A report by ESPN's Adam Schefter on Pro Bowl Sunday reaches back to the NFC Championship Game to stack another layer on the controversy regarding the officiating. Four of the officials live in Southern California within at least a 2-hour drive of the Rams home stadium (which, I understand, in typical
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Saints-Rams officials harassed, had to change hotels after game
The fan reaction to the Saints-Rams NFC Conference Championship was so bad, security had to switch the officials' hotels and police had to help keep the crew safe Sunday night. According to Toronto Sun reporter John Kyrk, the crew returned to their hotel after the game and were harassed in person and via
Commissioner can issue a Rule 17 overturn of Saints loss … and other myths from Championship Sunday
As a public service, we are tackling some of the opinions and conspiracy theories that are propagating and, contrary to contemporary Internet standards, serving them with a dose of facts and reasoning. 1. Goodell cannot invoke Rule 17 This is probably the worst of the myths out there, mostly because of its
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Saints owner calls for changes in officiating
5 observations from championship weekend
http://gty.im/1097101968 For the first time ever, both the NFC and AFC Championship games went to overtime in the same season. There is plenty to write about from the officiating perspective this weekend. Here are just a few of the things that stuck out to me. Crucial missed calls In the NFC Championship Game,
Championship liveblog: Patriots at Chiefs
2018 AFC Championship Follow us here for rolling coverage of the calls and rules interpretations of the AFC Championship game from Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. If you have any questions or comments, use the comments section of this post, or tweet us @footballzebras. Yrs 2018 crew College Occupation R 34 Clete Blakeman 11 Nebraska attorney U 92 Bryan Neale 5 Smith Indiana sales consultant DJ 8 Dana McKenzie 11 Blakeman Toledo claims adjuster LJ 79 Kent Payne 15 Martin Nebraska Wesleyan teacher FJ 43 Terry
Championship liveblog: Rams at Saints
2018 NFC Championship Follow us here for rolling coverage of the calls and rules interpretations of the NFC Championship game from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. If you have any questions or comments, use the comments section of this post, or tweet us @footballzebras.     Yrs 2018 crew College Occupation R 52 Bill Vinovich 13  San Diego certified public accountant U 102 Bruce Stritesky 13 Vinovich Embry Riddle airline pilot DJ 13 Patrick
Vinovich and Blakeman are the referees for the Conference Championships
Football Zebras has confirmed the assignment of referees Bill Vinovich and Clete Blakeman to the Conference Championship games on Sunday. Vinovich will have the NFC game between the Rams and Saints; Blakeman will be heading the crew for the AFC title match between the Patriots and Chiefs. Vinovich and Blakeman