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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 19, 2010 19:56:25 GMT -5
Fred Silva, Dick Hantack, Bob McElwee, Gordon McCarter were all very very bland on the mic but then again perhaps it was Art McNally and/or Jerry Seeman's directive (he was bland too) not to be too demonstrative on the mic...MP is the guy who pushed them to become more themselves. (Of today's guy, Boger is very bland). Fred Silva put some style in his signals which offset his spare announcement. Jerry Seeman was the most bland referee I ever saw. He could officiate, but boy, when he switched on the mic, he was BLAND. What is interesting is that while bland in signals and announcements, if there was a fumble scrum or players mixing it up, Seeman was the first one to crash the pile, dive in and dig or be pinballing in between two fighters trying to get them apart.
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 19, 2010 20:00:42 GMT -5
Today was the first time I've seen an umpire get knocked down this whole season. Dan Ferrel was knocked down at the Eagles-Giants game - in his "old" position. I've not seen an umpire knocked down while behind the offensive line.
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Post by ak482 on Dec 19, 2010 20:02:59 GMT -5
Interesting call in the Browns-Bengals game. Bengals return a kickoff to about the Browns 40, but a holding flag wipes out a chunk of the return. After getting to the most important part of the telecast, the commercials, we find out the Browns were flagged for having an assistant coach bump into the official along the sideline. Inadvertent of course, but the coach was on the white line (see Sal Alosi last week). Since Don Criqui did another wonderful job (ugh) of not explaining what happened & we didn't hear from Boger, I guess the flag was marked 15 yards from the markoff of the holding foul.
On Jets-Steelers, seemed to be quite a bit of confusion on downs & spotting of the football, not sure if it was Morelli & crew or CBS guys not sure of the situations. And who the heck is Emmanuel Sanders anyway? I swear every single time a pass intended for him was incomplete he came up gesturing and crying for a flag (none of which were worthy of flags). I'm wondering if we'll ever see acts like this get flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct soon. In the immortal words of Monday Night Countdown: C'MON MAN!
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 19, 2010 20:06:28 GMT -5
Sadly the very next play resulted in a turnover where both an Oakland player and #128 were shaken up on the play. SJ Larry Rose. Did he continue or did he have to leave the game?
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Post by tuckerewell on Dec 19, 2010 20:08:49 GMT -5
Green and crew made an illegal formation call on Oakland for not having enough men on the line of scrimmage. This was a poor call that negated a touchdown. Sadly the very next play resulted in a turnover where both an Oakland player and #128 were shaken up on the play. Saw the play....thought the same thing. The formation looked proper...The call zapped Oakland's momentum, took a TD off the board and the resulting play injured 2 an official and a player . It shows how a single call can have a huge effect on a game, team or individual.
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Post by goldfishbw on Dec 19, 2010 20:09:58 GMT -5
And who the heck is Emmanuel Sanders anyway? I swear every single time a pass intended for him was incomplete he came up gesturing and crying for a flag (none of which were worthy of flags). I've seen a few Steelers games this season and he's been doing that all year. It's annoying and it makes it fun to root against him. -Brad
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 19, 2010 20:20:18 GMT -5
Interesting call in the Browns-Bengals game. Bengals return a kickoff to about the Browns 40, but a holding flag wipes out a chunk of the return. After getting to the most important part of the telecast, the commercials, we find out the Browns were flagged for having an assistant coach bump into the official along the sideline. Inadvertent of course, but the coach was on the white line (see Sal Alosi last week). Since Don Criqui did another wonderful job (ugh) of not explaining what happened & we didn't hear from Boger, I guess the flag was marked 15 yards from the markoff of the holding foul. On Jets-Steelers, seemed to be quite a bit of confusion on downs & spotting of the football, not sure if it was Morelli & crew or CBS guys not sure of the situations. And who the heck is Emmanuel Sanders anyway? I swear every single time a pass intended for him was incomplete he came up gesturing and crying for a flag (none of which were worthy of flags). I'm wondering if we'll ever see acts like this get flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct soon. In the immortal words of Monday Night Countdown: C'MON MAN! There is a provision in high school football to flag a coach USC for not being behind the line and contacting an official during a live ball foul. This is for the safety of the coaches, players, and officials. I didn't know that there was the same rule in the NFL. After last week's shenanigans on the sidelines I'm glad they flagged it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2010 20:27:11 GMT -5
Sadly the very next play resulted in a turnover where both an Oakland player and #128 were shaken up on the play. SJ Larry Rose. Did he continue or did he have to leave the game? He finished the game.
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 19, 2010 20:38:18 GMT -5
Steratore's crew has to sort out an ugly mess between fighting Texans. yhoo.it/gNnjvn
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2010 20:40:09 GMT -5
I saw bits and pieces of all the game today. I thought steratore and co did a good jobs for texans-titans. Parry and crew did great, apart from the aforementioned down by contact on jackson. that could've been big. esepcially shocked andy reid didnt challenge. i agree that mike carey was a bit chippy today. very odd for him. i'd've thought it he'd ever have a reason to be mad at a game, it'd've been last week in the snow and wind. triplette seemed to have a few struggles today too in a boring buffalo-miami game.
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Post by FredFan7 on Dec 19, 2010 21:34:56 GMT -5
Hochuli crew off to a good start.
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Post by hank on Dec 19, 2010 21:35:46 GMT -5
I was also watching the Broncos-Raiders game. There were a lot of flags, and Green had a really bad RTP call. I give the crew a B-. If we are referring to the same RTP, yes it was bad. It was on third down and it was offset by #12's intentional grounding giving Oakland a replay 3rd down.
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Post by hank on Dec 19, 2010 21:36:33 GMT -5
Sadly the very next play resulted in a turnover where both an Oakland player and #128 were shaken up on the play. SJ Larry Rose. Did he continue or did he have to leave the game? Yes he did, but the Oakland lineman did not.
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Post by zcr57 on Dec 19, 2010 21:37:09 GMT -5
That was an awfully late flag on the helmet-to-helmet hit. A good call, but still pretty late...
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Post by zcr57 on Dec 19, 2010 21:45:04 GMT -5
Hochuli is making sure everyone in the stadium and everyone who is watching knows he is working this game...
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