Ed Hochuli

[rayzor]

not a fan.

he's actually cost teams wins by bad officiating before. iirc, the big one was denver vs. san diego? i remember the dude even admitted it afterwards. got lots of deserved hate mail from that.

[jtnc]

Football will be better when that bastard finally retires.

[X-Clown]

Hochuli is an attention ***** for sure. Just say the call stands or is overturned - no need for the long-winded garbage that leaves all fans wondering what the outcome of the challenge is.

This. I don't understand the need for the long winded drivel.

[Boltergeist]

Isn't he the ref who made the bad calls in the Steelers/Seahawks SB?

Bill Leavy did XL.

[Boltergeist]

not a fan.

he's actually cost teams wins by bad officiating before. iirc, the big one was denver vs. san diego? i remember the dude even admitted it afterwards. got lots of deserved hate mail from that.

Cutler fumbled and San Diego's Tim Dobbins clearly recovered, but since he inadvertently blew the whistle when the ball hit the ground, the ball became dead and Denver maintained possession.

[X-Clown]

Speaking of which, Yahoo noticed that Hochuli needed a whopping 63 words to explain the Harvin fumble yesterday....which could have just been "The ruling on the field stands".

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Video-Ed-Hochuli-8217-s-dissertation-on-why-a-?urn=nfl-wp10702

[rayzor]

Cutler fumbled and San Diego's Tim Dobbins clearly recovered, but since he inadvertently blew the whistle when the ball hit the ground, the ball became dead and Denver maintained possession.

yeah, thats the one. didn't he go up to turner afterwards and tell him that he screwed up or something?

[CLTPanther]

Yea, he apologized not long after the play and admitted he screwed up the next day to everyone else.

[rayzor]

Yea, he apologized not long after the play and admitted he screwed up the next day to everyone else.

if only that had been the end to the bad playcalling...

[PiratePanther189]

Bet you won't say it to his face

[rayzor]

so?????

[Seltzer]

Bet you won't say it to his face

Willing to bet Hochuli wouldn't submit to HGH testing....