2016 NFC Wild Card Playoff
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Today’s crew is headed by Ed Hochuli.
| Yrs | 2016 crew | College | Occupation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 85 | Ed Hochuli | 27 | Texas-El Paso | attorney | |
| U | 19 | Clay Martin | 2 | Hochuli | Tulsa | high school basketball coach |
| HL | 13 | Patrick Turner | 3 | Corrente | Cal State-Long Beach | plant manager |
| LJ | 59 | Rusty Baynes | 7 | Hochuli | Auburn-Montgomery | general manager, safety services |
| FJ | 86 | Jimmy Buchanan | 8 | Hussey | South Carolina State | insurance agent |
| SJ | 125 | Laird Hayes | 22 | Anderson | Princeton | owner of football camps for high school and youth |
| BJ | 17 | Steve Patrick | 3 | Blakeman | Jacksonville State | owner, supply company |
- Replay: Earnie Frantz
- Alternates: Bryan Neale (U), Ron Marinucci (LJ), Adrian Hill (FJ)
why aren’t the officials calling the holds,you cant go that long twice official#19 failed to make the call right in front of him
Why wasn’t the push off by COBB called watch the replay , officials hating Beckham again
On the two handed push off by Cobb on the Hail Mary TD catch, the referee was looking up at the ball not watching the players in front of him. That’s improper technique.
oh Bob, what about the cheap shot on the defenseless receiver with the crown of the helmet that wasn’t called? or the face mask that wasn’t called on Ripowski? missed calls on both sides.
so what happened when #88 made the catch at 12 min mark about ,even the announcers notice the pick which is illegal, then the next play a questionable fumble , and hochuli articulates the call to make it so no review to be done, BS, they were not even concerned montegomery was down . Even Buck calling the game sounds Packer favored.
the officiating is lackluster at best
Mr Buck should be quiet more
clearly Apple cant cover people 4 big plays , between special team receivers screwing up returns , and crummy calls when the holding is so blatant like the Cobb TD at 31pts, the giants are done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank u Eli Apple ……
Rene, you’re correct. This “all star” crew has been missing calls left and right. I think they just want to go home.
Interception in end zone at end of game should have resulted in touchback, as the intercepting player’s teammate was standing OOB and made contact with him.
Its’ just a matter of time before a player is seriously hurt or killed due to a late of a targeting rule in the NFL. The biggest offender are the Steelers and the officials and the league continue to look the other way for ratings. Follow the $$$$.
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Rough game for the officials in this game. The missed facemask, missed penalty on the Jordy play, missed delay of game, and missed holding calls offset the good calls that were made. Clearly, the “allstar crew” concept was another failure this weekend.
Only referee Ed Hochuli has the power to over rule the 2 minute warning! LOL! CBS was heading to commercial, the clock was at 2:00 to go in the half, and Ed makes them put four seconds back on and the Giants run another play. Great stuff (I could not hear over the noise in the room where I was watching the game but I assume one of the teams had called a time out and Hochuli was just correcting the clock). But it looked funny from where I was sitting and knowing Eddie, it all just sort of made sense. Who else but Eddie would (or could) overpower CBS and going to TV commercials? Well done Eddie! Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you!
Sorry, on the last comment I meant Fox, not CBS.
If OBJ catches the dam ball, none of the above would matter and the Gmen would be playing next week.