Grades
Our playoff predictions: Morelli graded high in 2014
Football Zebras commentary
Part of our annual tradition is to predict which referees are assigned to the postseason and the Pro Bowl. Unfortunately, there are several outside obligations that have prevented us from doing a full rundown. So, without further elaboration, here are our selections:
| Ben Austro | Mark Schultz | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Bowl | Â Pete Morelli | Â Pete Morelli | ||
| Conference Championship | Â Carl Cheffers | Â Clete Blakeman | ||
| Â Bill Vinovich | Â Tony Corrente | |||
| Divisional Playoffs | Â Tony Corrente | Â Walt Anderson | ||
| Â Bill Leavy | Â Ed Hochuli | |||
| Â Pete Morelli | Â | Â Pete Morelli | ||
| Â John Parry | (1) | Â Gene Steratore | ||
| Wild Card Playoffs | Â Walt Anderson | Â Jerome Boger | ||
| Â Clete Blakeman | Â Bill Leavy | |||
| Â Jerome Boger | Â Terry McAulay | |||
| Â Ed Hochuli | Â John Parry | (1) | ||
| Pro Bowl | Â Gene Steratore | Â Carl Cheffers | ||
| Â 27 | 27 | |||
Scoring
We will score the predictions as follows: 5 points for a correctly slotted referee, 3 points for selections off by a round, 2 for two rounds, 1 for three rounds, and 1 point each for a Pro Bowl guess who works the playoffs and a playoff guess who works the Pro Bowl. (Ties broken by the number of correctly slotted referees, then by scores in each round in descending order.)
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