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Carl Cheffers heads Hall of Fame game crew

by Football Zebras staff - August 7, 2015August 7, 2015 1

View image | gettyimages.com The fiftieth season of the Super Bowl era and the ninety-sixth in league history begins Sunday from the place where the seed was first planted -- Canton, Ohio. Culminating the enshrinement festivities of the 2015 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday will be the

Vacancies could create crunch in the clutch

by Mark Schultz - November 14, 2014November 15, 2014 2

Possible staffing shortage could cause Week 17 shuffle The Week 9 Sunday Night Football game in Green Bay featured a very rare sight. Umpire Tony Michalek was pressed into duty as a line judge. Michalek, who worked as a line judge for a few seasons in the Big Ten Conference before

Week 5 “Official Review”: Fair-catch interference, fumbled fumbles, ‘fishy’ call

by Ben Austro - October 16, 2009October 18, 2009 0

This week's "Official Review" by league vice-president of officiating, Mike Pereira, featured several interesting plays from Week 5, leading to a lot of discussion here (video, Part 1 and Part 2): As pointed out in our comments, there was a bizarre fair-catch play in the Redskinsâ€“Panthers game. Basically, the Panthers, while