Three recently retired Pac-12 Conference officials, who have on field and instant replay experience, made public a letter excoriating the Pac-12 overall and their officiating leadership. Officials Fred Gallagher, Mack Gilchrist, and Chuck Czubin wrote the letter to commissioner Larry Scott, and director of officiating David Coleman. The three officials retired
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7 officiating observations for the 2018 season
A slow flag is not always a bad flag
http://gty.im/869156920 If you watch a game, there are times you may notice that officials take a few extra moments to throw a flag after the infraction takes place. Sometimes people comment that "the flag was pretty late." But many times the official throws a late flag because they are weighing the impact
5 observations from Super Bowl LII
Officiating video: Blandino breaks down 3 Super Bowl LI calls
NFL senior vice president of officiating Dean Blandino broke down three calls from Super Bowl LI in his weekly video for the media. The first play is a potential pass/fumble with special forward fumble rule implications. The first play after the two-minute warning in the second quarter, there was a potential
Making the impossible call
6 officiating observations from Super Bowl LI
Embed from Getty Images  Well it finally happened. Overtime in the Super Bowl. For the first three quarters I didn't have much to write about for this article but boy, did the fourth quarter change that! In no particular order, here are the six officiating observations from Super Bowl LI. 1. Officials let
‘I saw it on film’: What do officials do when coach puts little ‘bug’ in their ears?
Coaches love to alert officials to opponent's rule violations From Pop Warner to the NFL, every officiating crew meets with the head coach individually before each game. Â The purpose of the meeting is to: Make sure all players are properly equipped Get captain's numbers See if there are any trick plays or formations that
Mike Pereira grades three Week 13 calls
Former officials' boss says the intentional grounding safety on 49ers a bad call Former NFL vice president for officiating and current FOX Sports football officiating analyst Mike Pereira broke down three very interesting plays from Week 13, including an intentional grounding call in the endzone that resulted in a safety on