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Week 12

THU, NOV 24
Green Bay at Detroit – Terry McAulay
Miami at Dallas – Pete Morelli
San Francisco at Baltimore – John Parry

SUN, NOV 27
Minnesota at Atlanta – Al Riveron
Cleveland at Cincinnati – Walt Anderson
Tampa Bay at Tennessee – Bill Leavy
Carolina at Indianapolis – Tony Corrente
Houston at Jacksonville – Walt Coleman
Arizona at St. Louis – Mike Carey
Buffalo at NY Jets – Carl Cheffers
Chicago at Oakland – Ron Winter
Washington at Seattle – Clete Blakeman
New England at Philadelphia – Jerome Boger
Denver at San Diego – Scott Green’s crew, led by Jeff Triplette
Pittsburgh at Kansas City – Ed Hochuli

MON, NOV 28
NY Giants at New Orleans – Gene Steratore

Off: Jeff Triplette (crew)

Comments

  8. I’m not sure what game popeye was watching but the redskins/cowboys was a very good officiated game. I wanted the redskins to win but I think the Hochuli crew again showed what class and intelligence they have on the football field.

  9. i 2 thought hochuli did a fine job as well, the only question i hav is that the winning field goal 4 the cowboys did not appeared to go inside of the goal post. what are your thoughts regarding this matter.

  13. Nita, I believe Ed Hochuli and Carey are at the top of their games, however, flags were being thrown 3 to 5 seconds after the play was over. Ed wasn’t the one doing it, but it reflects on him. Maybe he needs to tightening up his crew.

  15. Remaining referees available for MIA/DAL are: Blakeman, Carey, Corrente, Green, Leavy, and Morelli

    Carey did a Thanksgiving Day game last year – I would suspect the NFL wouldn’t make him have 2 Turkey Day games in a row.

    Remaining referees available for MIN/ATL are: Blakeman, Corrente, Green, Leavy, Riveron, Steratore, and Winter

  16. Remaining referees available for NYG/NO are: Boger, Blakeman, Leavy, Riveron, Steratore, and Triplette.

    Blakeman is unlikely as that would be back-to-back MNF games.

    • he is eligible. has only worked @Jets in week 1, and we’ve determined that multiple home games and both division matchups are not causal for assignments.

  22. This may sound like a silly question but who, if anyone, on this site has ever officiated a football game on any level? What about on the NCAA level? Who has ever studied the rule book or taken a mechanics test? Just wondering.

    • i’ve reffed basketball, football and soccer, albeit for a little amount of time, as I am only 20 years old. I can’t speak for anyone else, but when I say something about a particular referee, I am referencing the entire crew (except in the case of, say, Cheffers, who is god awful on the mic)

      i think everyone is in agreement that these men are the top 17 (18 for a few positions) at what they do, it’s just apparent that some are better than others (i.e. Steratore’s and Blakeman’s are better than Triplette’s and Cheffers’)

      • Well you are off to a start. On what level have you officiated? It will be interesting to see if you have the same opinions 5 or 10 years from now. In any grouping, there are always going to be some that are better than others but in the NFL the spread is really very minimal except for one or two and they are not the ones that you mention. That is why certain Referees end up with stronger or weaker crews. There is always 1-2 rules experts on every crew and it is not always the guy in the white hat. It will be interesting to see the play-off assignments.

  24. FYI for Art Rossi, I was a high school football official for 16 years. Actually worked with Jeff Triplette during the first 4 years as we were in college together. Health problems cut my career short.

  26. MEH – I am just trying to understand the basis for someone’s statement that “so and so is at the top of his game” or that “I don’t trust this Referee” unless they have ever been out on the field themselves. An officiating crew is not just the Referee. He is only sets the tone and makes the announcements in most cases. There are 6 other guys out there (and 2 in the Replay booth) and in some cases good Referees have poorer crews and vice-versa. I am glad that you have some experience and took the time to respond. I find it interesting that others have not.

  29. By process of elimination, it appears as if Mike Carey will have ARI-STL. The only other game he could work is WAS-SEA, but it’s enough of a longshot that I’ve updated the list.

  32. Art Rossi, I would really like to have the opportunity to talk with you about the “ins & outs” of officiating as you seem to know your stuff.

    I started way back in 1969 & also officiated baseball & basketball in addition to football but did more football. Back in those days, we would work as a two man crew in some games – 3 man crew in others & then either a 4 man or 5 man crew for the high school games. I actually worked two games in my football career (one 8th grade & the other a 10 & 11 year old game) by myself. I would love to see some of these writers & announcers do that & then see what they have to say about the officials.

    If you would like to continue our conversation, my email address is: oldrefs15@yahoo.com

  34. by process of Eliminations Tony Corrente has the Colts/Panthers he worked a Nyg/Phil Games in weeks 8 and 10 this is only a guess but from wat i see its the only game he would be able to ref

    • NYG/NO – Probably Steratore

      Steratore has not officiated NYG or NO yet this year or any Monday night games.

      Boger – officiated both teams and a Monday

      Riveron – Monday game in week 8

      No proof, but signs point to Steratore

      • Honestly, I’d say it’s about 35% Steratore, 35% Riveron, 30% Boger. Working a previous team assignment and primetime are both pretty unreliable indicators. Also, Steratore’s chances are harmed as well, as he’s worked two very recent Sunday primetime games.

  42. Because they are actually one of the better, higher ranked crews with 4 officials that have worked multiple Super Bowls. This is just a regualr week assignment but Mcauley is one of the best.

    • Who are you referring to?, in response to Art Rossi’s post about them being one of the better, higher ranked crews. I’m writing this at the end of Week 12 so am not sure when you’d see it.

  45. Now it’s down to Corrente and Riveron on who will be the ref for MIN @ATL and CAR @IND…these are my predictions:

    MIN @ ATL: Corrente
    CAR @ IND: Riveron

    • We don’t know. Most likely, he’s injured. That’s according to a post by Zebra Blog earlier today. (I don’t suggest visiting their site – there are multiple recent reports of viruses.)

      • Yeah, I spent a half a day and a couple of messages to tech support to clear that up. What a mess! Thanks for the mention.

        A source with the league informed me that Scott Green is, in fact, injured. Does anyone recall anything out of the ordinary in Week 10 (BAL @ SEA), when Green last officiated?

  52. Question going back to last Monday nights game with the Giants and Eagles. Was this play ruled correctly by offsetting the penalties. The long completed pass to Jackson steps out of bounds and tosses ball at D Coordinator at the snap Illegal hands to the face by defense. Shouldn’t both penalties have been accessed one was live and the other was dead? Please help it’s still bugging me…lol
    I had a Hopper book but I’m very pissed that I can’t find it.

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