Just a word of advice for all of you athletes out there: If the big game isn't going the way you had hoped, it's probably a bad idea to take it out on the referee.
This weekend, finally, the real refs will be back on the sidelines, saving us from any further on-field debacles like the ending to last Monday Night's Packers-Seahawks game. For all the phantom pass-interference calls and overlong instant-replay reviews, certain moments are sure to stick out when, in future years, we look back on the first three weeks of the 2012 season and wonder just what the w
By now, even non-football fans have heard about the officiating debacle in last night's showdown between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks (just check your Facebook feed). Facing a 12-7 deficit with just seconds left to play, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson rolled out of the pocket and threw a desperation heave into the end zone, resulting in a game-clinching interception for the Pack
As you may have heard, hobos and miscreants are in charge of refereeing NFL games now! Or, rather, the NFL has decided to use high school referees as replacements while it negotiates with the actual referees' union, which has led to the occasional minor controversy. And while Monday's night's disastrous ending to the Packers-Seahawks game is probably the pinnacle (or nadir) of this sad saga, there
Another week in the NFL and another week of some very questionable calls. Everyone is frustrated by the replacement officials, but are some coaches going too far?
We have finished up with week two of the NFL, and the return of the regular refs is still nowhere in sight. So are the replacement officials getting it done?
I’m sure it comes as no surprise that I’m a football fan. I love the game, at all levels. Now, I know at all levels there will be blown calls. It’s part of the human aspect of the game. We see this on Friday Nights, Saturday Afternoons and on Sundays, but when it comes to the NFL we expect a little high level from the men in the striped shirts...