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Wild Card quick calls: 49ers at Packers

by Football Zebras staff - January 5, 2014January 5, 2014 5

NFC Wild Card Playoff Follow us here for rolling coverage of the calls and rules interpretations of the 49ers-Packers Wild Card Playoff game from Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisc. (If you see continue reading below, click it to see the entire feed.) If you have any questions or comments, use the

Referee assignments for Wild Card games: Anderson, Vinovich, Triplette, Hochuli

by Ben Austro - January 1, 2014January 5, 2014 39

Football Zebras has confirmed the officiating crews for the Wild Card weekend. Officials are listed with their uniform number, years experience (including this season), the crew each official worked with in the regular season (by the refereeâ€™s name), college, and outside occupation. All times are Eastern. Three alternates are assigned to each

Tomlin sanction likely to come Monday

Disciplinary Action

by Ben Austro - December 1, 2013December 1, 2013 2

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is not the first coach who lost his place on the sideline and wandered into restricted sideline space. At least three other instances occurred this season: one that resulted in a sideline warning for the Raiders, one that resulted in a penalty for the Raiders in

Media tape: clock on penalties, spot on slide, tangled feet PI

News

by Ben Austro - November 1, 2013November 1, 2013 0

The latest media tape by Dean Blandino has been posted by the NFL, which we will use as the weekly training tape on unusual calls. The vice president of officiating discussed these calls:The clock remains stopped on penalties inside 2:00 of the first half and 5:00 of the second half.

1 blown call does not ruin playoff chances

by Mark Schultz - November 15, 2012November 15, 2012 0

When discussing football officiating, it is easy to say, "Forget so-and-so for the playoff this year after that blown call."Â While fans might wish a playoff blackball for an official who makes an error, the NFL simply does not operate that way. The NFL officiating office lead by Carl Johnson uses

Clock running during measurement missed by 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7 officials

by Ben Austro - November 14, 2012 3

Spot of ball in OT hurry-up offense also prominent mistake There is no real ranking to the worst mistakes an official can make, other than outright lying about a call. Last week we said that the inadvertent whistle was almost as bad as it can get, but one crew found two

Carey, Morelli, Steratore crews assigned to Wild Card; Coleman subs for McAulay

by Ben Austro - January 6, 2011November 15, 2012 5

The officiating crews for the Wild Card games on Jan. 8 and 9 have been announced by the NFL. Kickoff times are Eastern. (See our previous post on the process of qualification.) Saints at Seahawks (Saturday, 4:30 p.m.) R â€” #65 Walt Coleman (22nd year, 16th year as referee) U â€” #121 Paul

Ravens coach fined $15K for ref bump

by Ben Austro - September 24, 2010September 26, 2010 0

Week 2: Ravens at Bengals The league has zero tolerance for deliberate contact with the officials as Ravens coach John Harbaugh was fined $15,000 by the NFL. While fines are usually late-week business, the league levied this fine on Tuesday, underscoring the zero-tolerance nature of "impermissible verbal and physical contact with

3 confusing calls in Sunday night game

by Ben Austro - December 15, 2009December 17, 2009 3

Week 14: Eagles at Giants We have three calls for analysisâ€”all three called correctlyâ€”from the Eaglesâ€“Giants game that will likely end up on this week's "Official Review." View the highlights of the game in addition to our analysis: McNabb incomplete or fumble? On a second-and-10 from the Eagles 42, Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb