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- 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 • 23 hours 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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Tag Archives: Ed Hochuli
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
Playoff officials won’t be best officials
Source: Jerome Boger to be Super Bowl referee Hochuli, Steratore apparently shut out of postseason In the first three weeks of the regular season, the NFL put an assorted group of officials on the field with questionable qualifications and tried … Continue reading
Microphone is ref’s friend for no-sense rules
It elicits snickers from football fans when it happens, and it sometimes trends on Twitter. Referee Ed Hochuli turns on his microphone to explain a ruling, and some fans joke that it is NFL open mic night. An example from … Continue reading
Officiating experts break down Week 11 calls
Some assessments differ from the league office Fox Sports NFL officiating analyst Mike Pereira and NBC Sports Network officiating analyst Jim Daopoulos had many different Week 11 calls to break down and all dealt with the referee going under the … Continue reading