Playoffs/Super Bowl
Wild Card Weekend
NY Jets at Cincinnati – Bill Leavy
Philadelphia at Dallas – Ed Hochuli
Baltimore at New England – Gene Steratore
Green Bay at Arizona – Scott Green
Divisional Playoffs
Arizona at New Orleans – Ron Winter
Baltimore at Indianapolis – Carl Cheffers
Dallas at Minnesota – Walt Anderson
NY Jets at San Diego – Jerome Boger
Conference Championships
NY Jets at Indianapolis – Tony Corrente
Minnesota at New Orleans - Pete Morelli
Pro Bowl
NFC at AFC – Jeff Triplette
Super Bowl
New Orleans at Indianapolis – Scott Green
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Good job, Vet on keeping us posted..I personally believe that either Hochuli or Leavy get the Super Bowl..Mike Carey did a good job this year but not a GREAT job. AND, McCauley ref’d the Super Bowl last year which reduces his chances of a repeat. Watch for Steratore to get it soon, maybe in 2 years..
super bowl ref is Scott Green everyone!
Source? And if its true then this follows the pattern of this year’s post season. Putting lesser known names on bigger games and giving the big boys who do all the big games like McAuley, M Carey, Leavy, Steratore etc, a break.
Veri interesting.
The source cannot be revealed, but I am confident of its accuracy.
LJ of the super bowl is Jeff Seeman (Steratore). Congrats to him as he goes from being shut out of the playoffs altogether to being the super bowl LJ.
It will indeed be Scott Green as the referee of Super Bowl XLIV; it’s his third Super Bowl as an official and first as a referee. He also officiated Super Bowls XXXVI and XXXVIII as back judge.
Vet probably has the best info still. The SB crew now has their official assignments. At least as of today.
OK, that was random. I am not trying to compete with Vet. His info is probably better than mine. What’s your point though?
Sorry russ,
Was not a slight at your info. And yes, after reading, that was random. I had verification of one of the crew members yesterday as well so I was betting your info was accurate based on the timing of your comment.
don’t worry about it.
I can confirm that Scott Green will be the Super Bowl referee.
Scott Green? What a surprise..He’s only been a ref for about 10 years, right? Hey Vet, did he ever ref the CC game? BTW, the change in the “push-out” rules really suck.I personally think that one should have been left the way it was..
I think it like this:
Morelli – Referee
Ellison – Umpire – Ron Winter
Hittner – Head Linesman – Ed Hochuli
Boston – Field Judge – Walt Anderson
Prioleau – Side Judge – Corrente
Hill – Side Judge – Ron Winter
Schmitz – Back Judge – Mike Carey
Alt: Ferrell/Meyer
You’ve got SJ twice, one should be LJ…
Sorry you are right. So Boston is a Line Judge and Prioleau would be the Field Judge I think.
I think it’s like this:
Morelli – Referee
Ellison – Umpire – Ron Winter
Hittner – Head Linesman – Ed Hochuli
Boston – Field Judge – Walt Anderson
Prioleau – Side Judge – Corrente
Hill – Side Judge – Ron Winter
Schmitz – Back Judge – Mike Carey
Alt: Ferrell/Meyer
Ellison is the swing umpire. He is not on one particular crew. Prioleau is from Green’s crew and Schmitz is from Morelli’s crew.
Gred Steed will be the BJ in the SB
Mike Carey, where’s Mike Carey? Is his team reffing the Super Bowl??? Hope So.
Mike Carey was weak this year and will not be in the Super Bowl…you guys need to figure out that just because a guy talks a lot and sounds smart doesn’t make him great….but i will say the Super Bowl Ref Scott Green is far, very far from great
The Greatest Ref is Gene Steratore!! I hear he is the alternate
ref for the Super Bowl! He should be THE referee. He calls a fair game, and he is excellent with the mic. It will be great to see him n Miami, again. And we all hope to see his better half, his HOT WIFE!
I agree with all of the above. I saw Gene Steratore and his wife in the elevator in Miami. I wanted his autograph, but I couldn’t take my eyes off of his wife! But, he IS the best referee.
he is the alternate in the Colts-Jets game.
and in the NFl, its an All-Star crew, not one crew.
I am aware of that Ken but im saying Mike Carey himself didn’t do very good this year…and seeing that it is an all star crew how the hell did Scott Green manage that
oh I was replying to Deb, and I do agree. he wasn’t great, but I think he still was top 10, and should’ve gotten a WC at least. I definitely agree that Green shouldn’t have SB.
I just wanted to let you know that your white hats are correct, but your crews are way off. I didnt know if you were using last years crew lists. If you want the names of the people on the games today, I can give them to you.
I’m stunned that McAulay goes from the Super Bowl to being shut out of the playoffs completely.
BJ on Morelli’s crew Bill Schmitz is the worse.
What a great job Tony Corrente and his crew did today. Was very please with them. On the other hand what a joke Pete Morelli and his crew was. His back judge and and side judge plain suck.
Russ, can you tell us who were the replay officials in Championship Games? I try to don’t critizice any Official but I think there were some mistakes in NFC CH.G. I know that Jim Lapentina is the RO of Morelli’s Crew. Was he in this game?. Thanks.
Replay Officials:
Jets@Colts- Tommy Moore (M. Carey)
Vikings@Saints- Ken Baker (Winter)
Russ again thanks for your information. I’m waitinng for your SB info.
O yeah, forgot to poste this. LOL
Referee- Scott Green
Umpire- Undrey Wash (Cheffers)
HL- John McGrath (Corrente)
LJ- Jeff Seeman (Steratore)
SJ- Greg Meyer (D.Carey)
BJ- Greg Steed (McAulay)
FJ- Rob Vernatchi (Morelli)
ALT Referee- Gene Steratore
*I think the super bowl is in good hands. Besdies Green, who I hope will do well and get every ref basher on this site to SHUT UP, I love the Wash, McGrath, and Meyer picks and also think steed is good. Just not sure about Seeman or Vernatchi. Even though I hope Green does well, Steratore probably should be the super bowl ref.
Thanks Russ. Please let us know who will be the R.O. in the Pro Bowl and the same for the Super Bowl. Good information once again. Thanks.
Thank you for the information Russ. I think Scott Green and the crew will do an excellent job. NFL officials get bashed a lot but overall they do an outstanding job.
Russ I toally agree with you
Jan
This is the Super Bowl crew;
R- Scott Green 19
U-Undrey Wash 96
HL- John McGrath 5
FJ- Jeff Seeman 15
LJ- Ron Vernatchi 75
SJ- Greg Meyer 78
BJ- Greg Steed 12
I am shocked that Terry McAulay did not get a playoff game. I can remember rating him when he did high school JV games and I knew from the start that he was destined to be one of the greatest referees ever. He has a great work etic, and a most pleasant personality, and a strict command of the rules. For a guy almost 50, he is in fabulous shape, and it wouldn’t hurt my feelings to see him do the Super Bowl EVERY year.
Super Bowl Crew:
R – Green
U – Wash
HL – McGrath
LJ – Seeman
FJ – Vernatchi
SJ – Meyer
BJ – Steed
Scott green super bowl ref
Super Bowl refs will be announce some time next week for security reasons…..
what? Russ already announced them.
Hemay have some inside info which is good because we all would like to know who it is, but because of security reason, the league for some time won’t publicly announce the assignments until less than a week away from the game. Seven officials plus two alt. Good luck to all of them. they deserve it.
Why does it say TBS for super bowl referee? Scott Green has already been selected.
Who are the replay officials for the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl?
for the pro bowl it was Al Hynes (Parry) and IDK about the super bowl.
According to Adam Schefter, SCOTT GREEN will be referee for the Super Bowl.
Wikipedia has Scott Green listed as the R for Super Bowl XLIV. Any confirmation on that?
League finally confirm the selection today, the ones that have been posted here…….
Did see on nfl.com that Scott Green will referee the Super Bowl
Green is the ref. It was release by the league on nfl.com at 1:00 pm eastern time……
Who is officiating the SuperBowl? When will that be poted?
Jan
Jim Lapentina is the RO for the SB
Thanks for the info, now is complete the Crew. Or anyone knows if there is another alternate Official?
alternates were:
Referee-Gene Steratore
Umpire-Ruben Fowler (Riveron)
HL-Jim Mello (Winter)
SJ-Jeff Lamberth (Cheffers)
BJ-Kirk Dornan (Hochuli)
Russ: thanks for your complete information and hope next season could give all you some accurate info of my friend Laird Hayes SJ 125 Crew
In many ways people forget about history. Back in the 70s & 80s there were very few “elite”" NFL crews. In the 70s: Jim Tunney, Norm Schachter, BenDreith, Pat Haggerty, and Dick Jorgensen (the 1st ref ever to annouce penalties during the game). In the 80s, Pat Haggerty, Jim Tunney, Dick Jorgensen, Jerry Markbreit, and Bob McElwee. These few officials handled every big game the NFL had for the week with no weeks off.
Instead of bashing the officials, be glad that there are now more crews than ever to handle the games they are assigned.
Chuck in Indy
I agree with you.
Jan
In the 70s I forgot to add Tommy Bell.
For all the hating that I did on Scott Green getting the game, I thought he did great. He let them play, while calling what should’ve been. The review of the two point conv was a great call.
Agreed Kenneth.
Best thing about the Super Bowl was Officials they called a super game!!
Disgusted in Cleveland, You have to let that go. If that is honestly the only thing you have to say anout Walt then stop osting, we understand you are angry about it, but its not like it cost the Browns the game or anything. Give it a rest. Anderson is a great official who is due to the ref the super bowl and I hope he gets it this year.
should say about instead of anout and posting instead of osting
Russ: thanks for your good information. Hope you inform us for next week games.
Your welcome Joe,
I hope to find as much information as I can and if all goes well, I should know next week’s assignments by Thursday or Friday.
Thanks again Russ.
See above.
Russ: Is Corrente going to be the head official for the Super Bowl?
where’s your source? thanks
Can’t really reveal, but it’s 100% reliable.
You had it all right last week, so I’ll believe it =)
I cannot believe that Parry and McAulay were alternates, while Boger, Green and Winter got assignments.
Also, if Mike Carey and Tony Corrente get the Conference Championship games, that means Triplette and Morelli were left out 2 years in a row…I am highly disappointed that the NFL but Winter, Boger and Green in…all in my opinion not top 10
All I feel free to say is that I have an absolutely reliable source. Frankly, I’m stunned at McAulay myself. I believe that he, Steratore, Corrente, Leavy, and Hochuli are the best R’s in the NFL. But with him and Parry being ALT’s, they’re done for anything more. Steratore won’t do the SB because an R has to have a championship before a SB and he doens’t. If I had to guess — I’ll know next week — I’d guess Carey and Corrente for the championship, mainly because none of their crew members have appeared in other crews or as ALT’s yet. You can rule out R’s who’ve had crew members show up so far.
Hayword from Carey’s crew worked with Hochuli this week and Howard Slavin, Corrente’s replay Official, worked in Dallas. However, I still agree that Corrente and M.Carey are probably CC Refs with the long shot being Pete Morelli.
Hey Vet, this isnt the secret service if you want to come on here and try and look like some hero because you know refs assignmnets then name your source. Im tired of people either naming fake assignmnets or have ther correct assignments but act like its so secretive. give me a break
Sorry you feel that way, but I understand. Not trying to be a “hero” — just happened on this site awhile back and do have a source but don’t want to jeopardize it by revealing it. It might not cause a problem, but it might.
he could work for the leaguewhich would jeopardize a lot…he was 100% last week, so just go with it…if he happens to be wrong (which i highly doubt) then the website can be changed…no big deal.
I woon’t be shocked if Mike Carey officiates at the SB. Ed Hochuli could be at Pro bowl
Jan
Kenneth Iagree that BOger Geen & Winter are not in the top ten.
Jan
the trend in previous years is that a referee from the divisional round weekend generally referees the Super Bowl, meaning that Anderson, Boger, Winter or Cheffers gets it, however, I think that Boger and Cheffers are still to new to being a crew leader, that means that its between Winter and Anderson…(this is all speculation)
Hochuli cannot do the pro bowl. The referee of the pro bowl does not work a playoff game.
Carey can’t do SB, since no official can do it two years in a row.
thank you for the information Russ.
Jan
Mike Carey was 2 years ago (Giants-Pats)
Last year was either McAulay or Corrente, I cannot remember off the top of my head
Jim Tunney refereed Super Bowls XI & XII
Len Mike Carey did not officate the SB last year, Terry McAulay did.
Jan
Last year was McAulay, and he did an excellent job. Before that, XLII was Carey, XLI Corrente, XL Leavy, XXXIX McAulay, XXXVIII Hochuli, XXXVII Carollo, XXXVI Kukar… I cannot remember before that.
McAulay worked last year’s Super Bowl.
It was McAulay who refereed Super Bowl XLIII; Corrente did Super Bowl XLI.
I miss Bernie Kukar. He was one of the best referees ever. What a great accent he had to
Definitely. I still do not know what a “personal fall” is, other than it costs a team 15 yards
Red Cashion also had a great accent. You knew he was officiatng when he said first down
Or a first “doan” without the “w” sound. I always enjoyed watching games he officiated. Youtube has a clip of one of his calls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbIWagTYbLA
“Personal fall”?! It was Bernie Kukar who said that in his thick Minnesota accent. He pronounced “personal foul” as “personal fall”.
In posting the championship game assignments above I neglected to mention that Corrente’s crew is in Indianapolis.
Hochuli’s Head Linesman is working one of the championship games but not sure which one
Mark Hittner is Hochuli’s HL and as Vet mentioned, he is working the Vikings@Saints matchup.
How do they decide what crew members do which game?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_officials
The entire list. And, it does show Tom Sifferman was the FJ in the Super Bowl three years in a row. (37 to 39)
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