Tony Corrente Crew Wild Finish (2003)

[russ]

Here is a video from 2003 with Corrente's crew, sorry for the crappy quality. They had a wild finish to the game including an Onside kick, Pass Interference Call and a game winning Touchdown. On the game winning Touchdown, the Receiver only got 1 foot down in bounds but it was ruled a TD because Mark Steinkerchner and Craig Wrolstad ruled the receiver was forced out. All I have to say is I am glad this rule does not exist anymore.



On another note, Corrente had a good crew. Along with Corrente they had Darrell Jenkins,Aaron Pointer, Mark Steinkerchner, Doug Toole, Don Carey and Craig Wrolstad. 5 of the 7 members are still current Officials. Even though this was a good crew, they had a rough year in 2003 with only 2 out of 7 members recieving on-field assignments and they were the Pro-Bowl which hardly counts. However, this was 1 of 2 years that they took the CC Officials from the first 2 rounds.

[JugglingReferee]

I remember this game.

This was the year before I made my college conference, and I remember really getting into the book with rules, interpretations, etc. Force-outs are rare, and seeing this play helped me understand the intent.


Up here in Canada, we have the force out and it is a fabulous rule. Now in a professional game, I can see why they wouldn't want it. The Canadian twist is that only one foot in necessary to touch in bounds, so the force-out provision is when contact is made with the receiver airborne.

[FredFan7]

That was back when Corrente had early playoff success then missed three years straight. It seemed like he was at a crossroads as to whether he'd be a playoff official or an also-ran. Well a few years later he got Super Bowl 41.

[FredFan7]

At 1:40 I like Corrente's hand clap first down as a hat tip to Tommy Bell and Fred Silva!

[checknadvise]

This call was nailed by Wrolstad, who was a rookie FJ, and is still talked about in NFL officiating circles to this day. Steinkerchner came down and just verified what happened; Wrolstad called it all by himself.

[FredFan7]

Probably the call of Wrolstad's life (or maybe top three after over a decade in the league). I wonder if he is still a candidate for referee?

[russ]

And now 2 members of this crew will be working the Super Bowl Tommorow!