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5 Super Bowl LVI officiating observations

by Mark Schultz - February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 3

The longest NFL season ever has come to an end with a compelling Super Bowl. Here are five officiating observations from another classic game. 1. Another nice coin toss https://streamable.com/hho2ii Over the years I've railed against the crush of media and hangers-on for the Super Bowl coin toss. Last year, the coin toss

Photo album: Let’s meet the Super Bowl LVI officiating crew

by Mark Schultz - February 12, 2022 0

From team photographers and Getty Images, here is the Super Bowl LVI officiating crew.

Browns sideline radio reporter Nathan Zegura removed from broadcasts for arguing with official

by Mark Schultz - September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 1

The Cleveland Browns sideline reporter Nathan Zegura has been removed from Browns radio broadcasts for eight games for yelling at game officials during the Browns Week 2 loss to the Saints, as reported by Mary Kay Cabot of TheÂ Plain DealerÂ in Cleveland. Zegura will begin serving his penalty starting this Thursday

NFL takes a hit after four referee retirements

by Mark Schultz - July 13, 2018July 28, 2018 2

Embed from Getty Images Every generation of NFL officiating gives way to the next. This past offseason, we saw, very quickly and dramatically, one generation give way to the next. Referees Ed Hochuli, Gene Steratore, Terry McAulay and Jeff Triplette represent 88-years of experience at the referee position. That is 88-years

Torbert crew fails to enforce forward-fumble rule

by Mark Schultz - November 16, 2017November 16, 2017 2

In the Week 11, Thursday Night Football game between the Steelers and Titans, referee Ron Torbert and his crew failed to enforce the fourth down fumble rule at the end of the first half. With under a minute to go, Antonio Brown caught a pass, was hit and fumbled the ball

NFL got it right with three new referee hires

2014

by Mark Schultz - September 26, 2014September 26, 2014 3

Allen, Torbert, and Wrolstad impress in first few weeks This is the first time since the early 1990s that the NFL assigned three new referees in one season.Â Brad Allen, Ron Torbert and Craig Wrolstad are working their first season as a NFL white hat.Â Earlier, I wrote about my

Referee assignments for Divisional round: Blakeman, Cheffers, McAulay, Morelli

by Ben Austro - January 7, 2014April 5, 2014 25

Updated Friday, Jan. 10Â to include full crews Football Zebras has confirmed the officiating crews for the Divisional Playoffs. Officials are listed with their uniform number, years experience (including this season), the crew each official worked with in the regular season (by the referee's name), college, and outside occupation. All times are Eastern. Three

Who are the next white hats?

Outside the Stripes

by Mark Schultz - October 3, 2012November 16, 2012 0

The NFL officiating staff is heavy on experience which is great news.Â The flip side to this is that we will be seeing a higher than average number of officials retiring in the next one to three years. While there are many officials at all positions on the cusp of retirement,