[Editor’s note: In 2014, the participating NCAA conferences standardized the name from alternate official to center judge. This post refers to the terminology at the time...
Committee to consider rule changes next week How do you change a NFL rule? Â A rule change first has to pass muster with the Competition Committee....
Competition Committee begins reviewing full agenda The NFL Competition Committee is getting a first look at its agenda, and it already seems like two proposals will...
League has several shoes to fill in the offseason The Super Bowl is fast fading into the rear view mirror and we now enter what is...
McAulay crew handles first dud Super Bowl in 10 years Well, this year’s Super Bowl will not go down as a classic in terms of excitement,...
Super Bowl XLVIII Follow us here for rolling coverage of the calls and rules interpretations of Super Bowl XLVIII from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J....
Football Zebras has learned that two officials in today’s game will end their careers on football’s greatest stage. Field judge Scott Steenson and side judge Dave...
Despite chatter, NFL replay will remain under the hood It has become a groundswell in the past season to have the NFL adopt a replay review...
I enjoy historic aspects of NFL officiating and as we get ready to zebra watch in Super Bowl XLVIII here are some interesting nuggets regarding officiating...
Terry McAulay will lead a crew of excellent and distinguished officials in this year’s Super Bowl. This will be his third Super Bowl (XXXIX, XLIII), umpire...
Former field judge Al Jury is being honored by the NFL with the Art McNally Award for his distinguished officiating career. He will be formally presented...
The Pro Bowl will undergo radical changes this season in an attempt to add variety to a typically dull game. The league, based on their promotional...
Scott Green will head the Pro Bowl crew from Hawaii on Sunday. As the sun sets on paradise, so will also end Green’s 23-year NFL career....
Commissioner suggests removing 1-pt play NFL commissioner Roger Goodell floated a big trial balloon earlier this week when he said the NFL may consider abolishing the...
It was a great weekend of football, and the conference championship officiating crews did well by their respective games. 1. Umpire Bill Schuster had the game...
NFC Conference Championship Follow us here for rolling coverage of the calls and rules interpretations of the 49ers-Seahawks conference championship from CenturyLink Field in Seattle. (If...
AFC Conference Championship Follow us here for rolling coverage of the calls and rules interpretations of the Patriots-Broncos conference championship from Sports Authority Field at Mile...
During the coverage of last week’s 49ers-Panthers divisional playoff game, Football Zebras noted early that the officials were looking to keep control of a potential tinderbox...
Amy Seeman collected a group of tweets, stories, and articles on Storify. With her permission, we share her curated work here.
AFC Divisional Playoff: Colts at Patriots When the snap sails over the punter’s head and out the back of the end zone, all of us have...