild card weekend, it always strikes me — only seven more meaningful football games this year. In an attempt not to get too maudlin, here are five things that stuck out to me in regard to the officiating this past Wild Card weekend. Jeff Triplette’s crew called an awesome game Triplette, rightly or wrongly,…
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Calls, Playoffs
Wild Card quick calls: Saints at Eagles
by Football Zebras.com staff •
NFC Wild Card Playoff Follow us here for rolling coverage of the calls and rules interpretations of the Saints-Eagles Wild Card Playoff game from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. (If you see continue reading below, click it to see the entire feed.) If you have any questions or comments, use the comments section of this…
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Assignments, Playoffs
Referee assignments for Wild Card games: Anderson, Vinovich, Triplette, Hochuli
by Ben Austro •
Football Zebras has confirmed the officiating crews for the Wild Card weekend. Officials are listed with their uniform number, years experience (including this season), the crew each official worked with in the regular season (by the referee’s name), college, and outside occupation. All times are Eastern. Three alternates are assigned to each game: one is…
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Disciplinary Action, History, News
Suspending referees uncommon in NFL
by Ben Austro •
6 known suspensions of officials for on-field incidents The NFL rarely has suspended officials for their conduct on the field, although it is possible that some may have occurred without public knowledge. Also, there are two known cases of officials (not included here) who were originally assigned to the Super Bowl and had that assignment…
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After Further Review, Week 9
After Further Review: Safety is number 1 priority
by Ben Austro •
Some of the officiating news items from Sunday: A couple of puzzling replay reviews: Mike Carey allowed a catch to stand, despite clear evidence the pass was incomplete, according to our Roundtable experts [Ben Austro, Football Zebras]. Bill Vinovich ruled a player touched a loose ball with his foot while out of bounds to reverse…
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Roundtable, Week 5
Safety calls, roughness on QB: Roundtable reviews Week 5 calls
by Ben Austro •
Football Zebras Roundtable We had a few calls this week that were borderline judgement calls. How close were they? Former NFL officiating supervisors Jim Daopoulos and Larry Upson helped us unpack three controversial calls from Week 5. Both Larry and Jim did extensive game video while working in the league office. Their analysis determined the…
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After Further Review, Week 5
After Further Review: Even Philly thinks Giants should have won challenge
by Ben Austro •
Image: Dallas Cowboys photo First, our quick calls [Football Zebras] The pink penalty flags did cause some confusion with the players’ pink towels, all symbolic for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. However, a clock operator briefly stopped the clock because one of the pink towels looked like a penalty flag. I wouldn’t be surprised if this…
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Calls, Week 2
Pereira: “a pretty well-officiated Sunday”
by Mark Schultz •
Week 2 of the 2013 NFL season is in the books and, as usual, former NFL vice president for officiating and current FOX Sports officiating analyst Mike Pereira had many calls to break down. Pereira said that Bill Leavy’s crew was correct is calling the Buccaneers’ Adrian Clayborn and Dashon Goldson for unnecessary roughness fouls…
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After Further Review, News, Week 2
After Further Review: Bolts halt 2 games
by Ben Austro •
Referee John Parry awaits with an NFL official in the CenturyLink Field tunnel during a lightning delay in the first quarter of the 49ers-Seahawks game. Here are some of the items making news this week: Quick calls from Week 2 [Football Zebras] Parry really had no rule to evoke for a fan’s whistle causing the…
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News, Preseason, Rules School
Offenses subject to ‘reasonable time’ rule
by Ben Austro •
The conspiracy machine got some gas in preseason with the suggestion that officials are given the authority to limit offensive schemes through controlling the pace of the game.