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More Pac-12 officiating controversy: 3 retired officials blast officiating leadership

by Mark Schultz - March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 0

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

7 officiating observations for the 2018 season

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by Mark Schultz - January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 1

Dale Shaw (Tennessee Titans) It was another great football season and, for us, there were several officiating stories from 2018. Here are the seven that stood out to me. 1. Hugo Cruz fired In one of the most shocking events of the year, the NFL fired down judge Hugo Cruz in mid-season. This

A slow flag is not always a bad flag

by Mark Schultz - September 30, 2018September 30, 2018 0

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 "theÂ 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

by Mark Schultz - February 6, 2018January 5, 2019 7

Another season is in the record books, capped off by one of the best Super Bowls ever. Here are five officiating takeaways from the big game. Communicate! Twice we saw very close touchdown catches and twice we saw field judge Tom Hill and back judge Perry Paganelli communicate before going up with

Officiating video: Blandino breaks down 3 Super Bowl LI calls

by Mark Schultz - February 10, 2017February 11, 2017 6

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

by Mark Schultz - February 9, 2017April 12, 2017 2

Embed from Getty Images Â Nothing compares to the speed of a NFL game. While I've never been on the field for one, I worked on the chain gang at a Division I NCAA game one level down from the pros. The speed at that level was dizzying. I can only imagine

6 officiating observations from Super Bowl LI

by Mark Schultz - February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 6

Embed from Getty Images Â 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?

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by Mark Schultz - November 1, 2013October 29, 2013 0

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

by Mark Schultz - December 4, 2012December 4, 2012 1

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

Officials need to own up to mistakes

by Mark Schultz - November 8, 2012November 15, 2012 1

There is no worse feeling for a football official than when they blow a call.Â An official would rather be knocked over by Brian Urlacher at full speed than miss a call.Â And in officiating, the worst call one can make is to blow an inadvertent whistle.Â An inadvertent whistle (IW)