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Super Bowl LI liveblog: Patriots vs. Falcons
Live coverage from our all-star team of writers on the calls and rules interpretations of Super Bowl LI from NRG Stadium in Houston.
Follow us here and through the game for our live coverage of the calls and rules interpretations of Super Bowl LI from NRG Stadium in Houston.
This will conclude our coverage of our eighth full season, and we have four new writers completing their first with us: Cam Filipe, Matt Holmquist, Patrick Weber, and Rich Madrid. We will have our all-star crew on the game which also includes Marcus Griep, Josh Lewis, assistant editor Mark Schultz, and editor-in-chief Ben Austro.
Carl Cheffers is the referee for Super Bowl LI. His all-star crew includes:
| Â | Â | Â | Yrs | 2016 crew | College | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 51 | Carl Cheffers | 17 | Â | California-Irvine | sales manager |
| U | 64 | Dan Ferrell | 14 | Corrente | Cal State-Fullerton | director, parts logistics and supply chain management |
| HL | 79 | Kent Payne | 13 | Cheffers | Nebraska Wesleyan | teacher |
| LJ | 45 | Jeff Seeman | 15 | Parry | Minnesota | brokerage sales |
| FJ | 67 | Doug Rosenbaum | 16 | Morelli | Illinois Wesleyan | financial consultant |
| SJ | 109 | Dyrol Prioleau | 10 | Triplette | Johnson C Smith | manager, law firm |
| BJ | 30 | Todd Prukop | 8 | Corrente | Cal State-Fullerton | medical sales representative |
| ALT | R | Walt Coleman | 28 | Â | Arkansas | manager dairy processor |
| ALT | U | Tony Michalek | 15 | Hussey | Indiana | USA Football officiating director |
| ALT | LoS | Mike Spanier | 18 | (swing) | St Cloud State | middle school principal |
| ALT | DEEP | Michael Banks | 15 | Vinovich | Illinois State | carpenter foreman |
| ALT | BJ | Greg Yette | 7 | Torbert | Howard | defense contractor |
- Replay official: Tom Sifferman (Hochuli)
- Replay assistant:Â Marvin LeBlanc (Houston-based)
- Supervisor: Gary Slaughter
- Observers: Dean Blandino, Al Riveron
Image: Football Zebras graphic by Chad Young, photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Sport
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