Clete Blakeman to ref Super Bowl

[KillaCamNewton]

Broncos are 5-0 in the games he's officiated. Guess we get to debunk another streak

[crowntownpanther]

Full Crew

[Growl]

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[BrownianMotion]

Denver got Ed Hochuli in the AFCCG, who they also have an undefeated record with.

I'm not a believer of conspiracy theories, but Denver has caught way too many breaks this year - from playing injured opponents, to opponents making boneheaded mistakes in critical moments, to officiating.

Hope your team pounds them from the very beginning and gets out to an enormous lead, so that officiating plays no role in the outcome. 

[JawnyBlaze]

eh, 5 games isn't enough to reasonably raise any eyebrows.  They're in the Super Bowl because they're a good team that won most of their games.  There's surely a few officials that we're undefeated with this year.....  I'm curious if anyone has any legit observations about him.  Has he actually been seen to call games overly in the Bronco's favor?  Is he more of a "let them play" ref or one that likes to over-officiate?  I honestly have never even noticed this guy's name before.

[GRWatcher]

23 minutes ago, KillaCamNewton said:

Broncos are 5-0 in the games he's officiated. Guess we get to debunk another streak

 

13 minutes ago, Growl said:

He was also the official in Denver's Super Bowl two years ago.

Uh. By my math, they can't be undefeated then when he officiates.

[KillaCamNewton]

1 minute ago, JawnyBlaze said:

eh, 5 games isn't enough to reasonably raise any eyebrows.  They're in the Super Bowl because they're a good team that won most of their games.  There's surely a few officials that we're undefeated with this year.....  I'm curious if anyone has any legit observations about him.  Has he actually been seen to call games overly in the Bronco's favor?  Is he more of a "let them play" ref or one that likes to over-officiate?  I honestly have never even noticed this guy's name before.

Its the guy that reffed our MNF against the Pats where they picked up the flag against Luke. As long as we don't see some Joey Crawford/Lebron treatment towards Peyton I don't think its a big deal

[KillaCamNewton]

2 minutes ago, GRWatcher said:

 

Uh. By my math, they can't be undefeated then when he officiates.

SB48 ref was Terry McAuley

[GRWatcher]

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The ref who can't flip a coin is calling the Super Bowl

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The NFL confirmed that, per the rulebook, the coin does not actually have to flip during a coin toss.

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2016/1/20/10801928/super-bowl-50-officiating-crew-clete-blakeman-coin-flip-packers-cardinals

[Lout]

Clete Blakeman was the head ref in the MNF football, Panthers vs the Pats.  The infamous 'picked up flag' call on the Kuechly/Gronk pass at the end of the game.  I'm glad to hear he's the head ref!

[GRWatcher]

He was also head of the deflategate crew last year.

Oh boy, this is gonna' be fun!

[rainwater]

First off, the Panthers were undefeated with every single NFL officiating crew this year except 1.  So those stats are just dumb when talking about good teams.

And it is really hard to make any observations about Clete Blakeman when it is not his crew that will be doing the Super Bowl.  It will be an all-star crew.

[2jakefansinva]

Have always liked the guy and thought he's done a good job.

[Montsta]

1 hour ago, 15 said:

I've hated Clete since the niners playoff game in 13'.

That was him? That whole game was bullshit.