Review by Mark Schultz If you've followed Football Zebras for any length of time, you know that we break down football officiating and (hopefully) show you how difficult calling a football game is. Between interpreting complicated rules, avoiding getting run over by people twice their size, tuning out 50,000 people chanting
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Pass interference no-call mars end of Pac-12 championship game
Riveron explains Bears’ TD overturn, predecessors skeptical
NFL vice president for officiating, Alberto Riveron, explained why he overturned Zach Miller's touchdown catch on replay, but that explanation did not convince former officiating boss Mike Pereira. Riveron explained (see Week 8 video) that as Miller's first leg landed (the one horribly injured), the ball was moving. "Now we know
NFL creates new officiating post: VP of replay and administration
VP of officiating: who WANTS this job?!
Embed from Getty Images  Former vice president of officiating, Mike Pereira (pictured above), knew every Monday during the football season would be busy. In his book, After Further Review, Pereira wrote that he could predict what coaches would be calling and what they wanted to talk about. He had to field calls,
Active offseason for NFL officiating
Embed from Getty Images  We hope you were able to survive the first weekend without football. While there won't be any games until August, there will be a lot of activity as Dean Blandino, senior vice president of officiating, prepares the zebras for 2017. The Dark Period The officials are now in the
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
8th official, full-time zebras, and expanded replay are still on the table
Embed from Getty Images  Roughing the passer could be subject to review It may still be a long-shot for 2017, but the NFL continues to consider adding an eighth official. Dean Blandino, senior vice president of officiating, says the league is considering adding an eighth official and that addition might free up the
NFL experimenting with ‘smart footballs’ in preseason
Blandino at officiating clinic: catch is the same rule, same outcome
https://twitter.com/benmurphytv/status/754045604603408384 As officials settled into their annual clinic in Dallas, senior vice president of officiating Dean Blandino addressed the topic we're both sick of and engrossed with: the process of the catch. The goal for fans and officials alike remains simply clarification and education, not an adjustment of the rule itself."The biggest thing is we