Week 13

Blakeman crew cool under chaos

by Ben Austro - December 11, 2011December 11, 2011 0

Week 13: Lions at Saints Clete Blakeman's crew officiated a game that could have easily become uncontrollable at any moment. It didn't help that they were shorthanded. Umpire Garth DeFelice left the game midway through the first quarter with a foot injury. That required the crew to readjust their mechanics to officiate

Leavy’s empty-hand ruling close. Correct?

by Ben Austro - December 6, 2011December 6, 2011 4

Week 13: Falcons at Texans 1st Quarter | 8:24 remaining | no score | Texans ball | 3rd & 7 @ ATL 14 | video Well, this one is weird, to say the least. Texans quarterback T.J. Yates throws an apparent incomplete pass while he is being hit. As the ball rolls without

Coughlin ‘sick to my stomach’ when photo shows 4-point challenge was right

by Ben Austro - December 5, 2011December 6, 2011 6

Week 13: Packers at Giants 1st Quarter | 2:12 remaining | Tied 7-7 | Giants ball | 3rd & 6 @ GB 20 | video Update, 12/6: Video link added. Giants coach Tom Coughlin, in a game fraught with very tight replay situations, challenged an incomplete pass from quarterback Eli Manning to receiver

2 Packer TDs upheld by replay, barely

by Ben Austro - December 5, 2011August 2, 2012 2

Week 13: Packers at Giants 3rd Quarter | 9:59 remaining | Packers 21-17 | Packers ball | 3rd & 9 @ NYG 20 | video Packers squeaked out a touchdown to pad their third-quarter lead when receiver Greg Jennings caught an Aaron Rodgers pass and immediately dropped the ball. It was ruled

Week 13 updates

by Ben Austro - December 4, 2011December 5, 2011 1

Check @footballzebras for updates, or we will respond in the comments area of this post due to technical limitations this week. Update. Some of our tweets, retweets and pretweets: Â No #facemask foul if the runner stiff-arms the opp, but it is a penalty if there is a pull or twist of the