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The Offseason Zebra Report Special

Not to say I didn't need the break, because it was nice, but not filing a quasi-weekly Zebra Report left a void in my writing life. With all the recent attention being paid to rule tweaks -- most of which are just guidelines -- in recent days, though, I figured we'd dust off TZR (initials! How cool are we?) and give a...

NFL Head of Officiating Says Refs Must Avoid 'Train Wreck' Calls

There's nothing easier than ripping the refs. Across all sports, bashing the officials is a time-honored tradition. "Kill the umpire!" is a line in Casey at the Bat, for goodness' sake. Nobody should pretend that Ed Hochuli is the first guy to blow a call and get torched for it.But this story on NFL officiating makes you...

NFL Officiating Czar Pereira to Retire

NFL referees will be getting a new boss next year.Mike Pereira, the league's vice president of officiating, is retiring. Jay Glazer reported on Fox (via PFT) that Pereira will spend a final year on the job to get his replacement up to speed, and then he'll be out of the NFL, where he's been the head of refs since...

NFL Agrees With Titans: Ravens Should've Been Called for Delay of Game

Great news, Titans fans: got some closure for you. Mike Pereira, the NFL head of officials, agrees that, yes, the Ravens probably should've been called for delay of game during that last, fateful drive that would eventually set up Matt Stover's game-winning field goal. Quick refresher for the one person who has no idea...

Refs in the Hood: An NFL FanHouse Roundtable on Instant Replay Officiating

As I mentioned in the Zebra Report, the controversial ending to the Steelers/Ravens game from this past weekend has caused NFL officiating and their use of replay to come under fire, not to mention the overall knowledge of NFL referees and if they should be asking for help on rules interpretation when under the replay...

MikePereira News From the Web

04/12/12 Bronco Alum, Fox Sports Rules Analyst Mike Pereira '73... Source: WCCSports.com But players and coaches disregard them at times in the midst of the action-packed NFL.