Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs
4 officiating thoughts on this weekend's NFL conference championship games.
3 officiating factoids as we get ready for conference championship games to kick off.
5 officiating things I noticed from the best weekend of playoff football I can remember.
There are 5 things that stuck out to me as I zebra-watched my way though conference championship weekend.
They will be talking about this Championship Weekend for years.
Super Bowl 50 referee Clete Blakeman has lead a relatively obscure existence in the NFL, with an occasional reference here, although I’ve even admitted in the...
Officiating photos from Super Bowl 50 courtesy of team photographers and Getty Images. From team photographers (click on any image to view as a slideshow): From...
Embed from Getty Images  No iconic calls, but Blakeman’s crew handles business The game wasn’t a classic, but it was more competitive than the 24-10...
It is a simple procedure. The game can’t begin without it. Before any football game starts the referee has to decide who gets the ball first....
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League has several shoes to fill in the offseason The Super Bowl is fast fading into the rear view mirror and we now enter what is...
Live blog coverage for the AFC Divisional Playoff in Denver Chargers vs. Broncos
Clete Blakeman, Carl Cheffers, Terry McAulay, and Pete Morelli are the referees in the Divisional Playoffs.
Football Zebras commentary Week 17 is upon us, meaning that the final evaluations for officials vying for playoff positions are being determined. Officials will not be...
Player safety must trump exceptions to the rule During the Ravens-Steelers Thanksgiving night football game, the Steelers’ Le’Veon Bell was lunging toward the goal line when...
Game ends on defensive pass inter…ception Post updates: comments from former supervisor Jim Daopoulos and pool report with referee Clete Blakeman With three seconds to go,...
Some of the officiating news items from Sunday: A couple of puzzling replay reviews: Mike Carey allowed a catch to stand, despite clear evidence the pass...
Pereira and Daopoulos analyze the officials Former NFL vice president of officiating and current Fox Sports officiating expert Mike Pereira and former NFL supervisor and current...
When discussing football officiating, it is easy to say, “Forget so-and-so for the playoff this year after that blown call.” While fans might wish a playoff...